Lately we have been seeing lists of “questions to ask your kids” floating around the internet and pinterest. So, we thought we would put together our own clever and cute list of 21 Questions to Ask Your Kids.
Pssst, just in time for Mother’s Day, this set of questions would be fun for any mom to receive on her special day. Attach the child’s answers to a piece of artwork. Easy, inexpensive, and guaranteed to be cherished by mom.
When you do business with friends and relatives, the lines between personal and business interactions can get blurred. Loved ones may feel entitled to preferential treatment, and feel they’re exempt from the rules. Dealing with attitudes of entitlement from friends and family can get old . . . fast. This is why some people refuse to do business with loved ones. However, if you have a friend or relative who’s willing to pay for your childcare services, why not give her a chance. Just be sure to take measures to keep your relationship in tact. Continue reading →
A contract gives clients a blueprint of how your business operates, and lets them know what you expect from them in return for your services. A written agreement also protects your interests in case a parent decides to sue you. However, business models evolve, policies change, and situations arise that you didn’t think to cover when you originally drafted your agreement; so just like shoes, handbags, and clothes, contracts get outdated, and sometimes need to be revamped. Continue reading →
Did you ever notice how when a child doesn’t listen to you, you don’t take it personally? You know it’s just part of children being children and you simply go about finding a way to help them focus their attention and get on board with what you need them to do. But when a parent doesn’t seem to get the message, it can turn into a feeling of personal insult! You think to yourself, “How inconsiderate! They have no respect for my time or my feelings!”
It’s weird almost. Why are our reactions to adults so much different than our reactions to their children under similar circumstances? I was thinking, when little Johnny takes an extra 15 minutes at nap time to finally settle down (cutting into “my quiet time”), it’s just a routine situation to deal with and then it’s forgotten. But when his parent shows up 15 minutes late to pick him up, it’s a major issue that I don’t soon forget! I have all kinds of thoughts about what it means about them, me, and the relationship going forward…
I’ve been asking myself – “what’s the difference here?”, “what’s really going on?”. What I noticed was that in one situation, I feel calm and empowered and in the other I feel powerless and frustrated. What is making that difference in MY experience over the same “lost” 15 minutes?
I have some thoughts about it, but was wondering what yours might be?
When youngsters get sick, working parents have to either find someone willing to care for the children, or stay home from work and do it themselves. Sounds simple enough, right? Here’s the problem: If parents choose to stay home with their ailing kids, they’ll either lose income they desperately need, or face the possibility of getting fired.
When parents bring ill children to childcare, it’s usually because they feel they have no other choice. So what’s a childcare professional to do when parents bring their tykes in sick? Continue reading →
When the parents of the kids in your childcare program go to work every day, they expect to get paid for their services. Yet these same parents sometimes put childcare payments at the bottom of their budget list. The thing is, you provide a valuable service to families, and you deserve to be paid for it. Don’t end up unable to make ends meet because parents don’t pay. Take action with these tips. Continue reading →
A cranky Mom, a Dad who constantly finds fault, every childcare worker eventually runs across a parent with a bad attitude – difficult people are everywhere. These kinds of people can zap your energy with their rude, inconsiderate, unapproachable and controlling ways. Since you can’t change difficult people, and you can’t run and hide every time you see them, you might as well learn how to deal with them. Here are some tips to help. Continue reading →
Effective communication between early childcare professionals and parents is important to encourage parental involvement, and to improve the success of children. Parents have busy home and work lives, so staying connected with them on a consistent basis can be a challenge. Thanks to advances in technology, administrators and teachers can use the Internet to provide a means of reliable, accessible, and convenient communication with parents. Continue reading →
Research reiterates again and again that the greatest influence in the lives of children is their parents. Strong, nurturing familial relationships make navigating the growing-up years more positive and results in a new generation of confident adults. The impact of parental love or disregard, nurturing or neglect leaves a lasting impression and molds the attitudes and outlooks of children for the rest of their lives. Continue reading →
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