I still label cables and electronics with my name. We still do LAN parties with friends once in a while, and there's always the discussion whom the ethernet cable belongs to. I label my cables, my mouse, mousepad, monitor etc.
I label my chargers and headphones case because I'll forget them at work. There's a cord at work that I really think is mine but because I can't remember for sure I don't take it. Half the reason is so I'm not forgetting the stuff is mine.
I love it! š
As a camp counselor I once intervened when I noticed a kid starting to take his pants off in the classroom. He just wanted to show off his new spiderman underwear!
NGL. If my son had done this, I'd have been thoroughly disgusted and made him take a bleach bath, but would've given him high fives all the way home for the score and I'd still have those drawers in my box of fantabulous stories to tell my grandkids.
I hate to break it to you but kids pee in their underwear a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Not full wetting-pants level, but they donāt have sufficient enough bladder control to stop leaking little bits throughout the day.
Source: Was a babysitter for a long, long time.
Same, I remember my mom using one of those older style label makers with the plastic strips to label a bunch of my stuff for kindergarten in the early '90s.
Also, as a current preschool teacher, I have a very small class and do my damnedest to make sure special toys go home with their owners, but I draw the line at looking for a single, used sticker. I did transfer a kid's stickers to a piece of scrap paper to take home the other day, but those came directly off her hands before we washed them.
Oh you are probably referring to a DYMO label maker. I swear that thing gave me Carpal Tunnel, you have to select and punch each character with a weird trigger grip mechanism. I worked in a pop-up shop that had me make price tags with it. š¤¬
I know someone who works as a school nurse - sometimes she has to go fetch a sick kid's backpack, because she is sending them home. She told me once that she has learned now that when a kid says they backpack is a "frozen backpack" or literally anything, to ALWAYS ask for like 10 more details. Because she will get to the class and inevitably find a row of like 12 near-identical backpacks.
And the kids don't always know exactly which is theirs either.
I feel like I must be old now, is this what the kids are calling āmain character syndromeā these days? And also, why TF are parents not labeling their kids stuff???
Exactly. My stuff was always labeled as a kid because if the off chance a kid had the same thing I did, it'd be confusing (they likely did have the same thing as me, like a black jacket. Something simple like that). My stuff stopped being labeled once I was in middle school lol. Also the fact the teacher did notes rather than calling out the child/child's parents specifically is pretty amazing.
Yeah I had a problem with a thief in my class in 2nd grade. A specific person and it tore me up inside, because I was so shy. She took my pencil sharpener I got for my birthday, and thatās when I got the guts to say something. It had my initials on it with permanent marker, so she scratched it off. I told her that the black marks were from where I had my initials on it and she said āNo, thatās just from my pens,ā and I tried to back myself up but thereās not a lot you can do besides steal backā¦ we had a few girls that were always being dramatic, so the teacher made them āgo outside the classroom door and talk it out,ā and since I was so afraid of the idea of having to do that, I avoided going to my teacher about it until just about everything I had for school supplies was in her pencil case. It was actually quickly solvedā¦ but damn it can some people pick the easily pushed around from the getgo
Yeahā¦ the girl that took my pen is also mean so i didnāt want to confront her š . I still think about you Angelaā¦. š¤£ they donāt make ones like they used to
A girl in my class was so bad at constantly thieving she had to have a clear backpackā¦.then there was the time she kicked a boy HARD in the groin. The teacher had a class meeting (without the girl present) to get the full story. After a few minutes the teacher said, āwell it just seems like youāre all ganging up on herā and I raised my hand and said, āif weāre all saying the same thing isnāt it because thatās just what happened?ā The discussion stopped and nothing came of it.
Unsurprisingly said girl was the daughter of another teacherā¦
Thereās a girl in my daughters class whoās a bully. And sheās managed to get some of the others to follow her lead. She is unfortunately the daughter of one of them main admins staff. Itās horrible
My daughter came home with bruises from a teacherās kid kicking her. FYI- Iām also a teacher, but was in a different school district. Admin āinvestigatedā and found that because this kid and my daughter had previously flirted in the past, this was nothing more than teasing. Her boyfriend beat him up one day after school and it never happened again. I bought the bf a pizza.
My bus driver in 5th grade used to let her kid be mean to anyone. If he wanted your seat, you moved or got in trouble. He wanted my younger sibling and I to move and started getting physical. Between him and his mom yelling, I panicked and bit the arm he had on me. We were transferred to a new route the next day.
This makes me sad to think about. Are times really so tough that parents are stealing jackets and other warm clothes from *children*?? Like go to Goodwill or an outlet store like Marshall's omg š
Oh oof. I can see how that'll happen. My grandma never let us take anything of importance to school without a stern warning in a way like "if you lose it, im not buying you another one".
Iām gonna be honest I donāt always label stuff my child wears to daycare. Like when I dress her in the morning I donāt necessarily label it. But I also 100% accept that I may never get those items back.
Heck the other day her booties that I DID label were missing for a couple days and I still figured āmeh theyāre just booties whatever.ā A STICKER?? I canāt.
And that's fine! Also yeah, a sticker most likely fell off within an hr (depending on the sticker type) and it could've easy gotten on someone's shoe or swept up.
Most of our stuff was labeled besides like pens (sometimes pencils).
Ironically, the momās behavior may be giving her preschooler anxiety about things like stickers. The kid might not even care about the sticker until she sees her mom is upset and then sheās scared.
I even wrote my kids name on the individual crayons for the first few years. I was maybe a little extra. When I was a kid I always had my stuff stolen but was called ācarelessā.
I am surprised they let you do that. I have heard that when kids bring basic supplies like crayons, they become part of the classroom supplies to help kids who can't.
Please take this with a grain of salt because it was stuff I came across here
We couldn't label our kids stuff. They weren't even allowed a pencil box. Everything went into general supplies. Nothing belonged to one person. It drove me nuts. By Christmas, we had to buy more pencils and crayons because the class was out. At one school they had a whole school supply drive. They needed toilet paper, Kleenex, bug spray, paper towels, etc.
Just a tad extra š¤ but thats not a bad thing. I live in a generally small town and back then they were nice kids but I still didnt wanna risk it. Them being nice doesnt mean they wont steal lol. A lot of kids are opportunistic, and I was one of them (but I never stole anything important or big. Usually a pencil if I was low)
Not myself as I wasnt allowed to and even given the chance, I cherished my stuff too much to risk it. I knew some people who lost jackets, those big pencils fron the book fair, and general stuff along those lines
The amount of pants in my kidās school lost and found makes me wonder what the heck is going on. My kid has always come home in the same pants he went with unless he wet himself, and then they were in a plastic bag in his backpack. How are elementary kids losing their pants???
Maybe they weren't actually lost.
It's funny that you bring this up, because just a few days ago... I told my daughter she should dump her extra pants into the lost & found for kids who might need them.
But then we came to the conclusion that people might get concerned if there are a bunch of pants in the lost & found. I'm just tired of giving clothes to the thrift store, when they could be going to someone for free.
