Spoiled Brats...

I was working at a Childcare Centre in East Brighton for the larger part of last year..
It's a pretty sweet little centre, about 15 kids in the room I was working in.
On the job training, etc.

On that note...

Some observations:

Kids who don't speak english:
Someone please enlighten me... What is the point of putting kids in a childcare centre when they don't speak the native tongue of the staff? I mean come on. And to top it off, there's two of them in my room, one speaks only Danish and the other only Mandarin. There's also two others who speak French so I can communicate but its still stupid. I don't see the point of making them stressed out about not being able to convey whats wrong/what they need. Really, be sensible...

Putting kids in to childcare late:
As per above, I think this is just cruel.
What is the point of trying to teach a kid to be sociable and relax when their parents are not around if they have never been in childcare before.
The Danish girl is 3 and has never been in childcare before now. So cruel.

Precious parents:
There's a few parents at our centre who we define as 'precious.'
The main deal is that they will only hear the good things about their children (when for the most part they are little precocious turds.) Other things that come under this category are:
-Their children having their own everything. (hat, sleeping mat, sunscreen, tissues etc.)
-Letting them run riot even when we are in the room, etc.

Improvement and Discovery:
It's kinda cool, even in a week, to see how much the kids improve.
Things like learning simple manners and sharing to learning how to tie a shoelace, learning a new word, getting used to being away from parents and toilet training.
It's a good feeling to know you've helped this along.

Lack of Discipline:
It's come to my attention that some parents are just incapable of teaching their children right from wrong.
For instance, I can't even count on one hand how many children at the centre where I worked who had the run of the relationship/household.
Seriously, I do not and will not ever condone hitting children... But, I was a child of corporal punishment and it does not bother me in the slightest, now that I'm old enough to know what that means. I was beat if I did something wrong. And you know what, I very rarely did anything wrong... And I turned out ok.
Then there were the children who were disciplined but for out sake, not for the child's. The parents who put on a show of trying to tell the child off in front of us. The only real problem is that it was blatently obvious when the child didn't listen that they weren't -made- to listen at home.
The last set of parents that I used to see were parents who had one set of rules for childcare and one for home. Therefore the children used to try and run riot because they were allowed to at home. Grow some fucking balls and teach your child how to behave.