Why do some parents have to be so
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Why do some parents have to be so
| Tue, 02-06-2007 - 1:51pm |
ridiculously difficult. I am a SAHM that decided this year I would watch a couple of children to make some extra money. I have lurked on this board a lot and notice quite a few WOHM here. I just stopped watching this one baby that I just couldn't figure out the parents. The baby was a mess all the time. She was sick, had multiple respiratory problems, and cried all the time. Every time I called the parents to pick the baby up due to wheezing, or fever they seemed annoyed with me. Which I thought was odd. I have a strict policy that if the children have green noses they must go home. Also if the children have a fever they must go home and not return for 24 hours after the fever has broken or on antibiotics. Well I could never figure out why the baby cried so much until I was talking to the mother. Apparently they allow this baby to sit in a swing in the evenings and on weekends to get her to sleep. So the only time this baby naps during the day on the weekends is in a swing. Well that is not going to happen here. The baby is almost 20 lbs and I am not purchasing a swing for this child to sleep in. So according to the mother this child goes home around 5:30 or 6pm and sleeps from 6:30 until 6:30 the next day. No wonder...she won't nap here. So I told the mother that if I couldn't get the baby to nap during the day then I would no longer be keeping this baby. Well I guess she didn't believe me and I gave these parents a 1 week notice. I can't imagine having my baby that I haven't seen all day sleep a half hour after I got home and sleep until the next morning. I have tried for 4 months to get this baby on a schedule. When the other 2 children I have take their nap this child screams and screams. Just weird to me that a parent would want this for their child.


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i agree that no dcp should have to take care of any child they dont want to. my issue with the parents in this situation is that they left their child in that sitiuation as long as they did. had it been me, i would have had my child out of there immediately.
do we know these parents didnt have their ducks in order? it doesnt sound like they had issues with the child, only the dcp did. being a dcp is hard work and being able to adapt and work with different types of children is probably one of the harder parts. but i do expect the dcp to deal with the issues that arise when i am not there, just as i expect the parents of my childrens friends to deal with the issues that arise when they are at their house playing, just as i expect teachers to deal with the issues that arise at school. i certainly expect to be informed, i will always do what i can to help, but i am not going to second grade again if my second grader needs help in spelling, that is the job of the teacher.
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yes i do. you know what, a dcp would never have to come to me and tell me that because i would know long before that that something was amiss and would have my child out of there.
i expect the people i leave my children with to care for those children as if they were their own - its not a matter of them dealing with what a parent should be dealing with, it them dealing with issues that come up when the kids are with them, i expect it from dcps, teachers, my parents and parents of my childrens friends - if you agree to keep my child then you owe it to me and to them to give them the best possible care. you dont have to keep my kids but if you agree to do so the responsibility on you is high.
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