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The child care industry is experiencing a shortage of qualified workers which experts say will not be resolved without significant federal funding and reform.
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@Tpoppss Год назад

Preschool teacher here, it’s sickening how much we are devalued. & parents complain about wanting longer hours. 10+ hour preschool day for children under 5 should be criminal.

@tiny.terrorist.negotiator Год назад

Quit. Honestly it was the best thing I ever did. I work at a store in a mall but I am WAY happier as is my bank account!

@hayvic3325 Год назад

@@Hugatree1 are you serious? Do you think people put their kids in daycare for fun? You do realise it costs a lot of money for certain families but it’s their only option to be able to afford rent and house and their needs?You are a disgrace of an individual for being so inconsiderate of other people’s circumstances. Parents should be putting their children in daycare to be properly cared of instead of letting random friends and relatives watch them. Not all friends and relatives can safely care for them. Grow up!

@kiam2116 Год назад

lol🤣🤣🤣

@POTUSBrown Год назад

Most people work 8 hours a day, driving to drop their child off, driving to work, and the return trip. It takes time, most people don't want to do it but they have to survive.

@Tpoppss Год назад

@@POTUSBrown Kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school institutions have a maximum of 6-7 hour a day programs, if not less. What will you do with your timing then??

@Gabster1990 Год назад

Like teachers, they don't get paid enough to deal with kids.

@clarissaolivarez1200 Год назад

Facts. I would show up before the daycare opened and would be there till close and I was still struggling to pay bills

@RoyalMasterpiece Год назад

💯

@angham3829 Год назад

Matthew 13:15 King James Version 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Год назад

I would never want to deal with parents like that. I was a teacher for a few years until 2005, you can't pay me enough to go back to the classroom. To deal with aggressive parents and thier demon spawn.

@FS-pz2gu Год назад

I’ve always worked at private preschools because the pay is a tiny bit better. We’re still devalued and treated like slaves by Directors and some, not all, parents. But I have a degree in early childhood and truly love my job and all the children I helped raised. It would take a cultural shift where our community begins to value us as educators and not “daycare workers” or “babysitters”. Directors and preschool owners often mistreat Early Childhood Educators and offer minimal pay. Why would anyone with a college degree want to remain in the classroom where best practices are often ignored by administrators.

@user-rw2dr5my1s Год назад

My sister works as a child care worker and they get paid a joke of a salary. She works so much and what they do is so devalued. They always say that they “ can’t ” afford to pay the worker more, but yet the CEO’s and the people on top are getting paid so much. This is ridiculous!!

@angham3829 Год назад

@GenericName007 Год назад

Who wants to get paid less to get treated like shit by entitled parents.

@GenericName007 Год назад

@Amber Sampson Going to assume you're an entitled parent and I touched a nerve? Otherwise your comment makes no sense.

@cathleenmckay389 Год назад

This is the result of a major lack of appreciation by both parents and administrators. Not to mention having children being raised without manners and morals these days. It's a sad world we're living in today.

@dasse6637 Год назад

I used to be a preschool and daycare worker. The company I worked for was not supportive. A lot of parents had no respect for us. And a lot of the children were very difficult to deal with. And all for minimum wage pay and no room to move up. I left after several years when I realized it was a dead end job. Its ridiculous how the people caring for young children for the most part of their days aren't getting paid more and aren't getting benefits. So I dont blame people for leaving and finding something better.

@angelique1795 Год назад

I'm a preschool teacher. So many things must change to attract the right people for this important role. What happens when parents can't work because all preschools have limited spots due to the shortage of teachers?!

@MrBdiddypop Год назад

We pay these people so little that the industry is imploding. And then what do parents do to work?

@LiLesah Год назад

Pay them more, & respect them? 🤷‍♀️ Maybe they shouldn’t have a small business if they can’t afford paying their employees a livable/survivable wage... ... ... $13.21??? NAH! Watch your own kids

@eksbocks9438 Год назад

It's not worth the low pay. Being pushed around by kids with behavioral issues. And entitled parents.

@gemmeldrakes2758 Год назад

One thing the pandemic brought out was the extent to which schools and pre-schools are relied on for child care. It was interesting to hear parents talk about how hard it was to work with small children around, or say they simply could not work and care for children at the sane time. The need for adequare child care is an important issue that doesn't get enough attention from elected leaders.

@andieb3632 Год назад

It doesn't make sense how much parents pay for daycare, and yet, they can't afford to pay their employees. The math ain't mathing.

@anniewallace3601 Год назад

Exactly at my day care parents paid 450 for their kid to be in my class and babies were 800 a month. Food was supplied by a government funding program so that didn’t cost as long as the program was followed. So why aren’t teachers paid more than 10 dollars a hour? It’s beyond my understanding.

