Childcare Workers Confess The Weirdest Requests They’ve Ever Gotten From Parents

KeysKween:

A mom asked me to not give her 4 year child water or other liquids during the school day because the child was getting up at night to use the restroom. I told her I was not going restrict a child’s access to water.

imNUintown:

For the solar eclipse, wanted us to shade all the windows and doors for the “solar radiation that escapes during the event”. God save the children.

fresnel28:

Five day summer camp. Parent has ticked all of “My child is allergic to: Nuts, eggs, wheat, gluten, lactose, shellfish, soy, fish.” We called her to ask what her child normally eats and home and she replied “oh, we don’t know if he’s allergic to any of those and he doesn’t have a modified diet at home, but we thought it was better not to risk it while he was away!”Kid ate everything. Didn’t complain or die a single time.

__celli:

Devout vegan family that would not allow me to use/eat animal products because “we don’t want our children indoctrinated by meat eaters who think it’s okay to slaughter and eat innocent animals”.I baby sat for a while. But the kids were pretentious little fucks. I quit by stashing some bacon in my bag and eating it as the parents walked in. I let them fire me.After that, the agency I was with dropped them and stopped providing them with sitters.

DarthWriter:

My friend was a camp counselor. One dad told her to make sure that his son didn’t have too much fun. Seriously.She didn’t comply and let the kid enjoy his summer.