Homebody 02:50 PM 02-07-2018
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.
amberrose3dg 02:53 PM 02-07-2018
Originally Posted by Homebody:
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.
You can but be prepared to hear it all the time. It is one of my biggest pet peeves.
Ariana 03:04 PM 02-07-2018
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.”
BrynleeJean 07:47 PM 02-07-2018
OOO i hate that
even my daycare families would call me a "sitter" like "hey i told so and so i know of a great sitter for their little girl"
I'm thinking man if you think these are sitter prices i should charge more.
GOOD NESS that upsets me
BUT i always ignored it with a smile on my face
DaveA 03:19 AM 02-08-2018
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."
284878 04:20 AM 02-08-2018
Originally Posted by Ariana:
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.”
Yes reply like this.
Baby Beluga 04:50 AM 02-08-2018
Originally Posted by Ariana:
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.”
Exactly this
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.
Homebody 06:26 AM 02-08-2018
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.
Ariana 09:04 AM 02-08-2018
Originally Posted by Homebody:
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.
I don’t think people know that it is a degrading term to be honest. Most people think of anyone who watches kids as “sitters”! A friend of mine called me a sitter once and
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
Homebody 10:43 AM 02-08-2018
Originally Posted by Ariana:
I don’t think people know that it is a degrading term to be honest. Most people think of anyone who watches kids as “sitters”! A friend of mine called me a sitter once and
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
I completely agree!
Mom2Two 11:55 AM 02-08-2018
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.
HappyEverAfter 06:32 PM 02-08-2018
Originally Posted by Ariana:
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.”
This is what I would do too.
Josiegirl 03:43 AM 02-09-2018
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.
Homebody 05:34 AM 02-09-2018
Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
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.
That's a very good point!