I used to work as a kindergarten teacher a little while ago. At one point I had to replace my colleague in her group. It was the first time I saw the kids in that group and their parents as well. In the evening one mother comes to the group and says, “I am going to the hospital for several days because I have an issue with my pregnancy.
My husband works until 10 PM. How can you solve my problem?” So you understand me right? How can I solve HER problem? This statement made me furious. I answered that personally, I couldn’t solve it and that the kindergarten closes at 7 PM. The kids who are not picked up by their parents are given to police officers. I told her to figure out the options herself. Then this “sweet” woman (who I was technically meeting for the first time in my life) offers me a “wonderful” solution: to take her daughter to my home after 7 PM and bring her to their home by 10 PM.