Swapping mindees days...ANGER!

[sing-low]

Good for you! Hope that's the last of this nonsense.

[k1rstie]

In the parents defence, playing devils advocate, after my first child I worked for a supermarket 3 days per week. This was over 10 years ago.

There were one or two occasions that I needed to swap my days. Just invoiced at end of month as normal. It was fine I was told

The next time I asked, my childminder replied of ourselves I could swap, but I would have to pay for the day she I'd not attend plus the extra day.
I earnt peanuts, and my wages only just covered the normal fees.

All these years later, I can still remember being upset by it, and although I could see her point, I thought it was unfair.

This was before the Internet, Ofsted or *****, so I had no one to discuss it with.


I still remember my feelings as that parent all those years ago, and now run my business how I would have liked to be treated.



BUT I an see also why you are upset as its half term week

[AdeleMarie88]

In the parents defence, playing devils advocate, after my first child I worked for a supermarket 3 days per week. This was over 10 years ago. There were one or two occasions that I needed to swap my days. Just invoiced at end of month as normal. It was fine I was told The next time I asked, my childminder replied of ourselves I could swap, but I would have to pay for the day she I'd not attend plus the extra day. I earnt peanuts, and my wages only just covered the normal fees. All these years later, I can still remember being upset by it, and although I could see her point, I thought it was unfair. This was before the Internet, Ofsted or *****, so I had no one to discuss it with. I still remember my feelings as that parent all those years ago, and now run my business how I would have liked to be treated. BUT I an see also why you are upset as its half term week

I understand, and to be honest I don't charge extra to punish them, it's more about me standing my ground and asserting myself to them, so they understand it is my business. We have had several issues over 18months where they try to chose the children I take on and tell me how to do this and that, and in this case I really felt like I had to say butt out. It really wasn't about earning more money. And I know my parents, and money isn't an issue for them anyway...they are just very demanding, and by threatening a charge I was hoping it would mean they didn't try and interfere in the running of my set up...it's all worked out for the best now, everyone is clear and it won't happen again. X