so well she lives in Utah so
oh uh-huh uh-huh that's the way we always were we always lived away from our family and relatives while the kids were growing up
yeah
so
you know
well i guess we're going to talk about children today
okay let's do it
so you ready
my children are all
gone already they're they're all out on their own
uh-huh
so uh do you want to start first do you you uh do you work
okay
no i don't i stay home most of the time but i know that it's very difficult to to find good help sometimes when and especially when your when you want your children to be taken care of
uh-huh uh-huh
right
um you know there's a my neighbor she tends children though and and um there's a big controversy whether they should have to um have a a law
a law to have them certified or or not and um
you know there's pros and cons on both side of that because if they were then you kind of know that they had to go through some kind of testing or some kind of something to be okay okay get an okay seal
right
um-hum
yeah but yet most of the problems we hear of course maybe that's what we hear about is from organized approved day care centers
that's right that's right
but maybe we don't hear about the other ones though that could be you know the individual incidence or something
yeah
um-hum uh now usually when i have someone tend um my oldest tends for me now if i go somewhere but before
uh-huh how old is your oldest
he's almost a teenager yeah he's he's very good um but um
oh well he's plenty big enough then
before that i would i would use uh kids from our church and they did a good job for me um
um-hum um
um-hum um-hum
but i've never had to leave them like in a day care center or anything and i've been very lucky just be able to stay home
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that's the way with me i i worked four years one time but but my last two children were uh both entering high school age
um-hum
and uh they were of course gone while i was working working so
it wasn't a problem i saw and i stayed home the rest of the time
yeah
i so i didn't have that problem either
now i have my my oldest daughter she has two children and they've been in day care
uh she works full time
um-hum
yeah that's hard
it it's difficult but yet she's the type of person that i don't know if she'd be happy staying at home
well some people aren't
uh-huh she uh she surprised me though she's done a lot of things that i never thought she would do you know with with the family because she
yeah
the one that said she was never getting married and never going to have any children so she uh she spends a lot of quality time i think when she is with with the children
oh is that is that right
i think that's really important
and uh she they've used the day care most of the time they tried once once they had a lady come in
um-hum
and uh she she also had a small child she brought with her and it did not work out uh
at all it she thought it was going to she was real excited because it was so much easier than taking the children out in the morning but uh
uh-huh
yeah uh-huh
uh the the lady called and her baby wasn't very old at the time and said she was having trouble and this baby is the is the most pleasant uh real pleasant baby easy to satisfy usually and
and she was having problems with her and so she called and said things were okay settled down and was all right
yeah yeah
well my daughter decided to come and check and things weren't okay
oh
her her one son was watching the soapies which she doesn't allow them to watch the soapies
oh um-hum
and the baby was in his crib with the door shut just screaming his heart out
oh dear
and the babysitter was in the kitchen with her baby
and so that ended that episode uh she was most upset over over
oh yeah
finding this
yeah i bet
so uh she they kind of had decided that the day care was better there is uh
um-hum
more people involved more than one adult they and the age groups are separated and uh
well nannies have been an option uh but i know that at day care they have more of a a routine like at uh maybe in um preschool would have where they have lessons and so forth and so on
um-hum hum
yeah story time
uh-huh
uh and the this one has been particularly nice it uh
it kept track of what they did and they would tell the parents what they did that day you know if they said anything or did anything so it kind of it
um-hum
kept it
gave you an idea of what your child was progressing in or doing
yeah
i often i always thought that if you were checking into a day care that you would be good to get references
yeah
uh on people that had been in that day care but was no longer there
yeah yeah
because they wouldn't have nothing to worry about saying you know if there was a problem they they would i think be more ready to tell you what it was
oh i think so because if they were still there you know they might not
they might not say anything
right right
and uh
other than how else how do you judge other than from what others have uh what you see uh the cleanliness and that type of thing
you can't really you can't really unless your child would be old enough to say something and usually they aren't at that age
uh
um-hum
um-hum
you know um
but it would be real difficult to pick you you know to find one and decide
uh-huh
well i know i uh about three years ago i i tended some children
um
and uh you know i i wondered if i would have to be certified or wheth er they'd just bring them and and we got to where well we were just friends and so they said no don't do that we'll just bring them
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um
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and then if it was a problem then then we'd sit down and talk about it but it never happened to be a problem and and so things worked out okay and their kids played with my kids and it worked out well
um-hum yeah yeah
uh it worked out good i'm going to i've decided i'm going to babysit my two granddaughters
oh
since they'll be going back at the end of the month and
that's great
i'm going to give it a try i i i sell Avon and Stanley products and
oh uh-huh
i've got that worked out my husband he's retired so he's going to deliver my products so i'll do my orders and that by phone
well that'll be great yeah
so uh i'll be able to keep that up a little bit but i think i think i'll enjoy
yeah
i bet you'll have some great experiences with them
doing it yeah i i think i'll enjoy
i i guess i kind of miss having a baby around a kid around or something yeah
yeah
sure why not
and and you know the grandparents uh i always hear it's always fun when you can send them home at the end of the day instead of
right that's right well they do say you enjoy them more uh somebody somebody said if they knew grandchildren where so much fun they'd of had them first
well
that's right
well uh my husband's mother lives right over here and she takes care of them sometimes for me and
uh-huh uh-huh
and just is a lovely lady and have always appreciated when she's sat with them
uh-huh
yeah my daughter always said she would not let me babysit because you do hear grandparents complaining
and
oh uh-huh
you know
because they're stuck with their grandchildren so much
uh-huh
but they're the ones that complain a lot are the first