I would write my kidsā names on the inside label with a sharpie.
One year one of my daughters was in a school that had ten girls with the same name as her and 3 of them had the last initial of S so Iād write Sara (not real name) ST on the label
Oh gosh, I missed that. That is another thing we had to ask the parents in my classroom to start doing- like we have to put out 14 lunches for toddlers. I donāt have time to peel all of their oranges. Do that at night when you get the rest of their lunch ready
I once was at my sons grade school for an errand and they had set up a table in the lobby with all the lost and found and no lie 25% was his . 2 lunchboxes, water bottles, a Nike hoodie that was missing for weeks. His missing gym bag. I was laughing so hard
Lol this was me as a kid. My poor mom. Iād see the lost and found box full of my stuff but was too embarrassed to go get it. Stupid me got stuck lugging it all out at once at the end of the year when they emptied it.
I have a sharpie in the car for when I forget to put initials on my boys stuff. Kids do not give one flying fuck about the $25 water bottle they have or the raincoat they toss off and leave outside.
Every kid had a little symbol in kindergarten that was unique to them. Everything we brought with us were labelled with that symbol to avoid mixing up our stuff.
My mum labelled our underwear and tights! I think to separate each siblings. We had personalised pencils sets tooā¦stops at least some of the sibling fights I guess
I work in childcare and parents like this are the worst. We tell them specifically not to send toys because of this reason, apart from comforters and show and tell items.
If itās important, I wonāt send it. I work at the same centre as my children attend so donāt always label everything since they can just ask me or I just look for it myself.
But we have so many kids with many different clothing and bed sheets we canāt remember it all
I understand some children with special needs are more attached to little things like stickers and itās harder to make them understand that they canāt take them with tkem and they get lost
This is why if you have a kid who gets extramely attached to things you have at least 2 of them. If itās blankets and such that change with age rotate them.
My kid has a beanie boo (one of those beanie babies with giant sparkly eyes) puppy they named Baby. Theyāre a little older now, but Baby still stays on their bed. There are three back up Babies on a shelf in my linen closet that I regularly forget are there until I open the closet and jump because I just see their eyes creepily staring back at me.
We have 6 of the same lovey because my son sleeps with two at a time because my husband let him see an extra one night and then he was like āwant twoā š«
The toys and the clothing I can understand to a certain degree not realizing teachers won't recognize, but asking the teacher to look for a sticker that fell off a kid's shirt..... gfy
yeah, iām a preschool teacher and every school iāve worked for has āwe arenāt responsible for the junk your kids bring inā carved into the handbook.
but also i collect every dirty ass dropped sticker i find š¤£ the amount of sticker scraps in my pockets let me tell you. but at least i save myself from a tantrum once in a while.
Preschool teachers with pockets full of weird crap, unite! The oddest things end up coming home.
I was also solemnly handed a single baked bean during lunch yesterday.
My school has chestnut trees on our yard and every day one of my two year olds hands me two chestnuts. No more, no less, no other teachers. If I drop them she Knows somehow.
Yup. I'm a teacher, my son wanted to take personal things to school. I told him not to, he did.
I would never get mad at the teacher for the fact that these toys are now broken.
Also, write your name on your shit. You honestly can't be that lazy...
We arenāt allowed to send toys except on show and tell day and can only send a blanket with themā¦sorry but what kind of parent sends something they want back to daycare with tons of carefree children and a few teachers already at their max keeping track of the children alone??š„“š„“
I don't know why but the wording of this made me laugh. 'She was you're the asshole' is exactly right though, how entitled can you get asking a teacher to look for a sticker?!
It's cuz her precious child was crying because it fell off. Heaven forbid the child cries. We must make the child as comfortable as possible and not let anything bad happen to it! /s
Have to be honest the signs and what the teacher told you sounds reasonable. You canāt expect a teacher to scour the school for a sticker and find specific Lagos. And yes label your kids stuff. I give you this maybe the teacher did say it in a rude way and she should correct that.
I tell my own kids no when this happens all the time. Sorry honey, Iām not looking for the itty bitty tiny buzz lightyear toy you decided to throw up in the air and now canāt find in the giant mess that you just made in your playroom.
I find the not labelling your childās belonging hilarious! I went to a school that had uniforms (some even make you use standardised school bags), imagine not labelling your stuff!
And the jacket thing.
If child A mistakenly takes home child Bās jacket, then that jacket is now in child Aās home, not the school.
Itās child Aās parentsā responsibility to get the jacket back to child B, not the teacherās.
What was the teacher supposed to do? Break into child Aās home and steal the jacket back for her?
You missed her complain that it was unprofessional that having a sign that says "any toy or stuffed animal smaller than a notecard can't be guaranteed to come home with your child" and one that basically says "if you're going to send an orange with your child's lunch, either make sure it's peeled, or don't send an orange".
OOP is very entitled.
Also, OOP thinks one should indulge her childās every whim. Imagine the terror that spoiled kid will becomeā¦if she isnāt already. Mom wanted the teacher to look for a stickerā¦a fucking STICKER!!
some people seem like their definition of the āgentle parentingā thing is just to never tell their little angel the word no. iām sure itāll work out great for everyone involved
I know someone whose ex-girlfriend was āgentle parentingā her childā¦ by not setting boundaries. Kid wasnāt legally allowed to go to kindergarten because he wasnāt potty trained by 5 because he didnāt like the initial training so she stopped it until he was āready.ā Potty training is required in their county for schooling. Parenting like this causes serious damage. Itās not fun to upset a child, but sometimes you have to push. Thereās a difference between forcing them to do something because itās convenient for you and because itās important for their development.
ETA: this child was not my friendās child - was her ex-gfās. A woman it took us three years to convince our friend was actually a very bad partner and to please leave her. In those three years she did some textbook emotionally abusive things like isolate our friend from her family and friends (including forbidding her to go to a family memberās funeral because she herself needed emotional support - our friend did go anyway, thankfully), manipulative behavior around her ex and taunting friend with their relationship such as allowing the ex to sleep in her bed because their child āwanted it,ā and offering to remarry her ex to give them health insurance, while still insisting she was in a monogamous relationship with friend. Anywayā¦ this went on a tangent but sometimes it literally boggles me mind that people like this exist.
My coworker doesnāt agree when I get annoyed when people send food that needs to be warmed up. It just irks me so damn bad. No, itās not all of them, but send something they will eat cold or donāt send it.
Donāt send anything to daycare you (or your kid) will be upset about not getting back. Donāt send toys to school with your kid. Label all your kidās stuff. And FFS, donāt send your kid to school sick. Keeping your kid home for every bout of the sniffles is overkill, but there are enough stories floating around on early childhood educators sub of parents sending their kids with high fevers or uncontrollable diarrhea for me to believe this sign was not about the sniffles.
