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melilley 12:15 PM 02-17-2014
One of my dcd's took the Valentines Day gift that dck made for them (Friday), looked at it, then proceeded to fold it and stuff it into a little teeny bag. (it was the Love with the hand being the O and feet being the V, idea someone mentioned last week) Same family said their dog ate the Christmas gift dcb made. I don't know why, but it really bothered me. We worked hard on those gifts.

Dcp of the same above mentioned family member came in this morning and tells me she's sorry she didn't bring Valentine's cards Friday...that she can't keep track of everything..ummmm you work at a preschool, your 3 yo goes to preschool-quit lying and just admit you forgot or didn't want to bring any-you don't ever bring anything for our parties, which is fine, but why lie?

Same dcp came in this morning-late because she is at home and has the day off and tells me that dcb was up for 2 hours last night. He fell asleep with dcd on the couch and all of a sudden she hears a toy hammer hitting the wall (sometime in the wee hours of night/morning) and finds dcb up playing and dcd still sleeping. Then she says he wouldn't go to sleep and stayed up playing for 2 hours and she needs sleep......PUT HIM IN HIS OWN CRIB! Oh and then tells me dcb had Tylenol for teething last night. I took his temp once, then again an hour later and up it went-not enough to send home, but I text dcm to see when he had Tylenol because his temp was going up and surprise no call back!

This same dcm told me her and her dh's phone was shut off (conveniently when I had to call them about late payment a couple of weeks ago), but they could get texts at home and work because there is wifi at both places....ummm makes NO sense!

I just don't get some people.

Phew ok I'm done.
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Jack Sprat 12:25 PM 02-17-2014
Nice.... Dcp looked at tile w/ pic of dcg on it and says "great just what we need another picture" (really made handing that term letter over easier)

Sorry they are being such turds.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 12:35 PM 02-17-2014
Uhhhhhh I no longer work with crazy people. I can give grace for normal things but if you are over the top I just can't handle it any longer. That is just straight up CRAZY.
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caregiver 01:06 PM 02-17-2014
Why is it that some daycare parents just don't really appreciate the time and effort we go thru to have their child make something special for them for holidays!
I have had one DCD leave a special valentines project in the back set of his car after picking up his child and it never made it into their house. I know this because I asked the DCM a few days later how she liked the Valentines that her son made and she replied, I didn't know he made anything, I never saw anything. This Valentine's project also had a real Rose attached for the DCM, so it must have wilted in the car.

Also this is not the subject of this thread, but it really bugs me when parents want you to write up a report for the day of what their child did and then you find out that they are not even reading them,I put the report in the bag that goes home and then the next day I find the report still in the bag, unread as I put them in a envelope and put a sticker on the opening and the sticker was still on there,so I know they didn't read it. So now I don't bother writing a report anymore and they have not said anything. It's a waste of time.
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CraftyMom 01:15 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by melilley:
One of my dcd's took the Valentines Day gift that dck made for them (Friday), looked at it, then proceeded to fold it and stuff it into a little teeny bag. (it was the Love with the hand being the O and feet being the V, idea someone mentioned last week) Same family said their dog ate the Christmas gift dcb made. I don't know why, but it really bothered me. We worked hard on those gifts.
I have a couple dcp like that! One dcm always lets dcb carry his artwork out the door and he picks it apart and rips it before they get to the car! It's his I guess he can rip it, but he should be proud of it!
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melilley 03:28 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by care giver:
Why is it that some daycare parents just don't really appreciate the time and effort we go thru to have their child make something special for them for holidays!
I have had one DCD leave a special valentines project in the back set of his car after picking up his child and it never made it into their house. I know this because I asked the DCM a few days later how she liked the Valentines that her son made and she replied, I didn't know he made anything, I never saw anything. This Valentine's project also had a real Rose attached for the DCM, so it must have wilted in the car.

