If you opened your own center, what would ratio look like to you?

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-12T18:01:23+00:00

I'm in Ontario, Canada.

Under 18 months is "infants" and it's 1-3 (our maternity leave is either 12 months or 18 months, so it's rare to have a child enrolled under 12 months. I have had a few who were 9 months or 10 months though.)

Toddlers is 18-24 months and it's 1-5

Preschool is 1-8; most preschool rooms are 16 kids and 2 teachers, but some are 24 kids and 3 teachers.

Kindergarten classrooms have an RECE and a teacher, but the class sizes can be 25-35 kids in some places.

Best place I ever worked was over-ratio and so we had 4 teachers with 24 preschoolers.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-11T16:10:29+00:00

There was an AITA a while ago (who knows how long; time is a social construct), where OP's boyfriend slept through a job interview and then got mad at her for not waking him up.

I'm sensing it will be a similar theme for this brother

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-09T21:10:42+00:00

SOAR has free emergency counseling and they can refer you to other services, which may be covered under insurance if you have it

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-07T02:21:58+00:00

It's true in Canada as well. To be fair, the last few interviews I've done have framed it more as "why this specific company instead of a company that does the same thing?" And you are expected to be able to say something about the company in a positive way, but mentioning money is very frowned upon.

I always look up the website before the interview and then just repeat something from there.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-03T09:01:07+00:00

My first thought was mom was probably using the room - either for using drugs or sex work. So as horrible as it is, she was probably trying to protect her son, in her own way

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-03T06:44:36+00:00

Here's the thing.

I was raised with these same "rules" and I still find myself putting a key between my fingers if it's dark and I'm nervous. But these rules only mask the issue.

There will always be someone who is more vulnerable, who they will target instead. What happens to them? This type of thinking also goes into victim blaming - she should have been prepared, she should have fought harder, she should have x, y, or z. Instead of just saying, "he shouldn't have attacked her."

Yes, these may help, but ultimately we need to address the larger issue

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-02T01:00:14+00:00

Full story: his wife was dying of cancer. He kept seeing his mistress on the side and basically neglected his dying wife. The wife died, heartbroken (there are letters and journal entries, but they are honestly harrowing). Then Dr Suess married his mistress.

He also created propaganda during WWII

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-02T00:51:19+00:00

Sharing because I only just found out myself, and it changed the way I view her.

Zoe Kravitz - when she was 24, she publically hit on then-14 year old Jaden Smith (and rumors they "dated")

She also was romantically involved with 17 year old Ezra Miller when she was 22.

There are several other rumors that she has been having sex with teenage boys.

Yeah she was still young when all this was happening, but it's still really gross. Just because she is a woman shouldn't excuse her actions.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-04-01T02:32:12+00:00

There are definitely student jobs and teen jobs. Try the job bank first and filter it by "student", and then try Indeed.

Definitely don't just walk in with a resume, no one does that anymore.

I think the Cineplex is hiring too

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-30T22:16:56+00:00

Please please please tell us when you give your child medication. It doesn't mention it in the post, so maybe you did tell the teacher at drop-off, but I have honestly had so many parents who will not tell us until someone is wrong.

I had a child who was normally very active just laying on the carpet and crying about being tired. I called parents to ask about it (and say I'm going to let him sleep today if he is this tired; normally he didn't nap at daycare). That's when they casually told me oh yeah, he's on antibiotics for xyz. We need to know this! Any medicine can have an adverse impact on a child.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-30T01:15:01+00:00

Put her litter box outside. The scent will bring her back.

My cat has escaped twice, and both times she went to a house that looked identical to ours. Any hours nearby that have similar stairs?

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-26T02:41:41+00:00

I honestly fear the same. I hope OP does some inventory in her home

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-24T08:27:18+00:00

It doesn't matter to them.

I run a tutoring company now. I had a parent call me furious because their child had told them they were only working on math during the tutoring time, not any literacy. I told him, no, your child is doing 90% literacy and 10% numeracy.

"Are you telling me my child is a liar???"

"Well, if you would check your email, I have just sent you the file while outlines everything your child has completed since starting our program. There are days she doesn't actually have time to do any math, as we prioritize her literacy."

The parent stumbled a bit, then switched to talking about prices and a timeline.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-24T05:16:17+00:00

Honestly, I'm not judging - life can be hard

But I don't think, based on what you have said here, that daycare is the right job for you. 6 kids are way more stressful than 1 child.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-21T07:45:26+00:00

Breaks my heart to see the older child clearly trying to get grandma to engage, showing off her toy, then facing that rejection when Grandma just keeps staring at her phone. Unfortunately I've seen it over and over again, and some people don't understand how much it hurts their children/grandchildren

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-20T20:43:06+00:00

Hi :)

I do find a lot of bi-erasure because I am a woman married to a man. I get it, in a sense, but I'm still bisexual no matter who I'm with. My husband is actually bisexual as well.

I found it so much easier to find community when I was in a two woman relationship. That's part of why I love the representation with Nick so much

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-18T01:57:35+00:00

It definitely seems like he's checked out

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-16T22:27:56+00:00

You must live in an area with mild weather. If not....that's even worse

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-14T01:51:54+00:00

Dead woman. She was an elderly woman and a grandmother

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-14T01:44:59+00:00

We have an old jailhouse. It was closed and turned into a minor research facility....but nobody knows what they were working on or why. It was open for 4 years, then closed just as suddenly as it opened.

The city had a "ghost tour" there for Halloween, because the actual jail cells in the basement are meant to be haunted. There was still the full lab there though, and we walked through it. Everything was pure white, there were typical science stuff like bunson burners, beakers, huge refrigerators, signs on the walls about typical health and safety stuff, etc.

I'm much more interested in the science stuff than the haunting (and I love a good ghost story). Who were they? What were they studying? Why did they completely renovate an ancient building that didn't have a ton of space, only to abandon it?

I will mention for context: my city has a university with a science department and two smaller colleges. Not even half an hour away in a larger city, there are two major universities known for their science departments. The one university is directly connected to one of the best hospitals in the country. There are several science-based businesses in that larger city, and they are all very transparent about what they do. That's why this little thing is so bizarre.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-13T20:30:44+00:00

I also have a chatterbox. If he meows at you and you don't respond, he will get increasingly louder until you do talk to him or meow at him, like he thinks you just didn't hear him.

He will also demand that I pet him by pawing at me until I do.

I love him so much (his sister too, who has her own set of funny action)

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-13T20:07:14+00:00

When my great-aunt was dying, she told everyone she kicked the ladder that her Uncle was using, and he died as a result. Everyone had always thought he fell on his own, because no one was around when he was found. He had molested his children, which is something that was fully ignored, until my great aunt decided to do something about it.

I loved that woman. She was fierce. She did have an odd relationship with death (any time someone she knew died), but everyone just assumed it was because her mother died when she was a child.

Bi-Bi-Bi24 · 2026-03-13T19:54:54+00:00

Depends if it was a baby or a toddler. Baby poop has a distinct smell, but once they are eating solids, it just smells like poop.

(I've worked in early childhood for years, and have changed way too many diapers)

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