do childminders get respect

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childminders get paid peanuts for so much responsibility

took my mum out for some nice christmas shopping last night and she said "how's the babysitting going"!!!

I respect my childminder and her professionalism utterly.
She is fantastic-energetic,creative,charming and loving.
So much so that my dd never seems very happy to see me!

She is an absolute gem and we are very lucky (but I think she has too much paperwork.)

Respect, you must be joking!! Try mentioning what you do at any social gathering, where the other guests are professionals, and see what response you get.

Parents are either 'couldn't care less' or 'nit-pickers'.

And the money is dreadful, I'm thinking of packing up shop after Christmas.

my friend whos dd i mind is fab, wants it all above board and wants to do it anyway i set out..other mindees mum talks to me like she knows more about what im doing than i do and is treating me with about as much respect as a doormat of late

I respect my ds's childminder enormously. She's a professional, has established a firm attachment with my ds and he gains so much from the time he spends with her. She's helping me to raise him and her influence is fantastic. How can anyone not respect someone they trust to do that?

I'd like to be respected but i dont think i am in all honesty, i work hard from 7am to 6pm everyday and the other day my pil (who are in a bit of a tricky spot at the mo with cars and health) said can't you help us out more as you're at home all day i help when i can but it is hard at the moment as i have kids coming and going so can't be too far from home, plus i have a very lively one who needs to be at nursery really so i have to make sure he gets chance to have a good run around, plays with other children etc everyday.

I'm really trying to make this business work but without any media singing our praises i doubt the public will ever think of us as anything other than babysitters.

No I must say since starting childminding this year it is not a respected job. Infact someone said to me yesterday ' well hows it going, better than working?' I felt like saying look Im a bl**dy nurse and it makes nursing in the NHS seem like a day at the spa and Im not kidding. I have to say that when my child is at school I dont think I'll keep it going but I like being around the kids but last week I did feel undervalued as parents arrived late, I didnt get paid on time etc. To be honest Im not sure I give a stuff what other adults think as long as the kids are ok.

i agree about the bit when at social gatherings. i always intend to say i run my own sucesful childcare business but chicken out and say im a childminder, we need a diferent name.

i think that my parents respect me. they are all great and i love their kids dearly.

i do get far far too much paperwork though.

To all the fantastic & professional CM's - I respect you!

I have one mindee who's parents are great and often say how they appreciate me but I think that's more about me being flexible with swapping days than the actual job I do!

I have recently had a temporary baby mindee just for 2 months and have never been praised so much in my life! Her Mum is so lovely and was really upset when the 2 months were up.

In the area I'm in there are lots of nannies so the "childcare profesionals" aren't really seen as "babysitters". Hmmm, that could be our new name franyfroo - "childcare professionals"!!!!

I totally agree that we need some more positive recognition. Before registering I was a nanny and only registered as a childminder because I couldn't find a nanny job where I could take my ds. It was only when I went through the registration that I realised just how much is involved (paperwork, birth-three etc).

I have massive respect for fellow cms!!!!!

God, I wouldn't leave my children with someone I didn't respect tbh. I totally respect my children's childminder.

Why don't we start saying we are Early Years Educators? That might work, even if, like me, the only educating you seem to do sometimes is 'please' and 'thank you' and 'Get down from standing on the table'!!

Actually feeling more positive this week and looking forward to sending home the craft stuff we're making for Christmas.

Can I say have a great holiday to you all, you deserve it. I hope you all get to do whatever makes you relax and enjoy yourselves,

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to you too
we've been making loads of craft things, but have been giving them to take each day as i am quickly running out of storage!

my dp commented last weekend when i had mindee how polite she now is as opposed to when she first came to me and she actually tells me 5,6,7 times a day now.."i love you xxx"
seems like you think your getting no where and then theirs a little breakthru!

all you mums on here are fab, i wish there were more like you

Don't you just love it when a mindee says "love you"? makes me go all gooey inside!

..tends to be just after theyve poured paint on the carpet!, but never the less

This is how appreciated and respected i am.......i looked after a boy for 8 mths for 10hrs a day 5 days a week, he left last week and what did i get?

nothing at all.

LMGs that poor isnt it? I dont know what I expect but a Christmas card would be nice. Ive bought pressies for the kids and cards and had nothing. Perhaps its the area I dont know?

well ive bought lots of presents for each mindee not mega expansive, but things i think theyd like/need...dd has had a card off mindee 1 but i havent?..not really botherd about cards, but sad to think i didnt even spring to mind when she was writing them!

i got an xmas card and the kids got selection boxes each (so thats something)

i got him a selection box a colouring book and a scrapbook with all the photos id ever taken of him.

im not saying give to recieve but appreciation is nice. a thank you card would have done then i could have put it on my notice board and other parents wud have thought aww she must have been really nice to him etc (which obv i am and i hope they know that) but would have been something for my prospective parents to see.

my great mums got together and gave me a pamper day at posh health spa. they really are fantastic and i feel so loved.[grin
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i have a very large wrapped present( 2ft x 1ft) in my living room off mindee 2..saying that mindee 2 isnt here today, maybe its her in the box???

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Mine does. Masses, and not just from me.