George: Mummy, I made a new friend at school today!
Mummy: That’s wonderful! Wow, you made a new friend on the first day of school! A boy or a girl?
George: (incredulous) A boy, of course!!!
Mummy: What’s his name?
George: I don’t know.
Mummy: You didn’t ask him? Well, maybe you could find out tomorrow.
George: (puzzled) Why?
A childcare provider is expected to be a superhuman mix of the Madonna and Mary Poppins, ever patient, loving, kind, always delighting in the sweetness of her charges. I don’t do such a bad job, all in all, and it’s far more likely the parents than the children who strain my sanity most days. But I’m here to tell you: It’s Not ALL Mary Poppins…
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