Quote Originally Posted by nschildcare View Post
I question whether parents are parenting their child when a child is not responsive to my directions and discipline on a continuous basis. I really struggle with this aspect of the business. Not necessarily this situation, but just in general.

I can't do my job if parents haven't done theirs.
I also struggle with this. It literally makes me want to bang my head against a wall sometime. DRIVES.ME.CRAZY.

We put so much time and effort into these children for parents to undo all our hardwork by not doing their job of parenting by disciplining and teaching their children. I have a dcb who is super naughty for his mum. I cared for his older sister before she went to kindergarten this past September and on the rare occasion mum picks her up from b&a care at school prior to collecting dcb, there is always some kind of physical fight at pick up. I discipline the boy while he is in my house as those are my rules but I have to fight with every ounce of energy not to overstep the boundary with her daughter. I want to give her a good bollocking and telling off when she just outright punches her brother in the face. I had her for over 3 years and she was a saint, very well behaved, and mum doesn't discipline either of them. This morning dcb comes with a bandage on his forehead after splitting his head open yesterday climbing and jumping off the sofa and I clearly confronted the issue with her that he will continue to do this unless there are some negative consequences for this bad behaviour because she went on to say that at breakfast he is jumping up and down on his chair. Jeez lady, discipline them for goodness sake, its in their best interest to teach them and as a result they will be better behaved and give you a break!!