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I am the OP and yes I agree that the fault lies entirely with me. I have only myself to blame for this fiasco. I went with her because she was the only person near my place who opened at 7am and I was impressed with the program she ran (as in what she entertained the kids with etc), she was clean and everything was great except her gruff attitude. I had thought I can put up with the attitude but my mistake. And I am glad for th trial period - that way I can leave without any hassle. I was upset about her attitude of not opening a door a minute earlier - it is business for most of the providers but I could not believe that she would let a baby stand in the cold outside becuase she does not want to break her rules!!!
Anyways lesson learnt and well on time. AND THE PROVIDER IS NOT E.S. her initials are B.A. |
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| OP here again and yes as the 10.06 poster pointed out this provider claims that she is the way she is because parents made her that way!! She says she has 27yrs of experience and "when you are doing it for this long then you ahve to harden up"!!! Yes she is bitter abt past experiences and that is what causes her to be this way. And I did everything by the book - interview, 3 visits, ask all sorts of questions but I guess never figured that I will not be able to take her "tough love" attitude!! |
Anonymous
If you are thinking of the E.S. that I know of, she is not gruff like that. Incompetent, yes. Gruff, no. |
Anonymous
OK, thank you. |
Anonymous
Assuming you had a bad experience with ES? |
Anonymous
Many people have had a problem with ES. I interviewed her but -- thank god -- didn't hire her. Search this board for her name. You'll find the stories. |
Anonymous
Sorry, search for what exactly. ES doesn't give a mom trying to avoid bad daycare much to go on. thanks! |
Anonymous
I don't want to name her by name, but I also interviewed with her and she seemed super-strict in times like this (which is OK, I'm punctual, but it there was just something about her attitude that concerned me a bit). That's why I asked. No, we never used her, so I can't comment further. |
Anonymous
Can you direct to one of the previous threads? |
Anonymous
Thank you. |
Anonymous
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To the OP, I have been doing daycare for 27 years, and although I have had to dealt with all kinds of families and stuations, my attitude is far from gruff. You take away from sour situations and you learn from them, grow and move on. That is my attitude. If she is gruff with the parents I would hate to see how she is with the children in care.
As for you cant imagine a provider allowing a baby to be left outside for a few minutes, I know a provider (thank god she quit long ago, as I was getting ready to turn her in for her practices), she one time had a power outage and called the county asking them how they expected her to feed the kids, would yell at her own for opening the fridge, told the county when suggested to call a neighbor and borrow $10 to order a pizza for the kids and she told them she would not do that. Well then why not CLOSE??? I too would have a problem with having kids here, not so much for feeding issues because I have a gas stove AND would make lunch fine but for the fact there would be no heat. There are definitely some people who are NOT cut out for daycare and many a time my clients have told me that there is no way they could do what I do. |
Anonymous
| It's sad when a bad provider makes it harder for the good ones out there. |
Anonymous
You are so right. I think this is why I am having a hard time getting kids in here right now, because parents are looking at centers as being the safer place to be. My licensing specialist even said that is not always true, but you hear more bad things about in home providers than you hear about what goes on in the centers. I have looked at the site online for Virginia that shows violations for the centers around me, and one center in particular (where one of my clients actually switched her child overnight to come to me) has many violations including 2 children leaving the playground through a back gate and gone unnoticed by the staff, and yet they still have kids that attend. Do those parents not look to see the background of the center before placing their child there? But yet even tho that happened, it wasnt public knowledge, not like they would run a story about an in home provider. I have an excellent track record in my 27 years that I have been doing care but it is difficult getting anyone in here because in home care has gotten such a bad rap. I struggle to keep my doors open for the current clients I have because I dont want to let them down. |
Anonymous
| 14:14 ask your current families to write generic letters of reference for you. If you have a website get permission to put them on it. That is the best way to get and keep clients! Also, tell them you are struggling to stay open and ask them to refer people. Often people have forums at work like Craigs List where they can post things. |