I currently work at the same day care than my mom for a summer job (I'm not qualified. I don't have a diploma. Parents are kept away from this information.) So I witness funny things with children, parents, and my coworkers. I worked with the 2/3 y.o, and now work with the 4/5 y.o (tho I still work closely with the first group), so there will be of both in it.
•My mom took her dummy away from one of the youngest children and she straight up put her whole hand in her mouth.
•After a while she took it out, looked at her other hand, considering her idea for a solid 5 seconds, and put it in her mouth too.
•A kid was trying to tell me something but he can't pronounce well. It took me 35 minutes to understand he wanted me to sing a nursery rhyme about crocodiles.
•None of them believes me when I say I don't know X nursery rhyme. They just genuinely think I'm kidding.
• One of the kids violently rolls himself to sleep.
•The children love to sit on the adults knees, especially when they're sitting on the floor. That's a habit I find adorable. They sometimes fight about who will get to sit on you and absolutely refuse to share.
•One of them plays with hands when she sits on someone. She'll slightly pinch it, then try to make the skin move or things like that. I don't think it's conscious. It feels strangely nice.
•One of them loves to jump on you from behind. He'll then laugh and run away. One of them does the same thing but from the side, and he does that to hug.
• When one ask for a nursery rhyme, I know I'll have to sing it at least 10 times before they start to go back to playing.
•One of them got jealous when I gave my mom a quick hug so she stayed on her knees for 20 minutes and refused to move.
• One of them speaks very well despite being younger than a lot of them. She desperately wants to go to school next year but she's too young. School became a banned word when she's around.
•I get asked what my name is by the same kid at least 6 times per day
•One of the parents always seems so genuinely thankful for our work, he's my favourite parent for now. The guy is so kind and patient, especially considering there's a language barrier because we're in France, and he's American and barely speaks French so I try to speak English to him and he always seems so genuinely happy about it- god bless that dad, most of the others don't give a shit about what I tell them.
•The coworker that works with me with the 4/5 y.o eats with the children and gets me to do it too even if it's forbidden. She's a girlboss who takes orders from no one.
•She's very loud and fun and likes to gently tease but she knows what she wants and she's ultra outgoing. She also lent me her switch so I could try out animal crossing New horizons after a week of knowing each other, which might be the best testimony of confidence I ever received.
•One of my coworkers from the 2/3 y.o section volunteered to be my new mom when mine isn't here to protect me from another coworker's kind teasing. They are all amazing people.
•I can feel the envious looks of everyone that enters the break room when they notice my 3DS with ACNL on it.
•The father of the very smart girl that craves to go to school and I talked a bit once. He asked me a bit about what I was doing for work here. I learnt from my mother later that day that when they saw each other he told her how much I was good with children and how he loved how I talked to them and how much of a shame it was I didn't consider working with children.
•There's a child that used to always stays with the ultra sweet coworker that offered to be my new mom. Since I'm here, she stays with me a lot. It's an honour to be important to that kid (she's one of the youngest and doesn't really play nor talk with anyone else that that coworker usually)
•There's one child that eats everything. No matter what or where she found it. This drives my mom insane.
•She also takes one of the little bikes, puts her doll on the back and stays still in the middle of the playground. She doesn't move, she doesn't even watch anything. Is she even here ?
•One of them starts crying when his mother leaves in the morning. He's seen playing with the others 15 seconds later.
•One of the kids lost his hat. We searched it for days. He found it this morning in the false oven.
•There's this one ultra silent kid that I only hear talk and laugh when she plays with her little sister. She's lovely, the most well behaved kid of the 9 four years old I take care of. I was very confused when I heard her voice for the first time though. Took me 15 seconds to realise it was her.
•Whenever I mix the children's names or mispronounce them, I get at least 5 "It's not Lino, it's Oscar" or "His name is Marius, not Marcus" at the same time.
•One of my colleagues got harassed by 17 hungry children because she's tall and started picking blackberries in the trees.
I might consider doing another one if I get more material.