Dilly Daydream
19-09-2012, 01:30 PM
Hi
Thank you all again for your support on my other thread (do I need parental permission for school runs!).
Unfortunately this parent is still getting on my nerves. We got over the initial spat that I posted about but I am still being pestered on days that I do not have her child and on weekends. There just always seems to be something and half of the contact/comments are totally unecessary and could be discussed on the mornings she drops off her child.
I was always prepared for the fact that I would be working from home and would not be able to "clock off" at closing time like I could with my previous job but its getting beyond a joke and I am on edge all of the time wondering when next she will text or ring to tell me something and nothing.
I have NONE of this from my other parents so know it is not the norm.
I know that 99% of people who answered my last thread said to give her notice and my lovely CM friends in this area have told me to do the same. But I feel a bit of a failure doing this. I left my last job to be home with my own Daughter and I am finding I can no longer relax to enjoy the time we are having together.
I am lucky that I have established a good after school group and I can manage on the income that will bring me til after christmas so I dont need this womans money any longer - sorry if that sounds awful!!
Does anyone have any nice wording that I can use please to state that I can no longer continue on with our contract. I have to give 4 weeks notice as this was put in the contract (lesson learnt - will now be putting in a cooling off period where contract can be ended immediately within a settling in time!!).
I kinda got the feeling this woman was going to be difficult when I started contact with her but as explained in my previous posts - she was my first contracted parent. I have since learnt from the other CMs that no-one wanted to touch her when she approached them as she was a demandy pants and tried to dictate to them too. :blush: I feel like such a failure for not trusting my first instincts about her and I feel bad for letting the child down.
Also what reason can I give her for ending the contract that will cause the least backlash?!?
Thank you all again for your help.
Jibbery mess signing off xx
Thank you all again for your support on my other thread (do I need parental permission for school runs!).
Unfortunately this parent is still getting on my nerves. We got over the initial spat that I posted about but I am still being pestered on days that I do not have her child and on weekends. There just always seems to be something and half of the contact/comments are totally unecessary and could be discussed on the mornings she drops off her child.
I was always prepared for the fact that I would be working from home and would not be able to "clock off" at closing time like I could with my previous job but its getting beyond a joke and I am on edge all of the time wondering when next she will text or ring to tell me something and nothing.
I have NONE of this from my other parents so know it is not the norm.
I know that 99% of people who answered my last thread said to give her notice and my lovely CM friends in this area have told me to do the same. But I feel a bit of a failure doing this. I left my last job to be home with my own Daughter and I am finding I can no longer relax to enjoy the time we are having together.
I am lucky that I have established a good after school group and I can manage on the income that will bring me til after christmas so I dont need this womans money any longer - sorry if that sounds awful!!
Does anyone have any nice wording that I can use please to state that I can no longer continue on with our contract. I have to give 4 weeks notice as this was put in the contract (lesson learnt - will now be putting in a cooling off period where contract can be ended immediately within a settling in time!!).
I kinda got the feeling this woman was going to be difficult when I started contact with her but as explained in my previous posts - she was my first contracted parent. I have since learnt from the other CMs that no-one wanted to touch her when she approached them as she was a demandy pants and tried to dictate to them too. :blush: I feel like such a failure for not trusting my first instincts about her and I feel bad for letting the child down.
Also what reason can I give her for ending the contract that will cause the least backlash?!?
Thank you all again for your help.
Jibbery mess signing off xx