@ebonyscruggs8619 Год назад

I am a daycare worker and I have worked for the Y three different times since 2012 and this by far has been the worse experience. We are burnt out the ones that actually come to work. Since they need bodies they hire workers that sit on their phone and aren't attentive to the children. I don't know how much more I can take. If there is a word for beyond burnt out I am that. And I feel bad because they children need quality teachers to take care and love them but I am a human and can only take so much.

@anniewallace3601 Год назад

I was at that point to. The word is numb. You just go through the motion and think I don’t care but must at least do enough to get a paycheck. Find a different job or take some sick days until you don’t feel numb anymore. I did the leave but if you want to continue you deserve days to take care of yourself. Your mental health is important to your kids. Can’t give them what you don’t have.

@ebonyscruggs8619 Год назад

@@anniewallace3601 so true! Thank you for the the advice and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing.I am thankful that I just started getting holiday and vacation time 1 day every 30 days that started over the summer because I signed on to recieve benefits. All the other employees don’t. But I found out today they considered me p/t all the way up to that moment 12/23/21 even though I wasn’t working less than 30hrs every time I’ve worked there. Which means I don’t qualify for public student loan forgiveness program even though I’ve been worked like a Hebrew slave. The program requires you to work atleast 30hrs my job considers p/t 29 hrs which I have never worked I’ve worked more. I did sign a paper to be hired in as p/t.. which I realize everyone is hired in as “p/t. With the high turn over rate and need for people I quickly became a lead and worked more hours. I’m so upset I cried all day today. I don’t know what to do how to fight this. I also found out people pay checks we’re looking short, employees weren’t getting breaks and were punched out anyway. Like I want to be Erin Brockovich but I simply don’t have the energy to do it by myself and prove something shady might be going on.

@anniewallace3601 Год назад

I worked in a daycare for 3 years and the way parents treat you is unacceptable. The pay was only 10 dollars a hour and the lack of gratitude treating you like a imbecile despite my bachelor degree makes you not want to work in that environment. Miss the kids but I will never go back.

@Mrsmomof2kids1 Год назад

At the center I work in the Midwest, parents have their kids at the center for at least 9 hours a day. If you break it down it is less than $4 an hour. It includes breakfast, lunch and a snack. My low wages basically subsidizes these families. I work 10 hour days, have to deal with Youngstar and licensing, required to have CPR, 25 hours of continuing education every year and they prefer that you have a degree, which I do. I can make more money an hour working at Sam’s Club or as an aide in the school district. Everyone keeps scratching their heads why they can’t get teachers. I’m going on 10 years in the field and this year will be the last. Unfortunately unless the government steps up it will never change and more centers continue to close at a rapid pace

@lynntimeofchange3658 Год назад

My relative had a Bachelor’s in the field and the starting salary was a mere $11 hourly. She had to quickly switch fields because she couldn’t make it as a mom herself. Sad shame.

@Mrsmomof2kids1 Год назад

@@lynntimeofchange3658 this is the first year that the center decided to give health benefits after being open over 30 years. But they took away everyone’s small bonus that they get monthly as a retention whether you take the insurance or not. And on top of it we have to fund raise occasionally outside of working hours to help the center provide those benefits. What other business industries does this? It is ridiculous.

@Gabster1990 Год назад

And the first dude lives where I grew up and the northern Virginia area has been a HCOL area for ages now.

@lehablkwd Год назад

I've worked in early childhood education for over 20 years and quit for good over the summer. I love working with young children, I have a college degree, and I just can't keep working in a field where the pay is so low. I'm currently babysitting for 2 kids and going to school, and the babysitting job pays more per hour than I ever got paid in the classroom.

@tiffaniewilliamson2768 10 месяцев назад

Babysitting always pay more.

@TM-nb9zf Год назад

I went on an interview for a position at kindercare she was " so impressed " with me and thought I was "awesome " then looked me right in the eyes and said I can offer you $13 an hour.... Girl bye

@keciaaskew5166 Год назад

@TM-nb9zf I had an virtual interview for a position at kindercare as well. The women said to me can I offer you 16.50 an hour. I’m thinking to myself “Bye Felicia” 😂 I decline the job offer, because I’m not going to settle for less and effect my mental health to be overworked and underpaid.

@TM-nb9zf Год назад

@keciaaskew5166 girl those day care centers will have you there all damn day, and you are stuck in a room and can barely go pee...that i not a east job. Definitely should pay more

@keciaaskew5166 Год назад

@@TM-nb9zf Oh yes, these daycares will have you stuck in the classroom all day.

