Well, at least they didn't use a derisive slur that is demeaning to people with developmental disabilities to describe a simple editing error.
As the father of a 1 yr old and a 3 yr old, my advise would be to chill out. Yes the situation you described is unfortunate and to be clear I am only talking about the bottle mix up incident. No one was hurt and if you get that pissed about a few bottles you are in for some of the most stressful years of your life.
Oh get over yourself with your fake internet rage. If you knew me from anything other than by a nickname over the internet, you'd know that's not what I was doing in the least bit. That word doesn't only mean one thing.
If a parent can't be confident that his child will receive the correct formula (not once, but twice), how can they be confident that he will receive the right medication or food (if the child has a food allergy)?
No rage, just pointing out the inherent hypocrisy of critcizing the words of others when the words you use are offensive (whether you mean them to be or not).
When you are paying strangers minimum wage to watch your children, whom they do not care about, and other children, that is what happens. You get what you pay for.. No one better to take care of a child than a mother or other family member, but our country is so backwards that often cannot or does not happen.
^^^^^ not necessarily true. Even if we weren't working I would probably still send my daughter to our daycare at least part time. It's great and she loves it Leroy, if you are looking for one central ( near UT) let me know
That holds as much water as the "I don't mean it like that" line when folks were tossing around homosexual slurs like "***" The real difference being, folks with mental handicaps can't defend themselves at all, making it okay to sling around Special Olympics jokes and continue to let a demographic be a punchline. Stupid gays standing up for themselves and forcing us to drop all those awesome putdowns.
I could argue that it doesn't matter what you get paid, you're getting paid to do a job and you're expected to do it to the best of your ability. What happened to that proud American work ethic?? Honestly if you're a teacher/day care supervisor, and you are working with kids, you better care about them or you have no business being in that profession in the first place. And before I became a teacher I taught after school programs and Y sports making just above min wage, and I sure as hell cared about the well being of all my students. Agree that the father and mother are ideally the best people to care for a child, but even still there are plenty of benefits in kids attending day care and preschool, one being it promotes socialization skills.
Why ask that question, unless you haven't lived long enough to see the drastic economic changes in this country over the last few decades? There are exceptions, but if you are a couple with children, and desire a middle class standard of living in the United States remotely like that of your middle class parents, both parents working is difficult to avoid. I've watched it evolve. It isn't what people want, necessarily, but rather what they have to do to maintain that living standard that their parents were able to have with one income. Honestly, I can only assume that you don't have children and are young, or are not living in this country. This situation isn't uncommon. Quite the opposite. It isn't what people want, but what they have to do. Have an income pushing six figures or better? If you live in Texas, you can manage it. Try managing it in a state like California.
You get what you pay for. Often times folks making $5 an hour, watching numerous kids, which they don't know, are not going to do a good job. The socialization element is a red herring, a parent can find other like minded parents and have play days, also often families have other like aged children to socialize with. We have been fooled, to have the standard of living our parents had, we have two worker families. So then we pay a stranger to play mommy and after all costs are considered it is a marginal difference. As a male I would be ashamed that my wife would have to work and not have the choice to raise her children. With my child on the way I have worked 75 hrs a week in contract negotiations and mergers. To keep everything copacetic I moonlight and make enough to support my family and provide an 8 room home on 10 acres. It is all about nutting it up.
I have lived long enough to see the change.. And indeed I have sisters that do it because they would rather drive a Mercedez than a Chevrolet. It is a choice they made. I have lived in Texas, Seattle and now Chicago as the single wage earner.
36 yrs old Born in Texas Lived all across the USA and Europe Promised wife she would never work unless she wanted to. Have kept my promise working 75 hrs a week Moonlighting for supplement income Frugal with cars, food, etc, built my own 8 bedroom home on many acres of land. We don't get a fancy car or jewelry, but I know my wife is raising our family and not some indifferent moron.
I see my children everyday, I typically only need 4 hours sleep and have mornings and most nights together with wife, children, relatives. Oldest is already learning how to build homes and proper fire arm training.
Well as a male, I am proud of the fact that my wife can be a wonderful mother and spouse and have a career outside the home. I am also proud of my son who, thanks to an engaging curriculum and socially stimulating enviornment his pre-school has provided, has received a great headstart into his educatuonal journey and is more than ready to transition into kindgarten.
It's obvious you don't love your wife enough and she doesn't love your son enough and his teachers are abusing him and he'll grow up to be an axe murderer. It's obvious.
