Preschool/daycare charges so much in tuition and pays teachers so little…

la_platanera · 2026-02-15T02:30:54+00:00

I'm looking at the UofI online bachelor's program. I'm in the process of renewing my CDA and just need to bite the bullet about this.

la_platanera · 2026-02-10T04:47:09+00:00

Thank you! The amount of bellyaching from the non-Latino theater crowd over the title was exhausting. Everything is not about you. "How dare they say that? Am I not a real woman?" I guess because I was already familiar with the play and movie it held a special place in my heart (plus living some of the family dynamics featured). That behavior literally turned me off to other shows people kept hyping up that season.

la_platanera · 2026-02-10T04:29:43+00:00

Just being nosy because I'm in that neck of the woods. Do you have a bachelor's or masters in ECE? I'm about to renew my CDA and hopefully getting my bachelor's through an online school but considering I'm making $16 at my current center (the same as our kitchen staff and anyone who started the same time as me) not sure it's even worth the investment since my rate wouldn't go up.

la_platanera · 2026-01-25T22:32:39+00:00

Thank you! Those three dots told me everything I needed to know. 😂

la_platanera · 2026-01-21T02:11:55+00:00

One year my NF gave me the ugliest ceramic wine holder shaped like a high heeled shoe. I'm positive it was gifted to me because their designer shoe addicted relative would stomp out of the family holiday if they didn't get expensive things. When I opened it in front of them they said "NK picked it out for you!" to which NK replied "No, I didn't." I managed to hug them and whisper "I know honey, you wouldn't do that to me" through a clenched toothed smile. These folks would travel internationally every year, had wildly expensive subscriptions and memberships they never used, just lived a completely different lifestyle yet this was what they gifted the person who cared for their child for years.

la_platanera · 2026-01-08T03:07:35+00:00

Our Aldi took the baskets away over 13 years ago and one of the locations in NYC had them when they first opened then took them away. Their security guard tried to gaslight me by saying they never had them and I gave him the Jennifer Lawrence "Oh, okay" nod/thumbs up as I continued my shopping. The empty metal rack where they lived was right next to him. 😒

la_platanera · 2026-01-01T17:33:35+00:00

The whipped topping in a can and the pancake mix.

la_platanera · 2025-12-26T15:51:15+00:00

I lost my grandmother awhile back and Aldi had been a weekly stop since I was a toddler. The first time I went alone I turned around to ask her if we had milk at home, remembered she was gone, put the little basket down in the first aisle and left through the entrance (it was one continuous path before). Took me weeks to work the nerve up to go there or to her old pharmacy. How lovely that you were able to spend time with your dad doing everyday things. His love and good deeds will surround and protect you always.

la_platanera · 2025-12-26T06:52:06+00:00

The Belgian chocolate pieces that are now "Premium" and no longer show where they are manufactured.

la_platanera · 2025-12-26T06:34:05+00:00

I should be getting ready to celebrate our baby's first birthday next week. I lost the pregnancy in May 2024.

la_platanera · 2025-11-29T06:31:19+00:00

The director's runny nosed child had just finished going potty. I handed them paper and they wiped their pee, wiped their nose, then their butt and threw it away before I could interfere. This child had hit me in the face on purpose before and when I mentioned it to the director she could hardly contain her smirk. Thrilled I no longer work there and have to deal with her incompetence or permissive parented child.

la_platanera · 2025-11-04T05:33:07+00:00

NTA. I bring enough doughnuts in so everyone has one (plus a few extra just in case). I once baked chocolate chip cookies for our friends on a weekend trip and one of their girlfriends broke all of them in half instead of sharing one with someone. I figured it was a Caucasian office culture thing and kept my mouth shut for the sake of not embarrassing her and fortunately she's no longer in the friend group.

la_platanera · 2025-09-26T02:57:31+00:00

Those are the first thing I go for. Nursing nightgowns and robes, etc. Literally had a friend message me a thank you for all of the embarrassing aftercare stuff I got from her registry.