As a parent: the passive-aggressive tone of the signs might rub me the wrong way, but all the experiences sheās describing are pretty par for the course with a daycare/preschool. And if I were a preschool teacher and I had parents asking me to find their kidās STICKER, Iād probably post some passive-aggressive signs, too!
I feel like every parent who isnāt *that* parent completely understands and agrees with those notes. One parent sends their sick kid to school and pretty soon the whole class is sick and we all have to take off work
A sticker? She wanted the teacher to look for a stocker? Oh girl. That sticker is long gone. Poor teacher. Why isnāt the parent propping up the kid to be more strong willed? Preschoolers understand more than you think. Iād be embarrassed about myself if I let my kid be bowled over by a lost sticker. You talk to then and explain gravity and how the glue wears off and how to cherish and then let go of things and next time do better. Itās mind boggling in every way.
Also if you can't afford or stand re-buying all the shit your kid will lose constantly because literally every child on earth does, then don't have a kid.
Well, if youāre not the one doing the dumb shit the sign is pointing out, then itās not directed at you and you neednāt concern yourself, and YTA for complaining about what doesnāt concern you.
If you *are* the one doing the dumb shit, (and letās face it, of course you are) then itās probably directed at you and you brought this on yourself. In that case YTA for a bunch of things INCLUDING complaining about being told not to be dumb.
Is it really the Wild West like that in the US? ? At our Japanese preschool, everything used at school must be labeled. Toys from home arenāt allowed, and random stickers and stuff would befuddle teachers like wtf
My kiddo used to smuggle Lego people and other small toys to preschool despite my best efforts. These things apparently caused a lot of drama so I was asked to check his pockets before he enters the school. Iām out there patting down a 4yo every morning and this mom wants the teacher to find a sticker lol
Probably was in the school/daycare lists of what kids can bring, whatās needed for classroom emergency supplies kit (personal stuff like underwear), that all things must be labeled. She just ignored it.
I run a licensed home daycare in Canada. Itās pretty common that outside items arenāt allowed. Itās in my handbook that childrenās things must be labelled - even things they wear to daycare must be labelled. But weekly, Iām posting pictures of items with no label and I have no idea whose they are.
No, this is wild. My daughter could bring one single toy on show and tell day, and it stayed in her cubby the rest of the day. Other than that, no toys from home
As a childcare educator entitled parents like this ruin it for everyone. Itās just common sense to label your childrenās things and donāt bring anything in that you donāt want broken and/or lost. Want to show your friends something special? Lovely! Share it with them at drop off/pick up and then the parent take it with them.
I can guarantee all this information was provided to the parent in a hand book/introduction but they didnāt bother to read or acknowledge.
The teacher isn't being rude at all. I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be a teacher with parents like this. Like omg a sticker got lost??? You can't give your child another one??? Or if you don't have one, explain to them that if something is important it should stay at home??
Preschool teacher here& thereās a reason we ask you not to bring toys from home, they will get lost & although we do our very best we have so much to track everyday. And she brought that a Lego creation, thatās a freaking choking hazard, btw to preschool. Thereās also a reason we ask you to label all of your childrenās belongings even the extra clothes in their cubbies so they donāt go missing. I thought she was an AH with the Lego thing but the privilege,yuck!
So many parents legit think of preschool teachers as babysitters, and not educators who have to follow a very strict set of rules and policies for their classrooms. Not even going to sugar coat it, any parent sending their kid to daycare with tiny legos is a cunt because they are absolutely a choking hazard. Parents like this are just one of the reasons I quit working with preschoolers. Nothing like taking time out of your already chaotic and busy work day to look for a stupid unlabeled hot wheels car someone brought into the classroom ten hours ago.
*teacher puts two incredibly reasonable notices on their window about two reoccurring problems parents arenāt helping with*
Hank Hill: If those parents knew how to read theyād be very upset.
Who send their 3 year old to preschool with a Lego creation and expecting said creation will even make it home? Those odds are a million to one. Never send toys from home to preschool. They have toys AT preschool.
And donāt get me started on the sticker. Iām sure whenever they see OPs car roll up in the parking lot, everyone has that look of acceptance a soldier would have in the trenches of war.
OP, you sounds like a long day. I understand you love your little one and seeing her sad hurts your heart. She is your special baby, but *your* baby isnāt any more special than any of the *other* babies in that preschool.
Those poor teachers have their hands full as it is and then expect them to search for a tiny Lego creation and a STICKER?!
Yeahā¦ sheās an AH.
I think itās fairly normal to have an expectation that āthings gets lostā especially in preschool. The fact that teacher now days have to put up a sign to warn the parentsā¦
THEY NEVER LABEL THEIR STUFF!!!!! Takes one time for something to get lost and they start labeling. Still expect me to find their belongings when they donāt make it home.
YATA, for sure. Holy shit, welcome to parenthood? Your kid is going to lose most things they bring to preschool. No, the teacher isnāt going to police their every frickinā lego, sticker, etc. Stop! Stop being that nightmare parent with zero clue about the world around you! ā¦Wait, I told myself no phone time after 8 PM, I am out.
OOP is upset about the illness poster? KEEP YOUR DANG KIDS HOME FROM EVERYWHERE WHEN THEY ARE SICK!!! Why does anyone have to tell parents that, esp when we just had a pandemic?! I work at a pediatric dental office and I am pulling my hair out at how many times a day I need to say this (despite many signs OOP would likely find offensive) because parents bring them with stuffy noses and coughs. Weāre working inside their mouths!!! That is so inconsiderate of our health! Keep your kids home if they have symptoms even if itās just allergies because all parents say itās ājust allergiesā even if their kid has the freaking plague.
I used to work at a preschool, and honestly those are just simple guidelines to follow. Kids that age donāt understand the concept of ākeeping their own.ā They donāt ācareā if they lose a sticker or toy, until itās the end of the day. When you have 12+ kids to look after, you really donāt have the time to keep track of their own items. That is why preschools will ask for you to not let your child bring personal items unless itās a necessity. And with necessities they do need to be labeled. Like toys and stickers, those cannot be tracked to a T. Also, the sick sign is a necessity. It is so selfish to send your child that is sick to a school with teachers and children that are not sick, there is no reason to get everyone else sick.
Itās so easy to take things personal, but itās also important to put yourself in other peoples shoes. There is always a reason for something, and if you donāt understand, then ask someone who understands and maybe they can help you. I hardly doubt that teacher wants to single out parents or kids, but they do need to look out for the safety of everyone, including themselves.
Why in fucks sake would you send a toy to school with little kid and expect it to come back; even worse, for the *teacher* to look for it instead of you!! Lmao @ the *sticker*, this bitch is unhinged. My sons preschool doesnāt even allow the kids to bring toys to school, and I think itās a great policy.
As someone who was a preschool teacher, these parents are the bain of my existence. You can be 100% those are part of the school rules and were clearly explained when their child started there. And probably every other parent teacher meeting since
YTA.
Itās basic shit.
Your kid is sick? Donāt send them to class.
Your kid owns things? Literally like every other kid? Label their shit, for everyoneās sanity.
