PSA: don’t bring your kids to parent/teacher conferences!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PSA: bitching about your particular preschool’s annoying policies isn’t a PSA.

It’s not that annoying. How else are they supposed to do conferences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

Finally one of you realized if you are going to keep lecturing people about terminology you should not be using the term "daycare".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

Finally one of you realized if you are going to keep lecturing people about terminology you should not be using the term "daycare".

It is day care if kids are there 7-10 hours a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our preschool always scheduled them during naptimes so that the teachers could do them and they'd have floaters in the classroom. I'd be pissed if I had to pay for childcare for a 15 minute conference.

Why would you pay for childcare. You find another parent with a kid in your child's class, schedule the conferences with a slot in the middle, and trade off watching the kids on the playground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:its preschool. if there is a serious issue, it should already have been raised with the parents.

No kidding!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s preschool is doing conferences today. They explicitly request that parents not bring their kids and yet I’ve seen at least 2 parents bring their kids in. How are you supposed to have a productive, honest conversation about your child in front of them? If you can’t get childcare today, they offer the option of scheduling it another time with the teacher.

Ridiculous.

What do you plan to discuss?

[Anonymous]

Man, OP. You have a long road ahead of you. Loosen up a bit.

Signed,
Parent of teens

[Anonymous]

At our preschool the kids present their work. Mandatory attendance.

[Anonymous]

Our preschool provides babysitting during the conference. Why don’t you suggest that to your school for next time?

[Anonymous]

Oh great preschool vs daycare lady showed up
You know, in DC we have universal, full day PS3 and PK4. So yes, there's nap time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

Finally one of you realized if you are going to keep lecturing people about terminology you should not be using the term "daycare".

It is day care if kids are there 7-10 hours a day.

Child care professionals do not use the term daycare. They say "child care" which is more descriptive. If you are going to lecture people about terminology, use the right words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t use babysitters. So, yes kid comes if you want both of us. .

LOL! Why would two parents go to a preschool parent teacher conference

Some kids have two caring parents. Try it.

Seriously? We both work. We trade off on these things.

You have child care if you are both working or take off.

Finally one of you realized if you are going to keep lecturing people about terminology you should not be using the term "daycare".

It is day care if kids are there 7-10 hours a day.

Child care professionals do not use the term daycare. They say "child care" which is more descriptive. If you are going to lecture people about terminology, use the right words.

I used the term child care but it really doesn't matter what term you use as if kids are there all day its day care. Most child care "professionals" don't have college degrees, let alone in early childhood education or another equal major. (yes, I have worked at several day cares and in college I was by far the most educated).