My daughter's daycare is a proud member of the NAACP.

[Chris_]

My daughter has been attending this daycare since October 2009.  Today is the first day I noticed the little "Proud NAACP Member" sticker on the director's office window. 

 

Tomorrow we start checking out new daycare centers. 

[BEG]

Have you been happy with her care up until you saw the NAACP sticker?

[Chris_]

Not really.

I've had issues with certain teacher's at the center.  I LOVED her morning teacher, but she got a promotion and now works up front.  I don't blame her for wanting more money.  She was the only reason we were sticking around.

There is one teacher who fills in in the infant room some times.  Her son is in the infant room too.  One day she said, "Boy, I will whoop your butt if you don't stop banging them toys together."  Uncalled for, unprofessional, and it made me feel disgusted.

If that woman can talk to her child that way, in front of a parent whose child she is caring for, then whatever.  Time to go bye bye.

We were going to get a new daycare once she was ready for the toddler room because I cannot stand the toddler teachers.

I just want her out of that daycare since my husband & I do not agree with the NAACP views.

[Hawkgirl]

Daycares are plentiful...I am sure you won't have trouble finding another place that has better work ethics.

[Chris_]

There is one teacher who fills in in the infant room some times.  Her son is in the infant room too.  One day she said, "Boy, I will whoop your butt if you don't stop banging them toys together."  Uncalled for, unprofessional, and it made me feel disgusted.

Keepin' it real.

Yeah, that's pretty sorry behavior.

[soleil]

Not really.

I've had issues with certain teacher's at the center.  I LOVED her morning teacher, but she got a promotion and now works up front.  I don't blame her for wanting more money.  She was the only reason we were sticking around.

There is one teacher who fills in in the infant room some times.  Her son is in the infant room too.  One day she said, "Boy, I will whoop your butt if you don't stop banging them toys together."  Uncalled for, unprofessional, and it made me feel disgusted.

If that woman can talk to her child that way, in front of a parent whose child she is caring for, then whatever.  Time to go bye bye.

We were going to get a new daycare once she was ready for the toddler room because I cannot stand the toddler teachers.

I just want her out of that daycare since my husband & I do not agree with the NAACP views.

Yeah, if the woman talks to her own child that way? Oh hell no. Time to go. I used to work in a daycare when I was a teen and in my early 20's. It made me never want to send my child to daycare if I ever had one. Well I did, and she is now in daycare. What I realized was that it was crappy people working in the wrong profession, and not daycare itself. I am blessed that the daycare my baby goes to is run by a longtime family friend who knew me when I was in the womb. She considers my baby the grandbaby she never had. But I also know that all the other kids there are treated like little kids should be. No yelling AT ALL, and none of that nonsense you speak of. I would find a new daycare because of how she treats her own child. I know daycares aren't easy to come by. I was on the waiting list at 3 months gestation, and she finally got in when she was 5 months. Good luck. I know you are frustrated.

[BEG]

When my son was about 3 years old I went to pick him up from daycare and they informed me he was pushed off a little tykes play gym (inside not outside) by another little boy.  The following week I get a call from the daycare saying he was sick.  I went to pick him up and he was not responsive at all.  I took him immediately to the doctor who said he didn't have a fever so he looked all over his head for a sign of trauma.  He found a lump and a bruise on the back of his ear.  My son had a friggen concussion.  I went back to the daycare and one of the women admitted he fell off the outdoor jungle gym.  I was so pissed that they didn't tell me that when I picked him up that I never took him back.  To this day I wonder if they did it to him rather than him actually falling.  He also ALWAYS came home with teeth marks on his body and they always blamed this one little boy.  I told them they needed to tell the mother that her son could no longer come to the daycare but they never did.  I'm sure they just wanted the money.

I took him to an in home daycare from then on and never had another problem.

[Chris_]

That's awful!  Our daycare has cameras that we can watch from home/work.  I take a break around 10am & 3pm to check in.  Carleigh's grandparent's check in a lot during the day.  Never had any issues.  Another child bit my daughter a few weeks ago, but it didn't break skin.  And then two weeks ago, my daughter decided to jump for a toy while sitting in the rocking chair with her new afternoon teacher.  My daughter hit her head on the carpeted area and had a tiny little bruise.  The afternoon teacher was so upset.  It was her first week on the job.  She thought I was going to yell at her.

I just wish I could steal my daughter's old morning teacher and have her watch my daughter.  She's the only person I trust to care for my child.

And the two year old room has the meanest teachers.  I hear them yell at the kids all the time.  They scream at them.  I wish I knew who the parents were so I could give them a heads up.  It's really unacceptable to scream at any child the way they do.

