Feeling a bit bored?

[Judy Trickett]

Daycare IS a boring job - especially if you have been at it for years. You will find, after four or five years, as your group turns over that you are doing/rotating the same themes, crafts etc. It is also boring from the standpoint that there is a lot of "down" time. And by that I mean time where the kids are just playing and you are watching and supervising.

Daycare is not a job that requires a lot of constant brain function. Lots of providers won't admit that because they feel the need to justify their fees and their job. But the simple fact is that, yes, daycare IS boring many days. No adult interaction, saying the same things over and over from day to day (don't snatch toys from your friends, good job putting on your shoes by yourself, stay seated while eating lunch, don't run in the house etc etc) doing the same routine. Yeah.....boring..... ...

When I am bored I think about how it could be on the flip side - running my butt off all day and trying to pretend to be busy during slow times at any out of the home job. THAT would suck way more!