For Ten Year Plus Veterans.... Can I Ask?
For ladies who have done ten years or more of IN HOME child care, may I ask your opinion
Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well? Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids. Now the same question of the last five-years. Now the same questions of the last year. Last question. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids? |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
Originally Posted by Annalee: |
I've been in business for 10 years.
First 5 years I would say 90%,the past few years I would guess around 50%.It's hard to say because I technically have 100% well behaved children with great parents but it takes me a lot longer to interview.I've taken kids in the past year that I would have never taken in 10 years ago,they are getting harder to find. |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
I don't know percentages, but what I do know is that I have been a licensed home daycare provider for 25 years and every daycare provider I know has made comments that as each year goes by, the parents and kids get worse and worse. The kids are not as educated at home and are less able to retain the information we are teaching them at daycare. The children's attitudes, behavior, mannerisms, etc. are worse and worse each year. The parents become less and less interested in spending time with their children at home and less and less interested in their child's activities at daycare each year.
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going on year 12
I am going to try to answer the best I can understand. Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well? In the start I would say about 85%, that lasted for about 3 years, it dropped after year 3 and has continued to drop which I would say now is about 35- 40% Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids. 12 years ago, again about 85% Now the same question of the last five-years. %60 Now the same questions of the last year. 35% Last question. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids? 5% |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
Originally Posted by nannyde: It's Friday BEFORE a vacation, I do not have many brain cells left and I totally suck at math; specifically percentages... LOL! :ouch: Originally Posted by nannyde: Originally Posted by nannyde: Originally Posted by nannyde: Originally Posted by nannyde: Originally Posted by nannyde: Only 5% of the kids with great parents were tough or hard to manage children. There is a DIRECT correlation between quality parenting and well behaved children. ********************************************************************* The answers would vary GREATLY had you asked about the FIRST 10 years I was in this business but the percentages NOW verses then is not due to parental changes (societal or personal) but more about how I interview and who I accept into care. I am much more picky now and I will easily pass on a parent/family/child that I feel does not share the same parenting and discipline philosophies as I do. THAT ^^^ makes those percentages shift alot. ;) HTH :) If not, just call me if you need further explanation.... |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by Annalee: |
[quote=nannyde;474141]For ladies who have done ten years or more of IN HOME child care, may I ask your opinion
Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well? 85 percent Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids. 90 percent Now the same question of the last five-years. Same Now the same questions of the last year. Same Last question. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids?[ 5 percent /QUOTE] Even though you said"IN HOME"., I went ahead and answered anyways. :D:D ETA oops, I tried to make my answers red but it didn't take! Also, just wanted to add, I feel like my percentages didn't change too much over time because I think I got better at finding families that were a good fit. |
For ladies who have done ten years or more of IN HOME child care, may I ask your opinion
Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well? Best estimate around 30%(seems like it's a lot to ask of kids these days) Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids. I believe they all(mostly all) had their best interests at heart and meant well with the way they disciplined, etc. While I don't agree with a lot of different things they did, I'd have to say maybe 70% were trying their very best Now the same question of the last five-years. Same Now the same questions of the last year. Same Last question. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids? 20% I had 1 dcf, perfect older sister but younger brother was a biter, didn't listen, rules didn't apply to him, absolutely strong-willed all the way. 2 completely opposite kids from same family and I don't suspect they were brought up all that differently. Wonderful parents and I still think very highly of them. Not that you asked this but I want to offer my opinion anyways. :) I think so many parents believe to be a good parent these days they need to offer a zillion choices to their kids to the point where the kids are getting to call too many of the shots. Their kids run the whole family's lives so try to run everybody else's too. ETA: 32 years of in-home daycare |
Originally Posted by : Today, I am pickier with WHAT special needs I take, and I am very careful when I interview a family. |
Originally Posted by Angelsj: |
Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well? 75%
Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids. 80% Now the same question of the last five-years. 70% Now the same questions of the last year. 70% Last question. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids? 5% |
Awww thanks ladies. Any more?
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Originally Posted by nannyde: Talk about a trip down memory lane! Lol! |
I've been in FCC almost 20 years... I can't begin to estimate percentages, but it's gone up and down depending on my situation. I started out in graduate school in St. Louis where it was all "up" then moved to MI where it was mostly "up" (only problem was 1 family on assistance). Most of my time has been here in WI and it started lower and moved up - lower when I had more low income/assistance families and higher since I stopped taking assistance. Like Blackcat said, I'm pickier about who I enroll now than I used to be.
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Originally Posted by nannyde: Laurel |
1a. Of the last ten years of experience can you tell me the percentage of kids in your child care who are well behaved, respectful, calm, kind, good eaters, and sleep well?
Last 10 = 40% (I am assuming you mean upon enrollment.) (*first 10 = 80% ) 1b. Out of that percentage can you tell me what percent of their parents do you believe were doing a good job as parents? ( Meaning they disciplined fairly, had expectations of good behavior, fed healthy food, kept kids clean in well fitted clothing, expected reasonable sleep... rest schedules, expected manners.. and spent a good amount of awake time with their kids.) Last 10 = 100% (allowing for parent/guardian, not just parent, as several are with grandparents the bulk of the parenting time) (first 10 = 100%) 2a. Now the same question of the last five-years. Last 5 = 20% 2b. Last 5 = 100% 3a. Now the same questions of the last year. This year = 0% 3b. This year = 0% 4. In your entire experience of ten years plus... what percentage of kids have you had where the parents were what you would consider top quality parents but had kids with poor behavior over the years you had the kids? 0% and this includes my special needs kids. (allowing for developmentally appropriate issues) likethis *** What I am currently experiencing seems to be an extreme pendulum swing from the perceived Government interference with parenting, education and childcare. I have parents demanding I serve majority junk foods and not do curriculum with their children for the very first time in my career. I have perspective clients who ask if I am licensed and tell me they are not interested in a "State" program. I am baffled and trying to hang on as long as I can.... It is illegal to provide childcare for more than 2 kids without being licensed here. IDK. Hope this trend ends quickly. :eek: Spite parenting? Is this a new thing??? :ouch: |
Originally Posted by Cat Herder: That way THEY (parents) can dictate everything from activities, food and costs. ;) |
Originally Posted by nannyde: This is just my 3cents.....I understand 97 other cents out there to listen too.....ha ha and I do listen, maybe I don't agree but I listen. It will be interesting to see what you do with all of this Nan, hope you will share. Sorry I couldn't be more of a help % wise |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: My concern of a trend is because I am getting this from my newborn/first child interviews as well. :confused::confused: (remember, I *usually* only enroll newborns) It is simply odd, IMHO. ***I do know early voting has started and many are still riled up from the ballots back in May...** :cool: |
Originally Posted by nannyde: |
Originally Posted by dalman: My kids are pretty good kids, but four of them are somewhere on the spectrum. Between birth-6 and again between 13-17 two of them were incredibly difficult behavior wise. To the point that most people would assume they were "poorly parented." Exactly the opposite is true. They had to be parented differently in order to be successful, but I did what I had to do to bring them up with values and an understanding of others, despite the huge struggle to do so. (And I am still working on my 14 yo) I have also had kids who were VERY poorly parented who were golden children; smart, funny, well behaved and had wonderful manners. I currently have two that have some behavior issues, whose parents are pretty good (certainly not terrible) and working on it. They didn't do anything wrong; these kids are just tough cookies. |
Originally Posted by Cat Herder: |
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