jeanybeany
24-04-2009, 10:38 AM
Hi all
Hoping you can give me some advice. I am minding 2 children for a kind of friend at the moment. The eldest child is friends with my eldest child. The problem is that in school hols I think I will find it difficult especially during the 6 week hols as the youngest child has special needs and tends to run off when they go out. I don't think I want the responsibility of this so therefore we cannot go out for all the hols as with my own children and little mindees I think it is just too much. This is because say we went to the park how can you keep an eye on children aged 8 (runs off) and children aged 5,4 and 2 plus a baby for example. The other problem is the eldest is 10 like my eldest and even though I have permission I am not sure I am covered insurance wise if I let them play out unsupervised. I don't think it's fair to make my child stay in all hols and vice versa. I have explained this to the parents and said I don't mind having them for upto 2 days a week in the hols and explained the reasons. At contracts parents did say other relatives would help out, but now it seems this is not the case.
Also they mess me about, I never know when they are being collected (so can't even plan teas), ring me up all the time to the point I have stopped answering my telephone just let it go to answer phone now as I think if they were going to a nursery etc they wouldn't beable to ring at 8pm especially when they know I have young children. The children are lovely but quite hard work especially the older one rude etc, upsets younger mindees.
Hubby says to terminate but I don't know what to do! What would you ladies do feel a bit deflated as I said how I felt last night and explained that them all together in hols is very hard work and that sometimes their care overrides the little ones (put much nicer). Didn't care and basically tried to make me feel like how dare you do this, you should have them and be grateful for the work. Also this week they sent them to me only to find out they had been up all night with poorly tummies:angry: then had the nerve to question my sickness policy!
Advice welcome, sorry to waffle and moan...........................
Hoping you can give me some advice. I am minding 2 children for a kind of friend at the moment. The eldest child is friends with my eldest child. The problem is that in school hols I think I will find it difficult especially during the 6 week hols as the youngest child has special needs and tends to run off when they go out. I don't think I want the responsibility of this so therefore we cannot go out for all the hols as with my own children and little mindees I think it is just too much. This is because say we went to the park how can you keep an eye on children aged 8 (runs off) and children aged 5,4 and 2 plus a baby for example. The other problem is the eldest is 10 like my eldest and even though I have permission I am not sure I am covered insurance wise if I let them play out unsupervised. I don't think it's fair to make my child stay in all hols and vice versa. I have explained this to the parents and said I don't mind having them for upto 2 days a week in the hols and explained the reasons. At contracts parents did say other relatives would help out, but now it seems this is not the case.
Also they mess me about, I never know when they are being collected (so can't even plan teas), ring me up all the time to the point I have stopped answering my telephone just let it go to answer phone now as I think if they were going to a nursery etc they wouldn't beable to ring at 8pm especially when they know I have young children. The children are lovely but quite hard work especially the older one rude etc, upsets younger mindees.
Hubby says to terminate but I don't know what to do! What would you ladies do feel a bit deflated as I said how I felt last night and explained that them all together in hols is very hard work and that sometimes their care overrides the little ones (put much nicer). Didn't care and basically tried to make me feel like how dare you do this, you should have them and be grateful for the work. Also this week they sent them to me only to find out they had been up all night with poorly tummies:angry: then had the nerve to question my sickness policy!
Advice welcome, sorry to waffle and moan...........................