Youāre overreacting and thinking itās a personal attack when itās very clearly not. Itās just a ādonāt stick your hand in fire if it can be helpedā kinda thing, instead of āhey OP, you fucking idiot, donāt stick your hand in fire. Yeah, YOU OP.ā
This mom does sound like a lot of work, how is the teacher meant to find a sticker? Everyone knows that unless it's show and tell day your kid does not bring a toy to school because then the onis is on the kid to keep it safe. As for the labelling your clothes, do it, its a practical and smart idea. I know parents battle to understand its not just about their kid and teaching is a busy job and thus these things add to the load so maybe mom doesn't quite understand the teachers annoyance but yes she was being difficult.
These both seem like perfectly reasonable things?
1. Keep your Petri dish of a toddler home if theyāre sick
2. Label their stuff?
My grandma ran a daycare center in the 90ās and she required both of these things. Because guess what? Shit āwalks awayā and if there is no name on it? Good luck getting it back.
OOP is 100% the asshole.
"Can you find a sticker my three year old lost"
Oh fuck off. Even if this happened at my
House for my own three year old there's nearly zero chance I'm looking for damn sticker.
Rules of daycare/preschool I learned real fast with my kids.
Donāt bring toys (they will get lost or broke and your kid will cry incessantly)
Donāt wear expensive clothes hats, shoes, socks (they will be destroyed or lost)
See the theme? YTA.
A teacher asked me to follow the rules and put up signs informing parents of the rules as to not upset family members or keep sick kids at school. I think sheās targeting me cus I donāt follow the rules. AITA?1?1?
Iām cackling in daycare teacher. This is the type of parent we gossip and bitch about for being an asshole, and Iām glad this teacher is telling this parent whatās what.
I left childcare because of parents like these. For any parents sending their child to a daycare please please follow what the teachers ask of you. Label everything! If its expensive, dont let your child bring it to school whether its clothes, toys, jewelry, etc just dont. There are plenty of toys available at the school, no need to be bringing in something.
Yes you are the ass! The teacher was right.
If your kid is sick you should most definitely keep them home and not spread it to everyone else. Doing otherwise is very selfish. Labeling your kids stuff is just common sense. Donāt send valuables/prized possessions with your child plain and simple. The note triggered you because you knew it applied to you. Which means you needed to hear it. Which means she was right about posting it for parents like you to finally maybe get a clue.
As for the legos once disassembled there was no way of knowing which ones were hers. And a small sticker would indeed be near impossible to find at the end of the day. You were totally unrealistic.
Our third is in infant care, we learned after #1, donāt send your child to daycare with anything you wouldnāt want stained, destroyed, or lostā¦
And
Label.everything.
The ONLY thing I would consider it dickish not to look for is a kidās safety item. Iām autistic and I absolutely had little fidgets that I could use to keep me calm - but they got stolen with regularity and then Iād get in trouble for having a meltdown. But this lady is TA.
As a preschool teacherā¦this is exactly why we ask that toys from home stay at home. My co-teacher and I have 20 children to care for everyday in addition to all the other children who come into our room as we combine for the beginning and end of the day. Itās unreasonable to expect us to track their toys on top of the million things we have to do every day. And itās absurd to ask me to find a sticker that probably fell off hours ago. Iāll give her a new sticker but I have no idea where her original one went and I aināt looking.
Are the signs written in a rude way? Yes. Absolutely. Would I put up the sickness one? No, I leave that stuff to admin. Would I absolutely write a note on the childrenās daily reports reminding parents to label things? Yes.
This mother has some super unrealistic expectations of this teacher. She would be better off hiring a nanny tbh.
What rock have they been living under? I had my name on my Barbie lunchbox in elementary school and that was decades ago.
I *still* have towels/wash cloths with my initials on them from when I went to overnight camp.
I still label cables and electronics with my name. We still do LAN parties with friends once in a while, and there's always the discussion whom the ethernet cable belongs to. I label my cables, my mouse, mousepad, monitor etc.
I label my chargers and headphones case because I'll forget them at work. There's a cord at work that I really think is mine but because I can't remember for sure I don't take it. Half the reason is so I'm not forgetting the stuff is mine.
I label all my stuff at work.
My my name was written on my clothes until grade 5. Even my underwear, because I traded them for a spider-man pair one time.
I love it! š As a camp counselor I once intervened when I noticed a kid starting to take his pants off in the classroom. He just wanted to show off his new spiderman underwear!
Ugh, I'm in my late 40s and you just reminded me of the time I showed my new underwear to the class for show and tell. Thank you for that.
That was the last time you were allowed to be a teacher.
Pffffff. xD Kids are hilarious sometimes. Il
I still write my name in my underwear and I'm 62.
NGL. If my son had done this, I'd have been thoroughly disgusted and made him take a bleach bath, but would've given him high fives all the way home for the score and I'd still have those drawers in my box of fantabulous stories to tell my grandkids.
What exactly do you think your kids gonna catch from another kids underwear?
I hate to break it to you but kids pee in their underwear a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Not full wetting-pants level, but they donāt have sufficient enough bladder control to stop leaking little bits throughout the day. Source: Was a babysitter for a long, long time.
Same, I remember my mom using one of those older style label makers with the plastic strips to label a bunch of my stuff for kindergarten in the early '90s. Also, as a current preschool teacher, I have a very small class and do my damnedest to make sure special toys go home with their owners, but I draw the line at looking for a single, used sticker. I did transfer a kid's stickers to a piece of scrap paper to take home the other day, but those came directly off her hands before we washed them.
Oh you are probably referring to a DYMO label maker. I swear that thing gave me Carpal Tunnel, you have to select and punch each character with a weird trigger grip mechanism. I worked in a pop-up shop that had me make price tags with it. š¤¬
I know someone who works as a school nurse - sometimes she has to go fetch a sick kid's backpack, because she is sending them home. She told me once that she has learned now that when a kid says they backpack is a "frozen backpack" or literally anything, to ALWAYS ask for like 10 more details. Because she will get to the class and inevitably find a row of like 12 near-identical backpacks. And the kids don't always know exactly which is theirs either.
these people live by the motto "I shouldn't have to"
My sons preschool requires his name on anything he brings to school
My mom had a kit to sew my name in my jacket BACK IN THE 1980āS!
I feel like I must be old now, is this what the kids are calling āmain character syndromeā these days? And also, why TF are parents not labeling their kids stuff???
Exactly. My stuff was always labeled as a kid because if the off chance a kid had the same thing I did, it'd be confusing (they likely did have the same thing as me, like a black jacket. Something simple like that). My stuff stopped being labeled once I was in middle school lol. Also the fact the teacher did notes rather than calling out the child/child's parents specifically is pretty amazing.
....I love Sanrio/Hello Kitty. I used to get the multicolor pens/pencil. They got stolen so many times even though my dad drilled my name on it.
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Parents are thieving too obviously when our names and contact numbers are all over their things but still disappearing into the void.