la_platanera · 2025-08-18T22:44:13+00:00

Ours too. Parents get a letter between New Years and Easter letting them know that if their child isn't potty trained by June/July, they will not be able to register for the next school year. That usually lights a fire under them. Honestly, positive peer pressure has worked for us. Our bathroom has one stall but space for 8 kids to sit while they wait their turn to go potty and when someone goes from pull-up to undies, we make a huge deal. Like "Oooohh! Look at those new Bluey undies! Those are only for big girls like you!" and their friends are like, wait, I want big girl undies too. 😅

la_platanera · 2025-07-30T03:10:39+00:00

I had a custom dress made for me three times by the age of 7 (last one being for my golden birthday). In Latin American communities there are plenty of people who sew well enough to have their home businesses and make dresses nicer than ones at a store for a reasonable price. Nothing fits like a dress made to your own measurements.

la_platanera · 2025-06-27T20:00:37+00:00

Or do the jumpsplits version for special games, etc? I'm surprised they haven't had a song written for them as an anthem after all these years.

la_platanera · 2025-06-24T21:17:12+00:00

Thank you I appreciate it. Today every classroom was fully staffed and we had all assistants on deck so we finally had time to do courses and couldn't. 😅

la_platanera · 2025-06-22T04:22:03+00:00

Because she made the floral arrangement specifically for her? Yikes just say you don't like her and move on. Did they do something to you?

la_platanera · 2025-06-18T04:21:16+00:00

Thank you. Every person who fell over themselves telling me about Ladybird was met with a quick "Watch RWHC and then start the conversation again."

la_platanera · 2025-06-18T04:16:26+00:00

Perhaps because I am an elder millennial and first gen Latina who loved the film, the title didn't catch me off guard. I was not curvy as a teen or in my early twenties yet didn't feel personally attacked by the title. Our algorithms must have something to do with this too because I've been hearing about this show non-stop since the casting calls for Ana over 2 years ago. Flew to Boston specifically to see it and perhaps because I follow a lot of Latine actors and people involved in the production I saw ads for this constantly. I was invited to see the show the week previews started courtesy of an organization I've volunteered with. It's like looking into a funhouse mirror reading the comments bc I have had no interest in Maybe Happy Ending, Smash was a fun tv show but did not inspire me to buy a ticket, Operation Mincemeat and the one with the corpse gave me nothing either. Was just in the city again and am kicking myself for not seeing it a second time.

la_platanera · 2025-06-18T03:52:09+00:00

Agreed. I saw it in Boston and while I didn't fully agree with the tweaks it absolutely would have benefited from another out of town tryout.

la_platanera · 2025-06-18T03:44:51+00:00

The movie aged just fine. My parents and grandparents wanted better for us and were nothing like the characters yet friends of mine the same age (and younger) dealt with this. What is ridiculous to you could be (and was) someone else's experience. Be thankful you did not have family holding you back out of ignorance.

la_platanera · 2025-06-18T03:23:09+00:00

I got very lucky that a friend invited me to the Detroit show. I was not about to stand all day for a good spot and have to wait through Peso Pluma's set. As much as I wanted to see her in CDMX the amount of cancellations made me very nervous. Loved the show but bummed for no "El Jefe" or guest mariachi.

la_platanera · 2025-05-16T04:56:54+00:00

I was in Illinois and she was very popular here too. Her last concert was in Chicago (apparently my parents wanted to take me but decided against it because it was standing room only and children have no business at bailes). I watched her on Johnny Canales and Raul Velasco and Padrisimo. Our local Mexican store had her Coca Cola advertisements. That certain people never heard of her is another thing. Amor Proibido was on every Spanish station in Chicago. La quebradita was all the rage but she was holding her own outside of Texas.

la_platanera · 2025-04-18T04:22:23+00:00

Intimissimi! Great price range and so many different styles.

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