Official ROOM 101 of Childminding

Pipsqueak · 03-11-2010, 01:31 PM

What do you want to dump in here.

For me its Children Centres, EYP's and the managers and pencil pushers and those who do not have a clue about childminding....

there you go - CC's are officially room 101'd now

**beccas** · 03-11-2010, 01:35 PM

arrogant know it all parents who talk to us like a piece of sh..
and those who reckon we are doormats

**PixiePetal** · 03-11-2010, 01:36 PM

SEFs and written risk assessments for things that take common sense. Parents trust us with their children, do they really think we have no common sense?!

Explosive nappies and projectile vomiting, oh and green rivers of snot if that's not asking too much!

**Twinkles** · 03-11-2010, 01:40 PM

I'll second you on CC's and raise you OFSTED inspectors who have their own agenda for inspections.
We can never have sensible, quality assured and above all FAIR inspections until they all have SET criteria to inspect from. I know they all have certain things they have to grade on but it's so unfair that one inspector will mark a minder down for something and another will just ignore that self same thing.

oooo I didn't know how cross it made me 'till I started writing

**Happy Bunny** · 03-11-2010, 01:41 PM

Can i put two people in please.

1. A childminding co-ordinator from another area to mine who said her group was only for childminders of her area.
2. My husband who seems to think he can critisise the way i word my DHC Unit 2 assignment.

forgot one other thing A ****** Furby that i bought my children and it keeps singing to me.

**Mouse** · 03-11-2010, 01:42 PM

Ofsted helpline & the fact you can phone 5 different people & get 5 different answers!

**Tinglesnark** · 03-11-2010, 01:43 PM

times of drought where all the children seem to vanish

nutcase parents with even stranger children
mothers at toddler groups that think they are somehow above you because they are "ladies what lunch" but cant actually look after their own children properly
parents that think we are a taxi service

....

**Blaze** · 03-11-2010, 01:43 PM

Other CM's who tell lies!
Parents that muck you around!!!!

....the list could go on for days - but I will stop there!

**caz3007** · 03-11-2010, 01:43 PM

Today its the man who rang from the CIS just as I got the baby off to sleep and had the kettle on. Bang went that idea

**singlewiththree** · 03-11-2010, 01:59 PM

The slanderous woman in the playground at school

All the playground gossips!

**The Juggler** · 03-11-2010, 02:18 PM

ALL MY PAPERWORK!!!!!!!!!! i just wanna play

**georgie456** · 03-11-2010, 02:40 PM

Cliquey childminders who hunt in packs.

Paperwork.

Late payers.

**Ripeberry** · 03-11-2010, 02:47 PM

Travel cots that are 'Sponge wipe only'. After yesterdays incident I think I'll blast it with a hose and dip it in milton for a few days...keep it as a spare emergency cot

**miffy** · 03-11-2010, 02:50 PM

Paperwork, paperwork and, oh yes, more paperwork!

Miffy xx

**jelly15** · 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM

People who assume that I have loads of time to do my housework even though I have 3 LOs to mind.

**teacake2** · 03-11-2010, 03:17 PM

Every thing that has changed since OFSTED took over and let me go back to the good old days when the children were the most important thing not how much paper work we can do.

Teacake2

**PRINCESSDAISYFLOWER** · 03-11-2010, 04:07 PM

people who call us "babysitters"

**nell57** · 03-11-2010, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by beccas

arrogant know it all parents who talk to us like a piece of sh..
and those who reckon we are doormats

This was what came staight to my mind

**grindal** · 03-11-2010, 04:16 PM

People who ask when I am going to go back to teaching or get a "proper" job

And my Sister in Law - but just cos she winds me up every time she opens her mouth!

**marnieb** · 03-11-2010, 04:18 PM

people (and family members! ) who think because we're at home 'most of the day' means we don't do anything

parents who think we don't make plans for the week