Parents having the day off

[5 Little Monkeys]

THIS! Who cares what parents do or don't do when they are off? As long as they pick up on time and pay me, I don't care what they do. I DO feel bad for their child but if the child's own parent doesn't feel guilty, sad or mad about it, why should I waste MY time feeling bad about it?

Parents are going to parent in whatever way works for them. I can't MAKE them do certain things or feel a certain way. If they valued the time with their child as much as I would as a mother, they would make different choices but the choices they do make reflect their styles of parenting so to each his/her own.

I am a small business that sells a service. Using it means paying for it. It doesn't give me the right to dictate HOW they can use it.

If I need a day off or to close early, I do it and I don't owe the parents an explanation about it any more they owe me one about their days off. With or without their kids.

I don't think anyone is actually telling parents HOW to spend their days off, they are just venting some feelings Every job has pros and cons and it's okay to vent about the cons that we experience. Most of us don't have coworkers and I know I like to think of you all as online coworkers and I like discussing things. Just like every parent parents differently, we all provide dc services differently. If I have to close or close early I do actually feel that I owe the parents an explanation and I give them one.

[gravy_train]

When I opened my daycare I assumed that If parents had the day off they would keep their kids home, that if they were off work early they would pick their kids up, etc. it has taken me a year but I have finally started to let that expectation go and realize that if I want or need a day off I need to just take it for myself. Sometimes I spend it with my own kids and sometimes I plan on getting a sitter for them. The thing that really irks me is that Most of my kids are here for 9 to 9.5 hours - they all get dropped off the second I unlock my door (they are usually waiting in their cars outside) even when the parents have a day off. I get that it's easier to grocery shop or whatever without your kids but how will they ever know how to behave in those situations if parents don't teach them?

[Blackcat3168]

I don't think anyone is actually telling parents HOW to spend their days off, they are just venting some feelings Every job has pros and cons and it's okay to vent about the cons that we experience. Most of us don't have coworkers and I know I like to think of you all as online coworkers and I like discussing things. Just like every parent parents differently, we all provide dc services differently. If I have to close or close early I do actually feel that I owe the parents an explanation and I give them one.

I don't think I was implying that anyone was telling parents how to spend their days. ???

I was stating MY opinion about how I operate.

I am also fully aware that all jobs have pros and cons. Again, I never said or implied that it is or isn't ok to vent about feelings.

I'm not understanding how my post/words were taken as anything but MY opinion???