Re: Older after-school children
I have an 11 year old come to me once a wk, he loves it here as chats to the younger ones and joins in with their play. He did come 3 times a wk which was hard and he tells his mates he comes to help me look after the little ones as work experience not that he has to go to a childminder.
I have a 13 year old during the summer hols, he arrives on his own by 1pm the latest then has to stay until his parents pick up, this works too, again he interacts with the younger children, mainly the 7-9's not the tiny ones. He tells his mates he has to go to his personal cafe for lunch and it takes so long as he gets served at a table with top quality food! it is too embarrasing to tell his mates he has to go home to a cm now.
There are ways around it, and you only have 8 weeks left of the school term so would be worth just grinning and bearing it rather than pushing parents into allowing him more freedom before they are ready to give it to him.
Busy losing the will to live mwuahahahaha!
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