Craziest Question You Were Asked?

[Momboss]

What was the craziest, strangest, weirdest, question you were asked?
Not the craziest, but a recent gross question….I was asked to take a pic of DCG poop and send it to her mom so she could see the color. I “forgot” to do it and sent her a pic of a paint color that was similar . I kept thinking “ if you are concerned about her bowel movement, why not keep her home and see it for yourself/ go to the doctor??” Especially if you think something is wrong with your child, why are leaving them and sending them to daycare?

[Valerie928]

The weirdest question came from a dcm who asked me in front of my other dcks, if her son (dcb 3) " held his penis while peeing?"

Wtf?

[PB&J]

I had one mom ask me to write down a detailed description of each poop. I offered to send her pictures (hid the sarcasm only a little) and she acted like I was the outrageous one.

We had a mom who came in one day with her 18M in pull-ups, ready to train, because the kid wanted to be in the bathroom with mom and that was obviously a clue that she was ready. We told her we would take her every time she asked us, and put her in diapers. Later that week she heard that the 2.5Y kids - in another daycare room! - were starting training, and she called (in the middle of lunchtime), to ask if we could include her kid in that group. She had an older child with us, so she knew our training policies….knew how busy lunchtime is….knew that we had rooms/groups based on ages….still asked. Then acted like we thought she wanted her baby moved to the older 2s group and thought saying “oh, no no no, I just thought you could take her over whenever the other kids were using the potty!” as if that solved everything. She didn’t last much longer with us.

[Cat Herder]

A DCM asked me to keep her kids for three to four months (at regular tuition) because she felt "called" to go on a missionary trip to south Africa. She was "disappointed" that I could not support this "important work".

My god "called" me to believe she was already on an important mission and needed to wrap that one up, first. These babies were not even out of diapers yet. "Called" my behind, parenting just doesn't net the same attention and praise as volunteering for a mission. I remember the preacher saying doing anything for credit was not an act of good will or service, but a transaction with expectations.

[Pestle]

I spent my childhood learning about the heroic, saintly missionaries who went to primitive and backwards cultures to convert them to our brand of religion at great personal sacrifice, and spent my adulthood learning about how many dead young wives those missionaries burned through in the process. There's a reason the Catholics are like "You pick EITHER parenthood OR a life of devotion to the Church." The reason is--turns out it's not your own personal self you're sacrificing.

[Blackcat31]

I had a DCM ask me if she could pay me "extra" so her child didn't have to endure a consequence. Her child was 7. He had bitten someone (a 2.5 yr old) so he was not allowed to play outside over rest time with out me directly supervising him as he could no longer be trusted. I was tempted but passed. DCM was a family therapist.

I also had a DCM once ask me to make sure I closed the door to the bathroom while I was in there assisting her potty training 2 year old because she deserved privacy. She also expected me to read books from an "approved" book list she sent while her DD was sitting on the toilet . When I asked how she expected me to maintain supervision of the other kids while in the bathroom with hers and she said "I don't care about the other kids. I am only concerned with mine"

She didn't last here long but the funniest part was about 2 years later I was in the public restroom at our county fair. I walked in as she was calling her now 4 yr old a little b* (rhymes with witch) because she had an accident and was crying. I simply turned around and walked back out. I felt so bad for her DD.

[Momboss]

"I don't care about the other kids. I am only concerned with mine"

She didn't last here long but the funniest part was about 2 years later I was in the public restroom at our county fair. I walked in as she was calling her now 4 yr old a little b* (rhymes with witch) because she had an accident and was crying. I simply turned around and walked back out. I felt so bad for her DD.

Oh my! I would have suggested a nanny if she doesnt care about the other kids her child is with during the day or their safety. Maybe would have said “imagine if another parent said that, that i shouldnt supervise your child” ugh!

[Rockgirl]

I had a younger brother of a former dcg….dcg went to grandma's after school when she started kindergarten. When dcg was 7, and summer came around, dcm asked if she could come every day with her younger brother as my “helper”, since she was bored at grandma’s all day. She expected to send her here, full-time, for FREE, since she would be “assisting” me. 😆 At the time, I had school-age kids up to age ten. I told dcm I had a school-age opening, and she could enroll her as a dck and pay. She declined.

My family and I came up with some imaginary scenarios, picturing 7-year-old dcg working here:

Dcg wanting to join in on a craft or board game with the other SA kids, and me telling her, “You WORK here, dcg. Get those tables cleaned and disinfected, so the daycare kids can use them for their crafts.”

“Dcg, I noticed the toilet didn’t get properly scrubbed. I’ll need you to go back and do it again….this time thoroughly.”

”Dcg, please go supervise outside time for the 8-10-year-olds while the younger kids nap. I realize you’re only seven, but this is your job. Stay off the slide during your working hours.”

😂🤣😂

[Pestle]

"You have to click through a 72-slide Powerpoint training session today, and then stay late for inventory."

[e.j.]

A parent called me from work once to ask if I was playing outside in the yard with the kids. We were experiencing a strong thunderstorm at the time. Apparently, she was worried I didn't have enough sense to get in out of the rain.

[Annalee]

When school teachers call to ask what my 'tornado' protocol is and they go home instead of picking up their child when school lets out due to the tornadoes/storms? That's why I started following the school schedule!

[flying_babyb]

The poop thing? I dont know if thats too odd. I have a constipation child who mom constantly asked about his poo. Its gotten to the point where we write what it is "soft and normal, soft and really squishy, Hard, not soft but not hard, OMG his poor butt!
For every poop!

[Pestle]

I always make a note if there's anything unusual about the bowel movement.