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I got a fb message from someone and I'm not quite sure how to respond, as I don't know if I should be offended or just laugh.
The message goes like this: "Hi, I'm going to be looking for a sitter soon as mine is retiring. You have posted on someone else's post and I was wanting to ask you some questions. Are you a sitter?" I don't feel like I am a sitter considering all the training I've had to do and keep doing for my license. To me a sitter is someone who goes to someone's house and watches kids on occasion. Would you even bother correcting her? Then again maybe she is looking for a sitter for her home, but I don't think this is the case. |
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I would ignore the question and simply state “I am a licensed daycare provider and have x amount of experience working with children. What hours are you looking for etc etc.”
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OOO i hate that
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It can get annoying. Anymore I'm at the point where it's "Pay me on time, follow my policies, don't be a headache and you can call me whatever the @#&* you want to."
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Yes reply like this.
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![]() FWIW, some of my families also refer to me as a "sitter." It doesn't bother me much. Call me whatever you want. Just follow my rules and pay on time and we're good. Sometimes I think it's simply because parent don't know the different between babysitters, nanny's in-home daycares, in-home preschools, etc. I have a mom now who kept calling her ex provider a nanny. She was convinced the provider was a nanny and not an in home provider. |
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Thanks everyone! I replied similar to what Ariana had suggested. She asked for our location, and so I told her. Haven't heard back, so I guess we aren't in a convenient location for her.
From now on I will try not to take it personally. Like some of you have said as long as they pay me and follow the policies then that's what matters most. |
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I told her why I hated that term. She apologized and said she had no clue. There are a lot of clueless people out there ![]() |
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I tend to let it go when people say that.
But to answer the email, I would state that you are a licensed daycare provider and start asking your questions about days/hours care needed, age of child etc. If it's one of those people who wants some version of: "I'm looking for care on Mondays with alternating Fridays" etc etc, then advise them to look for a sitter or a pt time nanny. |
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This is what I would do too.
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It used to bother me but there are more important things to worry about. And just think of all the times you or I may have inadvertently called a custodian a janitor or an administrative assistant a secretary. As times and political correctness change, so do the terms. Sometimes we're slow to keep up and don't realize the difference until we get corrected.
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