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    Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post
    Keep in mind these aren't parents that work so have no-one else to look after their kids, these a parents that are unemployed going home so they can drink beer and watch TV
    If you didn't have to work/weren't working or looking for work why would you let someone else bring your child up?
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    ^Yup.

    I know that in neighbourhoods like mine where there are a higher number of unemployed parents, day care centres are closing down. Just a few days ago one of our neighbours who has a daughter who's the same age as ours and attends a local day care centre told us that the centre is closing down. I've also heard from people who've worked in these centres that a lot of the kids there are really difficult to handle - a lot of them already use bad language (some of them seem to speak Swearing more than they can speak English) and behave violently.

    In complete contrast, my daughter attends a day care centre that's closer to my work. It's in a neighbourhood where most parents are holding down jobs, many of them professional careers and day care is in high demand. We had to put our daughter on a waiting list the year before she started day care. Kids there are generally well behaved and motivated to learn. They listen attentively to their carers, follow instructions, know how to line up etc. Just last week I saw a white girl singing songs with a carer in English and Mandarin Chinese - they were singing in English at first, then I heard the girl say, "Okay, now let's sing in Chinese!" and she happily switched languages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    As someone who has never even had the chicken-pox, this concerns me.
    I actually caught chicken pox off a student 5 years ago, the parents sent him in even though he seemed sick. I was in bed for 6 weeks and still sport chickenpox scars on my face to this day


    Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post
    My wife used to teach in the Campbeltown area and the parents there used to bring the kids in in the morning, obviously very sick. My wife would tell them that the kid cannot be at school that sick and the parent needed to take them home. The parent would then leave and my wife would have to follow them because they would try to take the kid to the office and drop them off there. Once she chased the parent calling after them and the parent pretended to be talking on her phone and actually ran to her car to get away.

    Keep in mind these aren't parents that work so have no-one else to look after their kids, these a parents that are unemployed going home so they can drink beer and watch TV
    Yep, working at a specialist school we get this constantly. I've even had a parent say to me "The school holidays are in two weeks. She can stay home and get better then". The parent didn't give two damn's her daughter was spreading flu throughout the school. She just didn't want her daughter at home to interupt her drinking and watching bad daytime TV.


    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    ^Yup.

    I know that in neighbourhoods like mine where there are a higher number of unemployed parents, day care centres are closing down. Just a few days ago one of our neighbours who has a daughter who's the same age as ours and attends a local day care centre told us that the centre is closing down. I've also heard from people who've worked in these centres that a lot of the kids there are really difficult to handle - a lot of them already use bad language (some of them seem to speak Swearing more than they can speak English) and behave violently.

    In complete contrast, my daughter attends a day care centre that's closer to my work. It's in a neighbourhood where most parents are holding down jobs, many of them professional careers and day care is in high demand. We had to put our daughter on a waiting list the year before she started day care. Kids there are generally well behaved and motivated to learn. They listen attentively to their carers, follow instructions, know how to line up etc. Just last week I saw a white girl singing songs with a carer in English and Mandarin Chinese - they were singing in English at first, then I heard the girl say, "Okay, now let's sing in Chinese!" and she happily switched languages.
    My 25 y.o niece works at the Daycare centre that Orion is attending. Not in the same room but it gives us some extra piece of mind to know that a relative is only a few seconds away. The Daycare (or learning centre) is the best one in Swan Hill, but that's out of a total of 3. And because it's the nice one we were on the waiting list for 7 months before a 1-day-a-week opening came up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    In complete contrast, my daughter attends a day care centre that's closer to my work. It's in a neighbourhood where most parents are holding down jobs, many of them professional careers and day care is in high demand. We had to put our daughter on a waiting list the year before she started day care. Kids there are generally well behaved and motivated to learn. They listen attentively to their carers, follow instructions, know how to line up etc. Just last week I saw a white girl singing songs with a carer in English and Mandarin Chinese - they were singing in English at first, then I heard the girl say, "Okay, now let's sing in Chinese!" and she happily switched languages.
    Funny how it works like that, isn't it?

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    Finally found Size 1 TF clothing! And G1 based no less! (there is a blue Autobot symbol on the front)

    Found it at Cotton-On Kids if anyone else is looking for one



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    +10 points for the Soundwave top on Dad!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    +10 points for the Soundwave top on Dad!
    Dude - I have 7 different Soundwave shirts More than any other character. I'll have to take a pic of them all for ya

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev View Post
    Dude - I have 7 different Soundwave shirts More than any other character. I'll have to take a pic of them all for ya
    Sounds like you've got far more than I dude, I must profess as to not owning a single Soundwave shirt... only a jumper!

    So please, model for me some Soundwave shirts.
    (I know, somewhere, Bartrim is reading these posts & he's giggling )

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev View Post
    Finally found Size 1 TF clothing! And G1 based no less! (there is a blue Autobot symbol on the front)

    Found it at Cotton-On Kids if anyone else is looking for one
    Went to Best & Less clothing shop today to look at TF clothing for my 6 month old nephew. Unfortunately They didn't have any in size 1. Off to Cotton-On Kids.... Big thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    Sounds like you've got far more than I dude, I must profess as to not owning a single Soundwave shirt... only a jumper!

    So please, model for me some Soundwave shirts.
    (I know, somewhere, Bartrim is reading these posts & he's giggling )

    This isn't the first time you've asked me to put on something special for you, though it is the first time you've asked me in front of the whole board - you make me feel so trampy sometimes


    Here's some pics from my FB. The black shirt my little mate is wearing I have as well. At some point I should take a photo of all 7 shirts













    Quote Originally Posted by Megatran View Post
    Went to Best & Less clothing shop today to look at TF clothing for my 6 month old nephew. Unfortunately They didn't have any in size 1. Off to Cotton-On Kids.... Big thanks!
    They do have Size 2 and up though. Orion has just started wearing size 1, but I bought him nearly $100 worth of size 2 so they will be there waiting for him in 6/12 months

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