Also this is not the subject of this thread, but it really bugs me when parents want you to write up a report for the day of what their child did and then you find out that they are not even reading them,I put the report in the bag that goes home and then the next day I find the report still in the bag, unread as I put them in a envelope and put a sticker on the opening and the sticker was still on there,so I know they didn't read it. So now I don't bother writing a report anymore and they have not said anything. It's a waste of time.
BOo to these parents! I used to do daily reports, but the same thing happened so I don't write them anymore. It's a waste of time.
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melilley 03:29 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
Uhhhhhh I no longer work with crazy people. I can give grace for normal things but if you are over the top I just can't handle it any longer. That is just straight up CRAZY.
I like dad, but mom is crazy!
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melilley 03:30 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by CraftyMom:
I have a couple dcp like that! One dcm always lets dcb carry his artwork out the door and he picks it apart and rips it before they get to the car! It's his I guess he can rip it, but he should be proud of it!
Ugh... I had one parent when I worked in a center, take her child's bag of art and the next day I found it in the garbage in the same room that her child was in all day!
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melilley 03:31 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by Jack Sprat:
Nice.... Dcp looked at tile w/ pic of dcg on it and says "great just what we need another picture" (really made handing that term letter over easier)

Sorry they are being such turds.
What? BOoo! I can't believe some people!
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melilley 03:33 PM 02-17-2014
Well dcm calls at 4-of course almost at p/u time and in a whiny voice tells me that she went home and left her phone downstairs and magically at 4 decided to look at it...yeah right. Dcb ended up having 101.4 after nap. Then she texts and tells me she'll let me know about tomorrow cuz it HAS to be teething, right. NOOOO I don't think so. 24 hrs lady.
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daycarediva 04:06 PM 02-17-2014
I had a dcm throw our valentines art in the trash in front of me and her son. Why? She didn't want the glitter all over her car. W.t.f! At least ACT like you care for the sake of your child's feelings!
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CraftyMom 04:14 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by care giver:
Also this is not the subject of this thread, but it really bugs me when parents want you to write up a report for the day of what their child did and then you find out that they are not even reading them,I put the report in the bag that goes home and then the next day I find the report still in the bag, unread as I put them in a envelope and put a sticker on the opening and the sticker was still on there,so I know they didn't read it. So now I don't bother writing a report anymore and they have not said anything. It's a waste of time.
Yes! I find them all the time still in the cubby or child's bag, sometimes 2 or 3 from previous days. Then on a day I didn't have time to write one up dcm gives me attitude because she didn't know anything about the child's day! Really?!
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sharlan 04:35 PM 02-17-2014
That's why I quit doing school with my 4 yo. Dad would say to give the pages to Mom, Mom would say to let Dad have them. It was a lot of work, paper, ink, and time for 1 child for the parents not to care. We haven't done school since the first of Dec and neither parent has asked about it.
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sharlan 04:36 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I had a dcm throw our valentines art in the trash in front of me and her son. Why? She didn't want the glitter all over her car. W.t.f! At least ACT like you care for the sake of your child's feelings!
WOW! That parent really cares. Grandsons dumped a ton of confetti all over dh's truck last Fri. He just took it to the carwash, no big deal.
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e.j. 05:10 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I had a dcm throw our valentines art in the trash in front of me and her son. Why? She didn't want the glitter all over her car. W.t.f! At least ACT like you care for the sake of your child's feelings!
That's so sad! Can you imagine how hurtful that is to a child? I don't understand how some parents could have such little regard for their own kids' feelings.
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e.j. 05:16 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by care giver:
Also this is not the subject of this thread, but it really bugs me when parents want you to write up a report for the day of what their child did and then you find out that they are not even reading them,I put the report in the bag that goes home and then the next day I find the report still in the bag, unread as I put them in a envelope and put a sticker on the opening and the sticker was still on there,so I know they didn't read it. So now I don't bother writing a report anymore and they have not said anything. It's a waste of time.
This drives me a little crazy,too, because I take time out of my very busy day to write these sheets up for them. When I first started out, I used to provide a notepad for the parents that would go back and forth between them and me. I would write about the child's day and ask them to write about things at night that were important for me to know...how they slept, if they ate breakfast...... It never took very long for that notebook to stop coming back to me. After that, the parents seemed very satisfied with a quick run down of the child's day instead of a written daily report. I was just recently thinking that I should go back to that method of communication!
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melilley 05:51 PM 02-17-2014
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I had a dcm throw our valentines art in the trash in front of me and her son. Why? She didn't want the glitter all over her car. W.t.f! At least ACT like you care for the sake of your child's feelings!
I can't believe some parents! Maybe I'm obsessed..a little..lol, but I love artwork that my kids do! I have an under bed storage bin and keep all the keepsake stuff there. They never see me throw anything away! Well, my dd is 11 now and some of the stuff that has to do with school I do ask, but all of the art work is saved, some framed!
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Kimskiddos 06:46 AM 02-18-2014
Originally Posted by melilley:
I can't believe some parents! Maybe I'm obsessed..a little..lol, but I love artwork that my kids do! I have an under bed storage bin and keep all the keepsake stuff there. They never see me throw anything away! Well, my dd is 11 now and some of the stuff that has to do with school I do ask, but all of the art work is saved, some framed!
It is sad when the dcp's do this! I also would never throw away my kids art work. My ds was/is an avid drawer and he had the bottom drawer of his dresser that was stuffed full of his art. I admit that occasionally while he was at school I would go through it and throw away some of the papers. If I didn't do that he would have filled his entire 5 drawer dresser with paper! LOL My ds is grown and out of the house now but I still have 3 pieces framed and hanging in my home.

