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[quote=Anonymous]I have worked in three different daycares in the last 30 years. Two while in college and one in 2011. Only for six months when we moved to MD to help with costs until I got a different job that allowed me to be more with my kids. A higher-paying job.

My coworkers at the last daycare in MD were all dedicated and took great care of the kids. As did I. Sadly, I cannot say that for the first two, in the 1990s. While those in the first one cared and worked hard, there were too many kids, and afternoon care was all high schoolers who chatted about boys and did not watch kids. Biting was an hourly occurrence there.
In the second one in CO, I worked till 1 pm and then went to my college classes. They were awful, the rest of the staff there. Director's daughter was in my group after me, and she ordered me to splash water on the kids' faces to keep them awake longer before nap time (we are talking 12-18-month-olds) so she could have an easy time when her shirt started. Director seconded her instructions to me. They were both uneducated and total trash people. 
One morning I came to work and was told that one my the kids was roaming in the kitchen downstairs when his parents came to pick him up. Nobody noticed, and a mad rush ensued to locate the kid when the parents came. All ended well. 
I quit shortly after both happened, ordering me to splash kids and kids being lost and me being ordered to work with severe strep throat.
However, my experience at a lower-cost daycare in MD in 2011 was significantly better, and I think the change I saw in standards from 1990 to 2011 was encouraging.

Most people use daycares as they simply must. To most, daycares take most of the income, but there is no other option. I can tell you that I cared for those kids as I did my own, heck probably better, yet there were 12, 12-18 months olds to two of us, and often things were chaotic but not because we did not care. I was paid 9 dollars per hour in 2011 in MoCo. So, think about that.
And to pp saying you have to have some insane savings to stay at home? What???
Do you understand that such options are not available to the most population? What an ignorant person!

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