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07.03.08, 18:21 PM General Topics
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i dont think i like 3.5 camp counselor. she seems mean to the kids. i overheard her tell one little boy today, i am not happy with you. also, my ds said she always talks to them with a mad face. should i say something? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.03.08, 06:21 PM Flag
 

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^^^i meant to write, i dont think i like my 3.5yr... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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...old's... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:23 PM Flag
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If you have specific concerns ie exact things she has said/done then talk to his/her boss [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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i notice that if a kid interrupts her while she is talking she will say, i have to finish our morning schedule. she always wants them to use the inside voice, even when changing into their clothes for swim. its camp, its supposed to be fun. also, as i mentioned she told on dc, i am not happy with you. these are 3yr olds. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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Have a quiet word with the camp organizer/boss [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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exactly what i am thinking. what i have observed so far warrants it? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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IMHO, No. "I'm not happy with you." is not grounds. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:40 PM Flag
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I think mentioning, with examples, her attitude towards the kids should be sufficient for the boss person to deal with it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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I don't think she sounds so bad. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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Why are you sending a 3 and a half year old to camp in the first place? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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She didn't say she sent him to sleep away camp in Europe. What else is a 3.5 yo supposed to do during the summer? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:52 PM Flag
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Color? Play-doh? Read? Run around in the grass? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:53 PM Flag
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I agree I think its freaky for kids that young to be at "camp" its ah called babysitting...its like when people call daycare "school" lets call a spade a spade [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:56 PM Flag
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Where else are you going to find babysitting for the summer though? Few nannies want a short term position. And daycares don't open new slots for the summer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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Um ... watch your kids yourself? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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Are you volunteering to pay all of my bills while I drop out of the workforce to supervise fingerpainting? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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No. I'm volunteering to suggest you live within your means so that you CAN leave the workforce and take care of your own children. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:01 PM Flag
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I do live within my means. Without my income, our HHI would be zero. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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Where's your DH? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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He died three years ago. And before I get the life insurance speech...he died during active duty. Your death benefits are all there is. No insurance company will cover acts of war. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:05 PM Flag
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So sorry. Now, what was your question? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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Who would like to pay my bills while I stop working? If it is so wrong of me to WOH, who wants to enable me to SAH? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:08 PM Flag
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op, im so sorry you have to deal with all this. love to you and your family. and sorry about the sacrifice you have had to make for us all. peace to you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:38 PM Flag
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ouch!!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:01 PM Flag
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dumb biatch! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:02 PM Flag
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My ds's preschool is closed in the summer and I WOH. So his options are camp (swimming, boating, sports, arts and crafts, etc) or a hodge-podge of chilcare arrangements crafted based on the availability of the adults, not the needs of the child. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:57 PM Flag
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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I am taking care of him. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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No ... you're abandoning him with strangers. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:01 PM Flag
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How do you figure? How is this any different than him attending pre-school (or Kindergarten in a few years)? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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That is SCHOOL. This is daycare. Honestly, don't you know the difference? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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Now he is out of my care for a few hours a day. In a few years, he would be out of my care for a few hours a day. What's the difference. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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The difference is he will be in SCHOOL. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:05 PM Flag
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That doesn't make any difference. In either case, he is engaged in activities that are stimulating and engaging for him. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:06 PM Flag
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Not in daycare. Daycare is for the convenience and indulgence of the mother, not for the benefit of the child. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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How am I being indulged? What are my alternatives? And he DOES benefit from daycare. It's a good social experience and he likes the activities. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:09 PM Flag
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np: A good daycare teaches as well as nurtures. FWIW, my kid has been in daycare since infancy and was accepted at Anderson for K. I attribute a lot of that to the wonderful things he learned at daycare, or as I call it "school". [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:13 PM Flag
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What's Anderson? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:15 PM Flag
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new here? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:15 PM Flag
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please stop. you are embarrassing yourself. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:35 PM Flag
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stop. just stop. please stop. you are wretched. you are so pleased with yourself. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:36 PM Flag
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np: you are an ass. Her child is getting socialization and fun activities. Not everyone can afford to be a SAHM. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:10 PM Flag
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especially not every military widow. Sheesh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:11 PM Flag
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are you for real? a few hours in a little activity camp equals abandoning a child with strangers. this woman is a single mother. have a heart. have a heart. have a heart. she probably has a great kid. you? your heart is stone. terrible. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:37 PM Flag
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RETARD!!!! SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK TO PAY RENT AND BILLS!!! GROW UP, THIS IS THE REAL WORLD, maybe not your world but the average person has to work, sheeesh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 08:04 PM Flag
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A pathetic troll [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:40 PM Flag
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ok, so its daycare. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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Daycare, summer pre-school, nursery intersession....whatever you want to call it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:01 PM Flag
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I call it "parental outsourcing". [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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Why? Because any parent that works outside the home isn't parenting? Regardless of the age of the child? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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No. Leaving a child in daycare is not parenting. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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He's in pre-school or camp for a few hours a day. Far less time than he is with me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:06 PM Flag
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I started day camp at age 3 and LOVED it. Had a SAHM. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:06 PM Flag
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I started at 3. My mother was a teacher who was earning her masters in the summers. I loved it. I moved to sleep away when I was 6 (my mother worked at the camp). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.03.08, 07:07 PM Flag
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