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NorthLight36

Casual Childcare worker

◦ Member since December 2012
◦ Victoria
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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

Category: Workplace & Employment

Sometimes the only thing to do is take a deep breath, count to ten and then get control of the situation for the day, however seems best. I do have the option of calling the office, but that...

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11 years ago

Leaving a centre and...

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Yes, I'd be happy to give advice and answer any questions. I've also just posted about dealing with my first problem family in that topic, so you might want to read that post in particular....

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Bit of a stressful day today, of the sort that does come with family daycare so I thought I'd discuss it here for people to read. Over the last two weeks there's been some incidents with my...

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Hi Lorina, Not holding my breath on the thieves getting caught, but it wasn't too bad. Lost about $300 in fees that some parents had paid in cash which I hadn't gotten to take to the bank (W...

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Sorry all. Here it is, Monday, and I didn't get around to my promised weekend post! Okay, well let's fix that. To start with, I want to say that while I'm technically on my own with the kids...

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Hi Lorina! Sorry I haven't been in touch. Yes, I'm up and running. Things are going very well, thanks. I've two groups of three twice a week, a single child (8 months) on Tuesdays and a sibl...

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Hi L,A. Thanks for the advice. Yes, I am getting parents to fill in a form about their child's likes/dislikes and interests. That's actually one of the forms I've been supplied by the counci...

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11 years ago

Parent Wanting Us To Give Child Unnecessary Medications

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Ness-C, Just wondering how things are going. Do you have an update on the situation you can share? ~Ann

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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Big news. I've had my second orentation session, which was basically all about medication forms, enrollment forms, accident and illness forms... You get the picture. It was an important and...

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11 years ago

How To Start Your Own FDC!

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I agree, L.A. The children will get plenty of time with nature here with me - by spending time outside and with the things that we bring inside. I can't help but feel like 'chairs' made from...

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