I just hope we find a new daycare quickly.  My daughter loves people and takes changes fairly well.  She loves ALL children.  And it's for the best I think. 

My whole issue with the NAACP thing is, I don't know how much money of ours they take to donate or renew their membership.  Maybe none, maybe some.  But since we do not agree with the group, we don't want to write out a weekly check and worry about where even a $1 of it might be going.  Same goes with Planned Parenthood. 

I'm touchy.  lol

[soleil]

When my son was about 3 years old I went to pick him up from daycare and they informed me he was pushed off a little tykes play gym (inside not outside) by another little boy.  The following week I get a call from the daycare saying he was sick.  I went to pick him up and he was not responsive at all.  I took him immediately to the doctor who said he didn't have a fever so he looked all over his head for a sign of trauma.  He found a lump and a bruise on the back of his ear.  My son had a friggen concussion.  I went back to the daycare and one of the women admitted he fell off the outdoor jungle gym.  I was so pissed that they didn't tell me that when I picked him up that I never took him back.  To this day I wonder if they did it to him rather than him actually falling.  He also ALWAYS came home with teeth marks on his body and they always blamed this one little boy.  I told them they needed to tell the mother that her son could no longer come to the daycare but they never did.  I'm sure they just wanted the money.

I took him to an in home daycare from then on and never had another problem.

Wow! That is outrageous. I know you were angry. I can't imagine how I would feel if that happened to my baby. So terrible. Daycares can be scary. You are entrusting your baby's life with people. I am lucky to have the daycare that my baby goes to. I'd be frantic all of the time if I didn't. I am not sure I feel better knowing someone is up there who loves my girl almost as much as I do, or if I feel comfortable now because I have seen how the teachers care for and treat the kids.

[debk]

My daughter and her closest friends all seemed to have their first babies within about a year of each other. Round 2 has been going on for about a year.

4 or 5 of them have put their kids at the same daycare. I think it's really good, because the kids vary in age a bit, and are with different teachers. It allows the moms' to really know what the teachers and school are like. This place has been in the same place since we moved here in 83. To survive that long, where they are....they have to be good.

J is really happy with this place, loves the kids' teachers and even uses a couple of them as babysitters. To me that's a good sign.

[soleil]

My daughter and her closest friends all seemed to have their first babies within about a year of each other. Round 2 has been going on for about a year.

4 or 5 of them have put their kids at the same daycare. I think it's really good, because the kids vary in age a bit, and are with different teachers. It allows the moms' to really know what the teachers and school are like. This place has been in the same place since we moved here in 83. To survive that long, where they are....they have to be good.

J is really happy with this place, loves the kids' teachers and even uses a couple of them as babysitters. To me that's a good sign.

It is a good sign. My baby runs to her teacher every day and hugs her as soon as we get there. So, I love that. Being a daycare teacher (especially in the toddler classes) is a calling from God I believe. Kinda like nursing home caregivers, and almost any care position. You have to be a patient, compassionate and understanding person, or it just won't work out. If you aren't those things, you are in the wrong profession.

[Hawkgirl]

My baby's grandparents are my daycare...I am very fortunate...They fight  over who should wipe Elizabeth's mouth...lol (and I'm not even kidding)  It's very funny and heartwarming to see how much they love and cherish my daughter.

[debk]

It is a good sign. My baby runs to her teacher every day and hugs her as soon as we get there. So, I love that. Being a daycare teacher (especially in the toddler classes) is a calling from God I believe. Kinda like nursing home caregivers, and almost any care position. You have to be a patient, compassionate and understanding person, or it just won't work out. If you aren't those things, you are in the wrong profession.

J started out college majoring in Early Childhood Development. Then she went to work for a very "high-end" daycare. She worked there about a year. It was enough to make her change her mind. (She's a radiology tech).

It wasn't that she didn't like the kids. She couldn't stand the parents!! Not only the way they treated the staff, but also the way many of them treated the kids. These parents were paying a flippin' fortune for daycare, and the staff was paid minimum wage.

She ended up being a nanny for two different families for several years. She wasn't a live in, but was daily. She loved doing it, made incredible money, and is still close to them.

[soleil]

J started out college majoring in Early Childhood Development. Then she went to work for a very "high-end" daycare. She worked there about a year. It was enough to make her change her mind. (She's a radiology tech).

It wasn't that she didn't like the kids. She couldn't stand the parents!! Not only the way they treated the staff, but also the way many of them treated the kids. These parents were paying a flippin' fortune for daycare, and the staff was paid minimum wage.

She ended up being a nanny for two different families for several years. She wasn't a live in, but was daily. She loved doing it, made incredible money, and is still close to them.