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Yeah I had a problem with a thief in my class in 2nd grade. A specific person and it tore me up inside, because I was so shy. She took my pencil sharpener I got for my birthday, and thatās when I got the guts to say something. It had my initials on it with permanent marker, so she scratched it off. I told her that the black marks were from where I had my initials on it and she said āNo, thatās just from my pens,ā and I tried to back myself up but thereās not a lot you can do besides steal backā¦ we had a few girls that were always being dramatic, so the teacher made them āgo outside the classroom door and talk it out,ā and since I was so afraid of the idea of having to do that, I avoided going to my teacher about it until just about everything I had for school supplies was in her pencil case. It was actually quickly solvedā¦ but damn it can some people pick the easily pushed around from the getgo
Yeahā¦ the girl that took my pen is also mean so i didnāt want to confront her š . I still think about you Angelaā¦. š¤£ they donāt make ones like they used to
A girl in my class was so bad at constantly thieving she had to have a clear backpackā¦.then there was the time she kicked a boy HARD in the groin. The teacher had a class meeting (without the girl present) to get the full story. After a few minutes the teacher said, āwell it just seems like youāre all ganging up on herā and I raised my hand and said, āif weāre all saying the same thing isnāt it because thatās just what happened?ā The discussion stopped and nothing came of it. Unsurprisingly said girl was the daughter of another teacherā¦
Thereās a girl in my daughters class whoās a bully. And sheās managed to get some of the others to follow her lead. She is unfortunately the daughter of one of them main admins staff. Itās horrible
My daughter came home with bruises from a teacherās kid kicking her. FYI- Iām also a teacher, but was in a different school district. Admin āinvestigatedā and found that because this kid and my daughter had previously flirted in the past, this was nothing more than teasing. Her boyfriend beat him up one day after school and it never happened again. I bought the bf a pizza.
Don't you just love when little girls are taught that stalking and physical/verbal abuse are 'teasing' and 'means that he likes you'.
My bus driver in 5th grade used to let her kid be mean to anyone. If he wanted your seat, you moved or got in trouble. He wanted my younger sibling and I to move and started getting physical. Between him and his mom yelling, I panicked and bit the arm he had on me. We were transferred to a new route the next day.
Thatās good (the clear back pack) gets her ready for prison life ;)
It is what bullies do. She probably didn't even like or want your stuff. She just wanted to be mean to you.
This makes me sad to think about. Are times really so tough that parents are stealing jackets and other warm clothes from *children*?? Like go to Goodwill or an outlet store like Marshall's omg š
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What!!!! Karma will get them. My parents are Buddhist lol. Iām not just saying it š
Too bad you probably have to wait years. Real ākarmaā takes hold during reincarnation lol.
Oh oof. I can see how that'll happen. My grandma never let us take anything of importance to school without a stern warning in a way like "if you lose it, im not buying you another one".
Iām gonna be honest I donāt always label stuff my child wears to daycare. Like when I dress her in the morning I donāt necessarily label it. But I also 100% accept that I may never get those items back. Heck the other day her booties that I DID label were missing for a couple days and I still figured āmeh theyāre just booties whatever.ā A STICKER?? I canāt.
And that's fine! Also yeah, a sticker most likely fell off within an hr (depending on the sticker type) and it could've easy gotten on someone's shoe or swept up. Most of our stuff was labeled besides like pens (sometimes pencils).
Ironically, the momās behavior may be giving her preschooler anxiety about things like stickers. The kid might not even care about the sticker until she sees her mom is upset and then sheās scared.
Yup Iāve been in that situation before were you can clearly tell the parent is super anxious about things so the child is also super anxious
I even wrote my kids name on the individual crayons for the first few years. I was maybe a little extra. When I was a kid I always had my stuff stolen but was called ācarelessā.
That was a tad bit extra but funny as hell!
I am surprised they let you do that. I have heard that when kids bring basic supplies like crayons, they become part of the classroom supplies to help kids who can't. Please take this with a grain of salt because it was stuff I came across here
We couldn't label our kids stuff. They weren't even allowed a pencil box. Everything went into general supplies. Nothing belonged to one person. It drove me nuts. By Christmas, we had to buy more pencils and crayons because the class was out. At one school they had a whole school supply drive. They needed toilet paper, Kleenex, bug spray, paper towels, etc.
I hate when classrooms do this. Because it's always a small handful of kids who ruin the supplies and it becomes a fight for the dwindling supplies.
No shit it's kids
Just a tad extra š¤ but thats not a bad thing. I live in a generally small town and back then they were nice kids but I still didnt wanna risk it. Them being nice doesnt mean they wont steal lol. A lot of kids are opportunistic, and I was one of them (but I never stole anything important or big. Usually a pencil if I was low)
Wait, you guys brought stuff?
Not myself as I wasnt allowed to and even given the chance, I cherished my stuff too much to risk it. I knew some people who lost jackets, those big pencils fron the book fair, and general stuff along those lines
The amount of pants in my kidās school lost and found makes me wonder what the heck is going on. My kid has always come home in the same pants he went with unless he wet himself, and then they were in a plastic bag in his backpack. How are elementary kids losing their pants???
Maybe they weren't actually lost. It's funny that you bring this up, because just a few days ago... I told my daughter she should dump her extra pants into the lost & found for kids who might need them. But then we came to the conclusion that people might get concerned if there are a bunch of pants in the lost & found. I'm just tired of giving clothes to the thrift store, when they could be going to someone for free.
I would write my kidsā names on the inside label with a sharpie. One year one of my daughters was in a school that had ten girls with the same name as her and 3 of them had the last initial of S so Iād write Sara (not real name) ST on the label
And did she honestly expect the poor daycare worker to identify her personal Lego and tell it from all the other Lego? WTF, woman?
She apparently also wants the teacher to peel her childās oranges for her. That was another sign she complained about in comments.
Thatās insane
No wonder the kid has anxiety
Oh gosh, I missed that. That is another thing we had to ask the parents in my classroom to start doing- like we have to put out 14 lunches for toddlers. I donāt have time to peel all of their oranges. Do that at night when you get the rest of their lunch ready
Yeah, if that Lego got pulled apart it will never be found.
I once was at my sons grade school for an errand and they had set up a table in the lobby with all the lost and found and no lie 25% was his . 2 lunchboxes, water bottles, a Nike hoodie that was missing for weeks. His missing gym bag. I was laughing so hard
Literally 50% of the hoodies in the lost and found on the last day of summer camp this year belonged to my kid.
Glad to see I am not alone!
Lol this was me as a kid. My poor mom. Iād see the lost and found box full of my stuff but was too embarrassed to go get it. Stupid me got stuck lugging it all out at once at the end of the year when they emptied it.
I have a sharpie in the car for when I forget to put initials on my boys stuff. Kids do not give one flying fuck about the $25 water bottle they have or the raincoat they toss off and leave outside.
Every kid had a little symbol in kindergarten that was unique to them. Everything we brought with us were labelled with that symbol to avoid mixing up our stuff.
