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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it would be a good idea for OP to talk to a therapist or a mature, neutral third party about this. Yes - there are bad people out there, but they are rare. While I would tel most people to go with their gut, OP might need a recalibration.

I worked at a preschool/daycare for a few months while I was waiting for another job to come through. It was a way my daughter could attend preschool and I could bring in a few extra bucks while we were establishing ourselves in the DC area.

Most of the women who worked there were immigrants from the Middle East or Central America. As I got to know them, I learned that all of the women generally fell into 2 camps: those who were truly nurturing, and those who were there only for lack of better opportunities. No one gave off “creepy” vibes.

I was assigned to the Pre-K classroom where thankfully at least the kids in there were potty trained and verbal. There were one or two kids that created 95% of the challenges, but overall, it wasn’t too bad.

I still chuckle when I remember a young woman from Iraq who worked there. She was very beautiful, super sharp, and had kind of spicy attitude when it came to the kids and other workers. She was educated and clearly overqualified, but was still improving her English and had her own young child to care for, so her options were limited. I got the feeling from her that she definitely did not enjoy all of the kids, but I never saw her do it say anything that would have harmed a child. She DID try to pawn off a poopy diapered kid from her class on me once, LOL. We talked from time to time and we once had a conversation about what we really wanted to do career wise. I wonder what she is doing now. I’m sure it’s something better.[/quote]

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