I know the parents can be tough. I've seen it with my own eyes working at daycares. Their kids NEVER do wrong blah blah blah!! Nothing is ever good enough...

Crappy parents are why a friend of mine quit being a teacher and became a nurse. If the parents don't give a rat's butt, then what can you do?

Good for your daughter.

[Chris_]

My baby's grandparents are my daycare...I am very fortunate...They fight  over who should wipe Elizabeth's mouth...lol (and I'm not even kidding)  It's very funny and heartwarming to see how much they love and cherish my daughter.

I would love it if we had the grandparent's out here.  We have no family here.  It's just us three.  Carleigh would be spoiled rotten if the grandparent's were here though.  lol

[soleil]

I would love it if we had the grandparent's out here.  We have no family here.  It's just us three.  Carleigh would be spoiled rotten if the grandparent's were here though.  lol

My mother would love to keep my baby, and in a couple of years when she retires, she just might, BUT I love the fact that my baby gets to socialize all day with kids her age. That is a huge plus about daycare. They do learn a lot from being there. Sharing. Communicating well with others (especially others who are in the same mindset), etc. She isn't even 2 yet, and she comes home talking about these kids at school. There are positives and negatives with daycare. That also goes for kids who stay at home with mom. Really, if I could be a stay at home mom, I am not sure I would. I would love the extra time with my baby girl, but I also love that she is exposed to so many other things at school. There is no right answer really.

[debk]

My mother would love to keep my baby, and in a couple of years when she retires, she just might, BUT I love the fact that my baby gets to socialize all day with kids her age. That is a huge plus about daycare. They do learn a lot from being there. Sharing. Communicating well with others (especially others who are in the same mindset), etc. She isn't even 2 yet, and she comes home talking about these kids at school. There are positives and negatives with daycare. That also goes for kids who stay at home with mom. Really, if I could be a stay at home mom, I am not sure I would. I would love the extra time with my baby girl, but I also love that she is exposed to so many other things at school. There is no right answer really.

You bring up a very good point about the socialization.

When J was a toddler I volunteered at Duke Hospital as a Pink Lady.....I was the youngest by about 40 years  , but I loved it and she went to "Mother's Day Out" at the Church. It wasn't expensive at all, and it got both of us out of the house for about 4 hours a week. She got to spend time with kids her age, and I got to be "babied" by a bunch of old ladies ..... oh, those would be ladies not that much older tham me now 

I didn't do it after T was born....couldn't afford to do it with 2 kids.

After we moved here, she went to church run pre-kindergarten nursery school, 3 days a week, and when she went into kindergarten, he started a different church run nursery school 2 days a week. It was good for them, and good for me too, because I started getting very involved in volunteering in the community.

I will say though, that the kids who went to daycare full time, were much more socialized than the kids who went to part time nursery school ( here they were just 9-12 or 10-2 depending on where they went) or didn't go at all. They "knew" more stuff too. We didn't have all the computerized learning stuff that kids have these days, which I think really makes a difference.

[Chris_]

Socializing with other children was a HUGE plus for me when we enrolled her into daycare.  My oldest cousin refused to put her daughter in daycare.  I guess she thought they were "evil".  Daycare centers are great when you find the perfect one.  My daughter's new teachers just don't seem to interact with the children.  It's more like, change their diapers, feed them, and then let them play together.  It would be nice to see the teachers read books to them in a group.  Obviously not all of the children will sit around.  My daughter loves it when I read books to her.  When she sees a book, she gets really excited.

The school we checked out yesterday seemed decent.  It would knock a bigger hole in our budget though.  And we don't really have anymore money that we can cut out of our budget, so that school is probably out for now.  We will be looking at another center early this week.  Hopefully Monday or Tuesday.

[JohnnyReb]

My first thought was.......

HELP...we are being extorted by the NAACP.

[soleil]

Socializing with other children was a HUGE plus for me when we enrolled her into daycare.  My oldest cousin refused to put her daughter in daycare.  I guess she thought they were "evil".  Daycare centers are great when you find the perfect one.  My daughter's new teachers just don't seem to interact with the children.  It's more like, change their diapers, feed them, and then let them play together.  It would be nice to see the teachers read books to them in a group.  Obviously not all of the children will sit around.  My daughter loves it when I read books to her.  When she sees a book, she gets really excited.

The school we checked out yesterday seemed decent.  It would knock a bigger hole in our budget though.  And we don't really have anymore money that we can cut out of our budget, so that school is probably out for now.  We will be looking at another center early this week.  Hopefully Monday or Tuesday.

Good luck!! I am sure you will find a nice daycare for your child.