Most of my daycare parents teach at the same school. So, they all get here at the same time.
The seven year old sister of one of my kids always wants to come inside and play. That'd be fine, but I've put everything away, and I don't want her going through everything.
Today it was about 95 degrees outside, so I won't let them keep the doors open. She immediately throws the back door open, runs outside, leaving it standing open. So, I go over and close it. MOm says "Sister is out there!" I said "I know, but she can open it again when she comes back in". She comes in, throws the door open, leaves it open, and I said "close that please". She says "OK", but doesn't close it. So, I walk across the house to close it AGAIN. This time, I locked it. She decides, she can't have that happen, so she goes out and leaves the door open.
So, I got rude and said "Sister, you need to come back in, since you can't close the door, and now you have to stay inside". She freaking bursts into tears, runs to her mom and says "I wanted to use the water table!!!!"
I have the little sibling dressed and ready to go every day. Why must they come in and let the seven year old ransack the house???
Then, to make things worse, the seven year old is very overweight. So, Mom keeps telling me how it's so hard on her in school, and she's very sad because the kids don't want to be her friend. Which I bet is partially true... but, maybe it's because she's slightly annoying too. It might not be her body that kids are judging.. it might be the fact that she can burst into tears at every little criticism. So, I feel bad harping on her like that, but most seven year olds can close a door. Without being told or shown three times in ten minutes. Right?
The seven year old sister of one of my kids always wants to come inside and play. That'd be fine, but I've put everything away, and I don't want her going through everything.
Today it was about 95 degrees outside, so I won't let them keep the doors open. She immediately throws the back door open, runs outside, leaving it standing open. So, I go over and close it. MOm says "Sister is out there!" I said "I know, but she can open it again when she comes back in". She comes in, throws the door open, leaves it open, and I said "close that please". She says "OK", but doesn't close it. So, I walk across the house to close it AGAIN. This time, I locked it. She decides, she can't have that happen, so she goes out and leaves the door open.
So, I got rude and said "Sister, you need to come back in, since you can't close the door, and now you have to stay inside". She freaking bursts into tears, runs to her mom and says "I wanted to use the water table!!!!"
I have the little sibling dressed and ready to go every day. Why must they come in and let the seven year old ransack the house???
Then, to make things worse, the seven year old is very overweight. So, Mom keeps telling me how it's so hard on her in school, and she's very sad because the kids don't want to be her friend. Which I bet is partially true... but, maybe it's because she's slightly annoying too. It might not be her body that kids are judging.. it might be the fact that she can burst into tears at every little criticism. So, I feel bad harping on her like that, but most seven year olds can close a door. Without being told or shown three times in ten minutes. Right?
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