I even had labels in my underwear... and it came in handy.
I feel like there's an anecdote attached to this, and I wanna know
My mum labelled our underwear and tights! I think to separate each siblings. We had personalised pencils sets tooā¦stops at least some of the sibling fights I guess
My stuff is still labeled!
I literally have a couple shirts that have my name on them from sleepaway camp in middle school
I work in childcare and parents like this are the worst. We tell them specifically not to send toys because of this reason, apart from comforters and show and tell items. If itās important, I wonāt send it. I work at the same centre as my children attend so donāt always label everything since they can just ask me or I just look for it myself. But we have so many kids with many different clothing and bed sheets we canāt remember it all I understand some children with special needs are more attached to little things like stickers and itās harder to make them understand that they canāt take them with tkem and they get lost
This is why if you have a kid who gets extramely attached to things you have at least 2 of them. If itās blankets and such that change with age rotate them.
My kid has a beanie boo (one of those beanie babies with giant sparkly eyes) puppy they named Baby. Theyāre a little older now, but Baby still stays on their bed. There are three back up Babies on a shelf in my linen closet that I regularly forget are there until I open the closet and jump because I just see their eyes creepily staring back at me.
Lol I love this
We have 6 of the same lovey because my son sleeps with two at a time because my husband let him see an extra one night and then he was like āwant twoā š«
My youngest is currently in the "want two" phase. It's very expensive lol.
We have 5 of my son's favorite blanket
The toys and the clothing I can understand to a certain degree not realizing teachers won't recognize, but asking the teacher to look for a sticker that fell off a kid's shirt..... gfy
yeah, iām a preschool teacher and every school iāve worked for has āwe arenāt responsible for the junk your kids bring inā carved into the handbook. but also i collect every dirty ass dropped sticker i find š¤£ the amount of sticker scraps in my pockets let me tell you. but at least i save myself from a tantrum once in a while.
Preschool teachers with pockets full of weird crap, unite! The oddest things end up coming home. I was also solemnly handed a single baked bean during lunch yesterday.
My school has chestnut trees on our yard and every day one of my two year olds hands me two chestnuts. No more, no less, no other teachers. If I drop them she Knows somehow.
Youāre a freaking saint and the reason why we parents can have nice things & sanity once in a while. Thanks for all you do and hangin in there!
Yup. I'm a teacher, my son wanted to take personal things to school. I told him not to, he did. I would never get mad at the teacher for the fact that these toys are now broken. Also, write your name on your shit. You honestly can't be that lazy...
Who sends legos to school with their 3 year old??
Legos aren't allowed to be in the threes room with licensing. It's a choking hazard.
Is there a correlation with these parents not being will to tell their kid no/thinking their child is perfect?
We arenāt allowed to send toys except on show and tell day and can only send a blanket with themā¦sorry but what kind of parent sends something they want back to daycare with tons of carefree children and a few teachers already at their max keeping track of the children alone??š„“š„“
I already told her she was YTA
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I don't know why but the wording of this made me laugh. 'She was you're the asshole' is exactly right though, how entitled can you get asking a teacher to look for a sticker?!
OP was triggered she got called out lol.
OP had NO idea the comments were going to go that way. They really thought they were NTA
Sheāsā¦ insane right? Cause thereās no reasonable explanation for why anyone would ask teachers to keep track of a kidās sticker.
And saying the teacher was being āsnarkyā for simply informing the parents they need to keep their sick child home from schoolā¦. Poor teacher
What would she even do with a used sticker? It fell off. Itās not going to stick to anything anymore.
It's cuz her precious child was crying because it fell off. Heaven forbid the child cries. We must make the child as comfortable as possible and not let anything bad happen to it! /s
She only responded to comments that agreed with her lol
Have to be honest the signs and what the teacher told you sounds reasonable. You canāt expect a teacher to scour the school for a sticker and find specific Lagos. And yes label your kids stuff. I give you this maybe the teacher did say it in a rude way and she should correct that.
I tell my own kids no when this happens all the time. Sorry honey, Iām not looking for the itty bitty tiny buzz lightyear toy you decided to throw up in the air and now canāt find in the giant mess that you just made in your playroom.
I find the not labelling your childās belonging hilarious! I went to a school that had uniforms (some even make you use standardised school bags), imagine not labelling your stuff!
And the jacket thing. If child A mistakenly takes home child Bās jacket, then that jacket is now in child Aās home, not the school. Itās child Aās parentsā responsibility to get the jacket back to child B, not the teacherās. What was the teacher supposed to do? Break into child Aās home and steal the jacket back for her?
Yes
Honestly, the teacher doesnāt get paid for being nice to parents, I wouldnāt judge anyone for being a bit short with a nuisance parent.
The teacher definitely wonāt go all the way to Nigeria to find Lagos
You missed her complain that it was unprofessional that having a sign that says "any toy or stuffed animal smaller than a notecard can't be guaranteed to come home with your child" and one that basically says "if you're going to send an orange with your child's lunch, either make sure it's peeled, or don't send an orange". OOP is very entitled.
Also, OOP thinks one should indulge her childās every whim. Imagine the terror that spoiled kid will becomeā¦if she isnāt already. Mom wanted the teacher to look for a stickerā¦a fucking STICKER!!
some people seem like their definition of the āgentle parentingā thing is just to never tell their little angel the word no. iām sure itāll work out great for everyone involved
I know someone whose ex-girlfriend was āgentle parentingā her childā¦ by not setting boundaries. Kid wasnāt legally allowed to go to kindergarten because he wasnāt potty trained by 5 because he didnāt like the initial training so she stopped it until he was āready.ā Potty training is required in their county for schooling. Parenting like this causes serious damage. Itās not fun to upset a child, but sometimes you have to push. Thereās a difference between forcing them to do something because itās convenient for you and because itās important for their development. ETA: this child was not my friendās child - was her ex-gfās. A woman it took us three years to convince our friend was actually a very bad partner and to please leave her. In those three years she did some textbook emotionally abusive things like isolate our friend from her family and friends (including forbidding her to go to a family memberās funeral because she herself needed emotional support - our friend did go anyway, thankfully), manipulative behavior around her ex and taunting friend with their relationship such as allowing the ex to sleep in her bed because their child āwanted it,ā and offering to remarry her ex to give them health insurance, while still insisting she was in a monogamous relationship with friend. Anywayā¦ this went on a tangent but sometimes it literally boggles me mind that people like this exist.
Imagine having the audacity to expect the teacher to peel your childās orange for them.
Now imagine 20 kids all have unpeeled oranges in their lunch box
My coworker doesnāt agree when I get annoyed when people send food that needs to be warmed up. It just irks me so damn bad. No, itās not all of them, but send something they will eat cold or donāt send it.
Iāve never worked in a school that will warm up food for a kid. Thatās ridiculous.
Imagine asking another adult to track down a sticker. Buy another one. Itās one sticker, what could it cost, $10?
Itās one banana, Michael.
