I think you need to get tough. But you already know that, right?
Child sick - Child stays home.
No payment in advance - No care.
No freebies.
People will treat you as you allow them to. Some people in life are just take, take take. They have an inflated sense of their own importance and entitlement and don't care who they trample on.
Add up the chargeable cost of the number of extra hours you do.for the family, the night's and babysitting, the late collections and the money for Christmas and having siblings over the new year which you appear resigned to losing. How much extra work have you done for.this family, in money terms? Now ask yourself if you would take your chequebook and.write mum a cheque.for.this amount every month, as that is effectively what you are doing. Are the family destitute, struggling to feed, clothe and.house themselves? Somehow I doubt it.
Favours are great once in a while.as part of.the give and take, but you are way.beyond that.
Apologies for the random full stops. Phone buttons too small, thumbs too big.
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