A trend going around on TikTok involves users asking for wild stories or “unhinged” facts about different people. Whether it be because of users’ professions or because of a certain way of living, other people on the short-form video app are all for this trend. So when one TikToker asked child care providers to share their most unhinged accommodations that parents have asked for, the comments section went a little unhinged too.
In text on her screen, the TikToker said, “Im bored so childcare providers share your most unhinged thing parents have asked you to accommodate. I’m not talking about ‘my 2 year old doesn’t need a nap anymore’ I’m talking about the borderline crazy expectations they have of us.”
And, boy did the comments deliver. Most were from fellow child care providers who have dealt with a lot over the years. Other comments were from parents who never realized before how much these day care employees put up with from the parents alone.
Child care providers deal with a lot from some parents.
Whether you use an official day care center or you send your child to an in-home day care, different options exist for the kind of personalized experience you expect. According to TikTok users who have firsthand experience with this, there are some ridiculous requests from parents that child care providers have been shocked about over the years. It doesn’t matter if you’re a nanny, you run a home day care, or you work at a center. Parents can be just as unhinged regardless of where they send their kids for child care.
Some of the stories range from silly to downright unsafe. But some parents are adamant about what their child does or doesn’t need during their time at day care, and many are unafraid to make those thoughts known as soon as possible.
“Had a parent give us a chucky doll,” read one comment on TikTok. “mind you 1st day of school. mom said if her child acted up to just show her the chucky doll and she would stop.”
Another person wrote about being asked to serve divorce papers to the mom’s husband. The response was a simple, but totally justifiable “No.”
And when a mom expected the day care providers to chew food for her son, who she explained had digestive issues, it was a hard pass for those child care employees.
Then there are the stories that are uncomfortable for literally everyone.
“A child was constipated and a parent asked me if I could take Vaseline and help the child go to the bathroom,” a TikToker commented on the video. “Ma’am, that’s assault.”
Speaking of terrible ideas, another parent wanted the child care provider to give their baby Calpol, which is acetaminophen. The problem was they were instructed to give the medicine to the baby far too often for the child care provider’s comfort.
“They wanted us to give their baby calpol every time they woke up from a nap, they did click that the reason they always woke up with a temp was coz they had an addiction to calpol,” the person commented. “Mum was a doctor.”
Not all child care centers or homes have employees or customers with wild requests that seem way too out there for most people’s comfort. But there are day care providers who believe they have seen it all when it comes to outrageous requests, some of which end up making everyone feel downright uncomfortable.
