5AF Parenting Thread

[count2infinity]

Yup... daycare is gonna charge regardless. It's probably all in the paperwork you signed before dropping little big mac off for his first day.

[Morkle]

Most daycares charge you even if you skip some days. We used to get one week's "vacation" when my daughter was in full-time daycare, but her before/after school care program doesn't do that. We get charged for every Monday regardless of whether or not she goes, or even if the school is closed.

Our daycare was super excited to tell us about their vacation plans when we did our intro tour. We get two-weeks, and they charge us half-price for those weeks instead of full.

[NTP66]

Dafuq? We didn't get charged at all for our vacation week... which is basically what yours is, only shadier.

[count2infinity]

Well.. two weeks being charged half price is the same as one week being charged nothing.

I understand their position though. They only have room for a certain number of kids. They can't not charge when your child isn't there because they can't just magically pick up another kid to fill that spot for the week.

[NTP66]

Source of the post Well.. two weeks being charged half price is the same as one week being charged nothing.

That's what I mean, it's just odd to even call it 2 weeks of vacation at that point.

[dodint]

Well.. two weeks being charged half price is the same as one week being charged nothing.

Is the two weeks contingent on your not bringing your kid in for two full weeks to get full credit? That's the only reason I can see them writing it that way. If you try and take one week away do you only get 2.5 days of credit?

[mac5155]

I think we have 3 sick, 3 vacation days. He goes 3 days a week. he's been going 4 days because of my mom being out of town for about 2 months. That was an ordeal, to get them to allow him to go on Mondays.

[shafnutz05]

We get one week unpaid every year. And yes, whenever there is a closing for a snow day, for example, we do not get that money credited back to our account. I think that's fairly standard.

[shmenguin]

4 more months of paying for a babysitter...4 more months of paying for a babysitter...4 more months of paying for a babysitter...4 more months of paying for a babysitter...4 more months of paying for a babysitter...4 more months of paying for a babysitter.

[mac5155]

Mrs mac informed me that today's daycare was on the house. Pleasantly surprised.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

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[shmenguin]

Rough waters in the shmenguin household. My non-blood teenaged nephew is having some new adventures on the Internet. And now via a game of telephone, ole shmengy and the other non-blood uncle know all the sordid details.

My contention is that a person that age is entitled to privacy. And while immediate support systems are needed to help with advice and guidance, I find it to be a violation of privacy that I,
a tangential family member, now know these details without his permission. And I think when my son turns that age, I also would not like this intimacy to be broadcast across the entire family network.

This went over like a lead balloon. Women are a different breed with information sharIng, man.

[mac5155]

He watching the pr0n or wut?

[shmenguin]

This stranger nephew of another stranger. Yes. And I am aware of its nature, frequency and to what ends he will go to make in happen.

I’m not involved in the guidance or future potential remediation required. So as far as I’m concerned, this is a violation of privacy.

The exercise to put this to the test would be this. You sit the boy down, and list all the people who now know, who sit outside the inner support circle. If he shrugs his shoulders and moves on, you did ok. If he experiences even an ounce of anxiety or depression over this, you failed as a parent. You put your own impulse ahead of the trust, consent and privacy of your son. That’s a no no.

[Factorial]

My youngest is 17 and she is a handful unlike the older two.

[MWB]

This stranger nephew of another stranger. Yes. And I am aware of its nature, frequency and to what ends he will go to make in happen.

I’m not involved in the guidance or future potential remediation required. So as far as I’m concerned, this is a violation of privacy.

The exercise to put this to the test would be this. You sit the boy down, and list all the people who now know, who sit outside the inner support circle. If he shrugs his shoulders and moves on, you did ok. If he experiences even an ounce of anxiety or depression over this, you failed as a parent. You put your own impulse ahead of the trust, consent and privacy of your son. That’s a no no.

I would guess most kids would freak out, which, like you said, isn’t good.

[shmenguin]

As far as emotional honesty and integrity go, this is maybe the one area where women as a whole are objectively inferior. In a big way.

I know that guys I hang out with are impotent. Or wear cockrings. Or are addicted to porn to the point that it’s problematic. And I’m almost certain those guys know intimate details about me, against my consent. And this is extremely common. I don’t say a peep about bedroom stuff. And if I say anything personal, it’s because I know my friends will show discretion.

Tsk tsk, ladies.

[mac5155]

Social media age. No care for privacy anymore. And no shame in anything either.

[NTP66]

My daughter is six years old and has friends at school that have their own cell phones (meaning WITH cellular service). Every once in a while she whines about not having an internet connection on her phone which she can only use to play games, puzzles, and some artwork apps. Don't care. No internet service for many years, and that's the bottom line.

[shafnutz05]

As far as emotional honesty and integrity go, this is maybe the one area where women as a whole are objectively inferior. In a big way.

Yeah, this is probably accurate. Oversharing is an issue. Thankfully my wife is good about that stuff.

[Morkle]

My daughter is six years old and has friends at school that have their own cell phones (meaning WITH cellular service). Every once in a while she whines about not having an internet connection on her phone which she can only use to play games, puzzles, and some artwork apps. Don't care. No internet service for many years, and that's the bottom line.

So your daughter has a cell-phone at six years old with no internet? I am not prepared.

[NTP66]

My daughter is six years old and has friends at school that have their own cell phones (meaning WITH cellular service). Every once in a while she whines about not having an internet connection on her phone which she can only use to play games, puzzles, and some artwork apps. Don't care. No internet service for many years, and that's the bottom line.

So your daughter has a cell-phone at six years old with no internet? I am not prepared.

It's a spare iPhone with no access to the internet, so basically just games like 10 Pin Shuffle and some drawing apps. Also, to be clear, she doesn't have free reign with it. It stays in my closet along with her Kindle until she's allowed to use it. So, after all school work is done, etc. She's definitely not a screen zombie.

[Morkle]

No wasn't criticizing usage or anything. Just that I didn't have a phone until I was 16 and had my license. Knowing kids these days are ready for phones at 6 seems daunting to me as a new parent lol.

[CBear3]

Yippie, nothing like spending the night on your daughter's floor because she has a fever of 103.

Also, my kids have old iPhone4's of mine with no network service. They won't have a need for service until middle school, God willing. Meanwhile, for ST:TNG fans, you remember that episode where the whole ship gets addicted to an AR game of putting balls in funnels? Yeah, that's my kids with Color Bump. Really have to watch their time on it.

[NTP66]

Yeah, it's definitely different for our kids. I've had access to a laptop since I was a kid (Zeos FTW), but this is different.

CBear - That's the worst. Nothing much you can do but keep up with ibuprofen.