Because you didn’t sign up to be a human punching bag with a juice box holster.

Outside of babysitting at a young age, my first professional experience working in the early childhood industry was at the ripe age of 15. I started at a daycare that cared for infants up to school aged. I quickly learned that liberties were taken with children under our care. Not physically unsafe liberties, but emotionally unsafe liberties. I moved on to other facilities that had different philosophies and business structures but it seemed that I would always find myself am

Picture this, you are sitting at your favorite bookstore, perusing the selection. You notice a title that interests you and pull it off of the shelf and settle into the first chapter. You are engrossed in the book and almost to chapter four when a super nice older woman notices you. "Hey that book looks interesting," she says "I think it's my turn to read it". Taken aback, you tell her, "I'm sorry, I had it first, there are plenty of other books to look at”. At this point, a