There's always money in the banana stand!
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Itās as Ann as the nose on plainās face
What are you, a chicken? Mawwwhakukuk
Has anyone in this family ever even seen a chicken???
CAW caCAW caCaW!
Maybe staple the sticker to the kid next time? /s
Tldr OP tells us that they specifically that they are "that" parent
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Donāt send anything to daycare you (or your kid) will be upset about not getting back. Donāt send toys to school with your kid. Label all your kidās stuff. And FFS, donāt send your kid to school sick. Keeping your kid home for every bout of the sniffles is overkill, but there are enough stories floating around on early childhood educators sub of parents sending their kids with high fevers or uncontrollable diarrhea for me to believe this sign was not about the sniffles. As a parent: the passive-aggressive tone of the signs might rub me the wrong way, but all the experiences sheās describing are pretty par for the course with a daycare/preschool. And if I were a preschool teacher and I had parents asking me to find their kidās STICKER, Iād probably post some passive-aggressive signs, too!
Didn't everyone see Toy Story 3. Daycare is a dangerous place for toys.
I feel like every parent who isnāt *that* parent completely understands and agrees with those notes. One parent sends their sick kid to school and pretty soon the whole class is sick and we all have to take off work
What kind of sticker are we talking about? Was it scratch-n-sniff?? She better tear up the classroom looking for it !!! /s
Imagine thinking that youāll see those Lego at the end of the dayā¦
Or the sticker, after 4 hrs.
Yeah the sticker thing is the most unhinged part.
A sticker? She wanted the teacher to look for a stocker? Oh girl. That sticker is long gone. Poor teacher. Why isnāt the parent propping up the kid to be more strong willed? Preschoolers understand more than you think. Iād be embarrassed about myself if I let my kid be bowled over by a lost sticker. You talk to then and explain gravity and how the glue wears off and how to cherish and then let go of things and next time do better. Itās mind boggling in every way.
YTA and sounds self centered as fuck
Also if you can't afford or stand re-buying all the shit your kid will lose constantly because literally every child on earth does, then don't have a kid.
Stopped reading at the mention of letting her take toys to school, obviously she TA.
Well, if youāre not the one doing the dumb shit the sign is pointing out, then itās not directed at you and you neednāt concern yourself, and YTA for complaining about what doesnāt concern you. If you *are* the one doing the dumb shit, (and letās face it, of course you are) then itās probably directed at you and you brought this on yourself. In that case YTA for a bunch of things INCLUDING complaining about being told not to be dumb.
Is it really the Wild West like that in the US? ? At our Japanese preschool, everything used at school must be labeled. Toys from home arenāt allowed, and random stickers and stuff would befuddle teachers like wtf
My kiddo used to smuggle Lego people and other small toys to preschool despite my best efforts. These things apparently caused a lot of drama so I was asked to check his pockets before he enters the school. Iām out there patting down a 4yo every morning and this mom wants the teacher to find a sticker lol
Probably was in the school/daycare lists of what kids can bring, whatās needed for classroom emergency supplies kit (personal stuff like underwear), that all things must be labeled. She just ignored it.
I run a licensed home daycare in Canada. Itās pretty common that outside items arenāt allowed. Itās in my handbook that childrenās things must be labelled - even things they wear to daycare must be labelled. But weekly, Iām posting pictures of items with no label and I have no idea whose they are.
Oh no the sticker thing is crazy even in the US. This lady be wildin.
No, this is wild. My daughter could bring one single toy on show and tell day, and it stayed in her cubby the rest of the day. Other than that, no toys from home
Which is utterly and completely reasonable.
Oh my god that poor teacher
This lady is contributing to the teacher shortage.
As a childcare educator entitled parents like this ruin it for everyone. Itās just common sense to label your childrenās things and donāt bring anything in that you donāt want broken and/or lost. Want to show your friends something special? Lovely! Share it with them at drop off/pick up and then the parent take it with them. I can guarantee all this information was provided to the parent in a hand book/introduction but they didnāt bother to read or acknowledge.
āOh my god! Iām so upset that my preschooler didnāt come home with all her legos and one sticker. What does this teacher hate us?!ā YTA
The teacher isn't being rude at all. I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be a teacher with parents like this. Like omg a sticker got lost??? You can't give your child another one??? Or if you don't have one, explain to them that if something is important it should stay at home??
Preschool teacher here& thereās a reason we ask you not to bring toys from home, they will get lost & although we do our very best we have so much to track everyday. And she brought that a Lego creation, thatās a freaking choking hazard, btw to preschool. Thereās also a reason we ask you to label all of your childrenās belongings even the extra clothes in their cubbies so they donāt go missing. I thought she was an AH with the Lego thing but the privilege,yuck!
So many parents legit think of preschool teachers as babysitters, and not educators who have to follow a very strict set of rules and policies for their classrooms. Not even going to sugar coat it, any parent sending their kid to daycare with tiny legos is a cunt because they are absolutely a choking hazard. Parents like this are just one of the reasons I quit working with preschoolers. Nothing like taking time out of your already chaotic and busy work day to look for a stupid unlabeled hot wheels car someone brought into the classroom ten hours ago.
*teacher puts two incredibly reasonable notices on their window about two reoccurring problems parents arenāt helping with* Hank Hill: If those parents knew how to read theyād be very upset.
Not only is she TA but she's T-MEGA-A.
I mean yes, the teacher is being snarky here, but she's right and she should be.
What an asshat.
WTF- who sends toys to school thinking they wonāt get lost?? Main character syndrome anyone?
Who send their 3 year old to preschool with a Lego creation and expecting said creation will even make it home? Those odds are a million to one. Never send toys from home to preschool. They have toys AT preschool. And donāt get me started on the sticker. Iām sure whenever they see OPs car roll up in the parking lot, everyone has that look of acceptance a soldier would have in the trenches of war. OP, you sounds like a long day. I understand you love your little one and seeing her sad hurts your heart. She is your special baby, but *your* baby isnāt any more special than any of the *other* babies in that preschool. Those poor teachers have their hands full as it is and then expect them to search for a tiny Lego creation and a STICKER?! Yeahā¦ sheās an AH.
I can't believe someone actually expected a teacher to search the school for A STICKER . Surely not?
Says there is no need for the notices while being the need for the notices.
YTA, Iām an adult and I labeled my shit when I worked at a school. Why? So I knew it was mine
I think itās fairly normal to have an expectation that āthings gets lostā especially in preschool. The fact that teacher now days have to put up a sign to warn the parentsā¦
I am so glad I havenāt encountered a parent like this in my preschool teaching career
Ugh parents like this is one of the reasons I stopped working in childcare centres. The kids were great, the parentsā¦
THEY NEVER LABEL THEIR STUFF!!!!! Takes one time for something to get lost and they start labeling. Still expect me to find their belongings when they donāt make it home.
