Baby blue

Mc Kenzie

Iv been working with children the past few months and although iwould love to have children ofmy own someday im hoping that this experience wont leave an everlasting affect on thefuturewhenim

I feel like an awfu lperson that now on weekends and not "on duty to comfort a screaming child" i just turn the other way if i see a crying kid as the noise really irritates me now.oh dear i sound so harsh. but unfortunately thats the effect this has left on me. I mean one child is enough, but 5/6 screaming kids....no thanks. hopefully ill get by ny last few days of mayhem lol.:rolleyes:

anyone else have childre nor mind them and familiarise with this feeling or am i a heartless person..(im not really:o)

altho i did have wee soft spot for a little fella and i will miss him so much.:(

LadyMayBelle

I work in schools and see kids all day...but at the weekends (take last one for example when I wanted to ban all kids from the big shopping centre near me as it seemed like they were all screaming at once there!), I like to switch off.
I like kids, of course I do, but I wouldn't cope working full time with kids and being a Mum to them as well! Some people can, but I don't think I could!

Mc Kenzie

ok.. atleast i dont feel so bad now phew:D.

its hard work i tellya!

Acoshla

Sure it's fair enough, everyone likes to leave their job behind when they're off duty, just because it's kids and not waitressing/retail/etc doesn't mean it's wrong to be sick of it!

Truley

I've worked in playschools and creches and found it extremely hard and unrewarding but it hasn't changed my views towards children or put me off having kids of my own. I think there is a huge difference between dealing with children in a work environment and raising children of your own. First of all you're doing it en masse in a very institutionalized and unnatural environment. So many of the children were badly raised, have bad habits or behaviour problems which you can't do anything about because they're not yours. You just have to take them as they come.

I know people will say I had it easier because I only had responsibility for them 9-5 but at the same time, I could often have up to ten toddlers to look after at a time. So for example when you put a baby to sleep it usually gives the parent a chance to rest but I would still have another six to eight babies to take care of whilst filling out a hundred forms and following all the rules and procedures of the institution. So it really isn't the same.

I hated working with kids in a creche environment but I think if I was to do it my own way or with my own children, things would be different.

ash23

I have a child and now that she is older I am far less tolerant of crying children. It goes through me.
I don't blame the parents or anything but to me it's like nails on a chalkboard. Cuts through me and sets my teeth on edge. I usually move away from it and avoid places where there's likely to be small kids having temper tantrums.
I usually just feel sorry for the parents and am silently thanking the lord that my child has outgrown that stage. However I would also love to have more kids. I think that when it's your own child screaming the place down it's less annoying than when it's someone elses. Or else you just get immune to the crying and screaming of your own

KittyeeTrix

I would be so different Ash. My own 4 crying as babies or toddlers would've driven me to distraction but I could sit all day and listen to other kids crying and not be bothered by it at all:D

I dunno know why, maybe cos as their mum I had to sort out my kids crying i.e fix it before other people got annoyed and maybe that's what had me so bothered:)

I don't miss that young age for all the tea in China......Give me older kids and teenagers any day of the week!!!