The Reputation of a Home Daycare Provider

[Judy Trickett]

I went to my old workplace today to be given sympathetic faces asking "You must be going crazy!!" and "So, are you ready to come back yet??"
Why oh WHY do people this this job is a hellilsh nightmare that NOBODY would want to do?!

The short answer is because these people spend no time with their own kids. So, when they DO spend time with them they do whatever it takes to get a "Yes" from their child so they can just get through the day/night nicely. And of course, giving a continual "Yes" to ANY kid will lead to that kid being a complete and utter nightmare to spend time with.

So, they perceive spending ALL day with five (or more) kids a living HELL because THEIR experience tells them that kids ARE a living hell. Make sense??

What they don't know is that in most daycare situations there is no "Yes" philosophy. Instead we give the kids what they NEED rather than what they WANT out of love and respect and necessity - such is the reality of group care.

They ask you these things because they don't understand what it can be like to spend ALL day with delightful, well-behaved and kind kids.

They don't have the slightest concept of your reality.