So one of my clients gave me their notice last night. They were on a wait list for a center around here and they got a call that there was opening in September. Which is the good part...at least I got plenty of notice and I do appreciate that. Only thing that is bothering me....is their reason for leaving. I'll give it to you straight; we are all white, DCB and his family are black. She said one of the reasons she chose center care was because she thought there would be more "diversity"....m y first thought is WTF? DCB is very happy here and adjusting so well, but she is yanking him out because of skin color? Honestly I don't know what to think. Goes to show racism goes both ways, although maybe calling racism is harsh, I don't know.

Adding to that is my frustration that I feel I am the "wait list daycare" around here. I am a French/French immersion daycare so I cater mostly to French Canadians and they definitely seem to prefer center care. As soon as something opens up they yank their happy child out of here and they are gone. I bumped into one of my old clients actually and he had said how difficult the transition was for their daughter when they left me and went to the local center ( she never cried ONCE with me, in fact she would cry because she didn't want to leave). Which leaves me scratching my head as to why these parents leave in the first place?!?! It's frustrating...i have two spots that I have been filling every six months for the past while and though I am thankful I don't have too much difficulty filling them because I am the only french daycare around, it's sucks to have to do that much transitioning and never see your group age together.

And this one, leaving because of diversity...hmmm I don't know