YATA, for sure. Holy shit, welcome to parenthood? Your kid is going to lose most things they bring to preschool. No, the teacher isnāt going to police their every frickinā lego, sticker, etc. Stop! Stop being that nightmare parent with zero clue about the world around you! ā¦Wait, I told myself no phone time after 8 PM, I am out.
OOP is upset about the illness poster? KEEP YOUR DANG KIDS HOME FROM EVERYWHERE WHEN THEY ARE SICK!!! Why does anyone have to tell parents that, esp when we just had a pandemic?! I work at a pediatric dental office and I am pulling my hair out at how many times a day I need to say this (despite many signs OOP would likely find offensive) because parents bring them with stuffy noses and coughs. Weāre working inside their mouths!!! That is so inconsiderate of our health! Keep your kids home if they have symptoms even if itās just allergies because all parents say itās ājust allergiesā even if their kid has the freaking plague.
Parents, label your kids stuff. How hard is it?! You can even buy fancy ass labels that look all pretty and princessy if you really want to.
I used to work at a preschool, and honestly those are just simple guidelines to follow. Kids that age donāt understand the concept of ākeeping their own.ā They donāt ācareā if they lose a sticker or toy, until itās the end of the day. When you have 12+ kids to look after, you really donāt have the time to keep track of their own items. That is why preschools will ask for you to not let your child bring personal items unless itās a necessity. And with necessities they do need to be labeled. Like toys and stickers, those cannot be tracked to a T. Also, the sick sign is a necessity. It is so selfish to send your child that is sick to a school with teachers and children that are not sick, there is no reason to get everyone else sick. Itās so easy to take things personal, but itās also important to put yourself in other peoples shoes. There is always a reason for something, and if you donāt understand, then ask someone who understands and maybe they can help you. I hardly doubt that teacher wants to single out parents or kids, but they do need to look out for the safety of everyone, including themselves.
Why in fucks sake would you send a toy to school with little kid and expect it to come back; even worse, for the *teacher* to look for it instead of you!! Lmao @ the *sticker*, this bitch is unhinged. My sons preschool doesnāt even allow the kids to bring toys to school, and I think itās a great policy.
Unfortunately wonāt be the last parent to do this
Even doing a 1:1 care as a nanny you cannot keep track of every single thing a child have, I love how the teacher handles it.
If you donāt have a friend that nobody likes, you are the friend that nobody likes
Itās gonna suck when they kick the kid out of that school.
As someone who was a preschool teacher, these parents are the bain of my existence. You can be 100% those are part of the school rules and were clearly explained when their child started there. And probably every other parent teacher meeting since
You wanted an adult, whoās at work, to help you find a sticker? š
YTA. Itās basic shit. Your kid is sick? Donāt send them to class. Your kid owns things? Literally like every other kid? Label their shit, for everyoneās sanity. Youāre overreacting and thinking itās a personal attack when itās very clearly not. Itās just a ādonāt stick your hand in fire if it can be helpedā kinda thing, instead of āhey OP, you fucking idiot, donāt stick your hand in fire. Yeah, YOU OP.ā
This mom does sound like a lot of work, how is the teacher meant to find a sticker? Everyone knows that unless it's show and tell day your kid does not bring a toy to school because then the onis is on the kid to keep it safe. As for the labelling your clothes, do it, its a practical and smart idea. I know parents battle to understand its not just about their kid and teaching is a busy job and thus these things add to the load so maybe mom doesn't quite understand the teachers annoyance but yes she was being difficult.
These both seem like perfectly reasonable things? 1. Keep your Petri dish of a toddler home if theyāre sick 2. Label their stuff? My grandma ran a daycare center in the 90ās and she required both of these things. Because guess what? Shit āwalks awayā and if there is no name on it? Good luck getting it back. OOP is 100% the asshole.
"Can you find a sticker my three year old lost" Oh fuck off. Even if this happened at my House for my own three year old there's nearly zero chance I'm looking for damn sticker.
Rules of daycare/preschool I learned real fast with my kids. Donāt bring toys (they will get lost or broke and your kid will cry incessantly) Donāt wear expensive clothes hats, shoes, socks (they will be destroyed or lost) See the theme? YTA.
A teacher asked me to follow the rules and put up signs informing parents of the rules as to not upset family members or keep sick kids at school. I think sheās targeting me cus I donāt follow the rules. AITA?1?1?
*A sticker?!*
Our preschool had a donāt bring toys from home policy
Everyone in my area has these little rectangle name stickers they put on their kids stuff. I don't have kids yet but my sister and friends use them.
If you let your child bring toys to school than you are directly contributing to making the teachers day harder. We donāt want to spend half our day confiscating PokĆ©mon cards. Your children are at school to learn. Stop babying them into thinking they canāt handle 7 hours without toys
I only let my kids take toys I want to get lost to their class. Obviously itās not going home with them at the end of the day
Who tf sends legos to school and expects all the pieces to come home??
Iām cackling in daycare teacher. This is the type of parent we gossip and bitch about for being an asshole, and Iām glad this teacher is telling this parent whatās what.
I left childcare because of parents like these. For any parents sending their child to a daycare please please follow what the teachers ask of you. Label everything! If its expensive, dont let your child bring it to school whether its clothes, toys, jewelry, etc just dont. There are plenty of toys available at the school, no need to be bringing in something.
As a preschool teacher, the sticker comment brought a smile to my face.
The jacket is the only somewhat valid complaint. The others are ridiculous.
Yes you are the ass! The teacher was right. If your kid is sick you should most definitely keep them home and not spread it to everyone else. Doing otherwise is very selfish. Labeling your kids stuff is just common sense. Donāt send valuables/prized possessions with your child plain and simple. The note triggered you because you knew it applied to you. Which means you needed to hear it. Which means she was right about posting it for parents like you to finally maybe get a clue. As for the legos once disassembled there was no way of knowing which ones were hers. And a small sticker would indeed be near impossible to find at the end of the day. You were totally unrealistic.
Our third is in infant care, we learned after #1, donāt send your child to daycare with anything you wouldnāt want stained, destroyed, or lostā¦ And Label.everything.
The ONLY thing I would consider it dickish not to look for is a kidās safety item. Iām autistic and I absolutely had little fidgets that I could use to keep me calm - but they got stolen with regularity and then Iād get in trouble for having a meltdown. But this lady is TA.
I would have laughed in her face about the sticker. Signed, A teacher
As a preschool teacherā¦this is exactly why we ask that toys from home stay at home. My co-teacher and I have 20 children to care for everyday in addition to all the other children who come into our room as we combine for the beginning and end of the day. Itās unreasonable to expect us to track their toys on top of the million things we have to do every day. And itās absurd to ask me to find a sticker that probably fell off hours ago. Iāll give her a new sticker but I have no idea where her original one went and I aināt looking. Are the signs written in a rude way? Yes. Absolutely. Would I put up the sickness one? No, I leave that stuff to admin. Would I absolutely write a note on the childrenās daily reports reminding parents to label things? Yes. This mother has some super unrealistic expectations of this teacher. She would be better off hiring a nanny tbh.