Nursery workers looked miserable

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I was on a day out with my DS yesterday and the local nursery next to where we were taking some of their children on what must have been a little outing round the park. There were two girls with them and I have to say they looked utterly miserable to be there the whole time. No smiles, just telling them what to do, ushering them round etc.

Maybe I just saw one moment of the day, but I have looked at several nurseries for my DS and I have seen quite a bit of this, not all of them but a good few. I know being a nursery nurse is a difficult and not very well paid job, but it really breaks my heart that that is the vibe those little children will be around for a lot of the day.

If it makes you feel better the only child carer I had myself growing up who was smily/"attentive" was a very up-beat b*itch behind closed doors

So I personally favour serious but competent careers myself & can see why other parents would be drawn to it if the place is affordable & the staff are able to do their jobs

I walked past quite a few mums out with their own kids this morning and very few were grinning away, in fact some with toddlers were staring fixedly at their bloody phones.

I wouldn't expect them to be jolly with a smile slapped on their face every single minute of the day. Especially when out and about and trying to keep everyone safe.

You should see my face after trying to get my toddler (singular) ready to leave the house EVERY SINGLE DAY. I honestly couldn’t imagine what every day must be like for nursery workers. The angels at my daughter’s nursery are allowed off days as far as I’m concerned. My daughter loves the women who work in her nursery room, she’s taken care of, they do all the messy play crap I cannot bring myself to do at home, allow me to continue to work and to be perfectly frank keep me sane.
If I see them looking miserable sometimes all it does is teach a realistic range of emotions to very emotional toddlers.

They're at work, and on what is probably quite a stressful trip out with little ones. I didn't walk around grinning when I was out with my toddler either, let alone a whole group of them.

Fair enough don't send your child to that nursery, but equally don't judge the nursery based on how smiley the staff are.

What are you talking about ?

Take 1 toddler, double, triple , quadruple that toddler's behaviour every day and see how smiley you are after 2 days of it. Looking after toddlers at nursery is like herding cats, it's exhausting, add on the occasional crappy parent and it gets very close to "why-do-I-bother" territory. The last thing you would want to think about is whether you are "jolly" enough not to be judged by random people when you are on an outing with your nursery children.

Yep always perks me up! Or my ultimate favourite: cheer up love, it might never happen 😳

They were at work and were busy by the sound of it. I would prefer for my children to be properly cared for and supervised out and about. Rather than ear to ear smiles