I am feeling at the end of my rope with doing daycare. I have 3 kids of my own 2,5,7 and 3 kids in dc all siblings 4,6,8. I have been looking after then for 4 months.
The dc kids live with their aunt and uncle - the parents were (are) drug addicts.
They took custody when youngest was 1 1/2 y/o. The older 2 witnessed drug use, and were neglected- they were removed from their parents home by police and remember it. I am pretty sure the mother continued to use drugs throughout all the pregnancies. The Aunt and Uncle are amazing- they took on all 3 of these kids, and now are the legal guardians they have no kids of their own.
These kids definitely have problems. The oldest is in school all day and the middle one is in kindergarten, 1/2 day and the youngest is with me all day.
The youngest has NO impulse control. He is constantly touching, punching, pushing, squeezing anything he gets his hand on. One day while taking a walk he randomly ran up to a guy who was sitting up on the rail of a bridge and tried to push him off. If a kid walks by him he will punch them or pull their hair or touch them. He doesn't seem angry, in fact he is quite happy, but his hands are just always getting trouble. He is also not potty trained and pees his pants about once a week and poos in his pants every day.
He has:
choked the cat
choked my youngest
colored on my office chair, walls and other toys
colored all over his face and body (that was today)
stood on a bookshelf until it ripped right off the wall
thrown a small rock at the tv
The middle one is just sneaky and mean. Always up to something and always trying to get the younger one in trouble. She is also very possessive of my son and does not want anyone else to play with him. She follows him around right on his heels everywhere. If my DS and the younger one are playing cars or trains she will do everything she can think of to break it up, but she will not play anything. I have suggested barbies, babies, school, puppet show, blocks coloring, lego, books, puzzles etc but she does not want to do anything. If I set up a game or craft or exercise for them she will do it for about 2 minutes then get up and start wandering around. She spends 1/2 the day just wandering around looking lost.
She has:
Constantly lied and blamed other kids
poured water on the cat
pulled a chair out from my youngest
Thrown chairs
My kids are pretty well behaved and very social with lots of friends. They hate the dc kids coming.
IS this too much or is it just what happens when you do dc.
The dc kids live with their aunt and uncle - the parents were (are) drug addicts.
They took custody when youngest was 1 1/2 y/o. The older 2 witnessed drug use, and were neglected- they were removed from their parents home by police and remember it. I am pretty sure the mother continued to use drugs throughout all the pregnancies. The Aunt and Uncle are amazing- they took on all 3 of these kids, and now are the legal guardians they have no kids of their own.
These kids definitely have problems. The oldest is in school all day and the middle one is in kindergarten, 1/2 day and the youngest is with me all day.
The youngest has NO impulse control. He is constantly touching, punching, pushing, squeezing anything he gets his hand on. One day while taking a walk he randomly ran up to a guy who was sitting up on the rail of a bridge and tried to push him off. If a kid walks by him he will punch them or pull their hair or touch them. He doesn't seem angry, in fact he is quite happy, but his hands are just always getting trouble. He is also not potty trained and pees his pants about once a week and poos in his pants every day.
He has:
choked the cat
choked my youngest
colored on my office chair, walls and other toys
colored all over his face and body (that was today)
stood on a bookshelf until it ripped right off the wall
thrown a small rock at the tv
The middle one is just sneaky and mean. Always up to something and always trying to get the younger one in trouble. She is also very possessive of my son and does not want anyone else to play with him. She follows him around right on his heels everywhere. If my DS and the younger one are playing cars or trains she will do everything she can think of to break it up, but she will not play anything. I have suggested barbies, babies, school, puppet show, blocks coloring, lego, books, puzzles etc but she does not want to do anything. If I set up a game or craft or exercise for them she will do it for about 2 minutes then get up and start wandering around. She spends 1/2 the day just wandering around looking lost.
She has:
Constantly lied and blamed other kids
poured water on the cat
pulled a chair out from my youngest
Thrown chairs
My kids are pretty well behaved and very social with lots of friends. They hate the dc kids coming.
IS this too much or is it just what happens when you do dc.
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