As for daily reports I only do them for infants and then only for 3 to 6 months. Once they become repetitive I stop.
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Patches 07:46 AM 02-18-2014
This is one reason I switched to electronic daily sheets. No more wasted paper, I won't see it in the diaper bag or front yard the day, and I always have copy and proof they received it.
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My3cents 10:20 AM 02-18-2014
Originally Posted by care giver:
Why is it that some daycare parents just don't really appreciate the time and effort we go thru to have their child make something special for them for holidays!
I have had one DCD leave a special valentines project in the back set of his car after picking up his child and it never made it into their house. I know this because I asked the DCM a few days later how she liked the Valentines that her son made and she replied, I didn't know he made anything, I never saw anything. This Valentine's project also had a real Rose attached for the DCM, so it must have wilted in the car.

Also this is not the subject of this thread, but it really bugs me when parents want you to write up a report for the day of what their child did and then you find out that they are not even reading them,I put the report in the bag that goes home and then the next day I find the report still in the bag, unread as I put them in a envelope and put a sticker on the opening and the sticker was still on there,so I know they didn't read it. So now I don't bother writing a report anymore and they have not said anything. It's a waste of time.
that is when those little home reports stop. I don't mind doing them for a short while to get used to each others schedules and give parent peace of mind but then once they are not being read they are no longer needed- on both ends of things. I don't want to waste time writing all that down if it is not needed. Parent might not know how to tell you that they are all set and don't need them anymore too-
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MarinaVanessa 05:01 PM 02-18-2014
Originally Posted by melilley:
This same dcm told me her and her dh's phone was shut off (conveniently when I had to call them about late payment a couple of weeks ago), but they could get texts at home and work because there is wifi at both places....ummm makes NO sense!
Okay I really can't help this family with anything else they've done but I can comment on this particular part of your vent. If they have smart phones such as Android or Apple iPhone they could possibly be using iMessage, Hangouts or Google Voice to make calls and texts with. If you don't have iMessage or Hangouts installed on your phone and you dial a number to call them then it could be Google Voice and that works on internet connection.

Really though I don't know why I bothered ... you've got plenty of other complaints that make it seem like they are just pushing the envelope on purpose.
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melilley 05:47 PM 02-18-2014
Originally Posted by MV:
Okay I really can't help this family with anything else they've done but I can comment on this particular part of your vent. If they have smart phones such as Android or Apple iPhone they could possibly be using iMessage, Hangouts or Google Voice to make calls and texts with. If you don't have iMessage or Hangouts installed on your phone and you dial a number to call them then it could be Google Voice and that works on internet connection.

Really though I don't know why I bothered ... you've got plenty of other complaints that make it seem like they are just pushing the envelope on purpose.
Oh, that would make sense then! I don't know what kind of phones they have, but dcm is always mentioning that they don't have money, hence the phones being shut off, so I can't see them having an expensive phone, but then again nothing surprises me with them.

Interesting though. I don't know squat about technology...I still have what I call a dumb phone...lol
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