Sniff sniff....

So we've been sick lately... First me, then Andy, and then me again. I'm sure glad that the pugs can't catch our human sicknesses... or else I would be in trouble.

It's the curse/blessing of working at a daycare... toddlers are precious, but as my mother-in-law says, they are just little germ carriers. They say that after you work in daycare a while, you build up a solid immune system and then rarely get sick. *crossing fingers* That's what I'm hoping for.

Speaking of my day job... I have to say it REALLY irritates me that some parents leave their kids there for 12 hours straight! Drop them off before 6 am and then rush in just before 6 pm to pick them up just to take them home, feed them and put them in bed. Poor kids! Do the parents expect us to raise them? In situations like that, the child usually shows signs of insecurity, and fear. We have one little girl... who is PRECIOUS to say the least. Beautiful... could easily be a child model... and yet her mom leaves her for 12 hours a day... (the longest amount of time allowed by the state for a parent to leave a child at a childcare facility is 12 hours). The little one actually calls me and my co teacher "mommy"... and she cries... a lot. Makes me SO VERY ANGRY.... but what can I do except give her the best environment I can possibly give her while she is in my care.

FYI... if you leave your child at a daycare, we can easily tell you if you discipline your child or not... even if you do not inform us of your actions at home... and I ask this on behalf of all other daycare workers... PLEASE discipline your children (with love, of coarse)... it's better for us, the other children, and frankly, it's MUCH better for your child. If you do not FIRMLY discipline your children when they are young, they grow up to be more insecure, unstable and unable to adapt to the REAL WORLD. It's a statistical fact. I do not understand the move nowadays to let kid do as they please. It is just a form of laziness if you ask me.

Okay. I'm off my soap box for today.