@TM-nb9zf Год назад

@@keciaaskew5166 out of radio and high turnovers! I think the salary needs to be up there in order for people to want to do that job. It's hard and draining

@tiffaniewilliamson2768 10 месяцев назад

Same

@princepeterwolf Год назад

This is happening worldwide. There is currently a huge shortage of teachers in my country, and I think it'll just get worse and worse. This new generation is creating a huge shift in the labor industry, because they simply refuse to do anything that they believe is unfairly paid or beneath them. It's affecting our society yes but I think in the long term has the potential of generating a much needed shift of having a more balanced distribution of wealth.

@marckid93 Год назад

Well if parents would put their unsightly children in check again, teachers would get paid more, and our hours would get shortened, perhaps there would be more preschool teachers again. No one wants to deal with whining, screaming, biting, and parents who dont do a thing about it from 7 to 6 pm for only 10 to 15 dollars an hour. It’s irritating….

@jillwyzywany4980 Год назад

Not telling the truth It’s not just government run child care facilities but the private child care centers charge vast amounts of money but the worker/ teacher in the room with your child is paid a low wage. This is not caused by the pandemic. It has been this way for more than 30 years. So much is expected & demanded from child care workers but the pay has never matched. Only the directors of the facilities made more than a livable wage with benefit packages. Where is the money going? Children are most valuable asset yet we pay the person who details our car more money.

@tiny.terrorist.negotiator Год назад

The one i worked in was private. The owner had 3 centers, every room was filled. $1500 a month per kid. I was making 13.64 an hour.

@jillwyzywany4980 Год назад

@@tiny.terrorist.negotiator That validates my point You were not paid enough to live comfortably Considering the amount they charge per child

@tiny.terrorist.negotiator Год назад

@@jillwyzywany4980 oh I know. Im at the mall now making more and its less stressful. More importantly, I am happy!

@cian6869 Год назад

Let's be honest. Being a daycare worker is a high-risk job. I'd rather fight on a battlefield than watch a roomful of screaming kids! Not to mention, the possibility of arrest if the kid has a scratch on it !

@elizabethjackson3176 Год назад

With all the viruses out I wouldn’t wanna work in child care either. Heck watch your own dern kids!!!

@cian6869 Год назад

😂😂😂

@annawhite8853 Год назад

I would never do it when I can do food apps making 30 to 40 hour!!!

@tiny.terrorist.negotiator Год назад

I worked in a daycare/UPK as a teacher. I hated it. Every last second of it! I dealt with too much crap to be paid pennies. I was paid 13.64 an hour and it was not worth it at all, I quit and went to a store in the mall and make way more an hour and I deal with way less BS. I'll never go back. For me it wasnt even the parents. It was the other teachers who would talk crap about parents and students, the fact that they would hire assistants but not properly train them, the organization was so chaotic and there was zero policy for sick kids. In one day I had 3 kids with fevers, 2 with what sounded like croup and every other one was just runny noses and coughing. I was sick constantly. My health needed to come first. I dont recommend that job path to anyone.

@judymelendez1096 Год назад

Well.. Raise the pay rate!!! Daycare workers, like teachers, are waaaaaaaay underpaid! How do you expect these people to work with so many children for pennies and almost no benefits... smh! There should be better government funding for something that's so necessary!

@dag118 Год назад

40 years in early childhood field, retired into poverty. The low pay ( even working a second job) results in your and your families poverty. Bad choice of careers.

@ms.andrea172 Год назад

Other countries subsidize healthcare. Why can’t this one?

@1MrAngel1 Год назад

That's socialism.

@ms.andrea172 Год назад

@@1MrAngel1 Please tell me your point? So is social security for the elderly, so are the benefits that are paid to disabled Americans, so are the lifetime checks given to military vets. So is the use of the public library, and community centers.... I make a decent amount of money, drive a luxury car, have nice things, but I have no problem making sure that the people in my country are taken care of. Educate yourself. Every single 1st world country has aspects of socialism, but make no mistake, we are a greedy capitalist country who will never be 100% socialist. There is too much money to be made. So stop acting like its a bad word.

@leone268 7 месяцев назад

It's always the government talking about "oh we need to pay teachers more!" Stop talking and take action! There is no doubt that they do not care about the nation's educators or education system. There is no doubt about that.

@maryrivera9077 Год назад

No one wants to deal with entitled parents, and no parent trust child care workers not to abuse their children. Only solution? One parent stays home, raise their children and save money. But! No new younger parents see it that way, they all are still trying to live like they have no kids.

@creeper5191 Год назад

Why the shortage? Did all of them get fired and arrested for wearing scary masks?

@martingardner9124 Год назад

The latest was the crazy ladies that were fired for terrorizing children.

@b21smith2 Год назад

I love it, child care centers are like “we can’t raise the price, because this will hurt the parents”…. Meanwhile every other company in this capitalist hellhole is like “more, MORE, WE NEED MORE PROFITS”😅😅😒🥹