Quitting And Going To Work Weekends!!

[broncomom1973]

I am done. I have decided that 2-1/2 years is enough for me. I have so much respect for those of you who have done this for soooo long. I guess I thought that as my dck's got older it would get easier but it's getting worse. There is total disregard of rules and discipline does nothing because once they leave here they are able to go home and do whatever they want and revert back to their bad behavior. It is the whole entitlement thing that goes on these days I guess. I got a call earlier today to work weekends as an LPN at an assisted living and I will make in 8 days per month the same as I make doing daycare 20 days/month. I wont be "grounded" to my home. I will be able to pick up my 1st grader from school and take her and my other 2 children to the park if and when I want. I can take my younger two to story time at the library. I can do some of the activities with them through the rec center that I could never do before because they are all scheduled during the day. I will be able to go upstairs or downstairs and put clothes away or pick up or exercise. I can take down all of these ridiculous gates that are EVERYWHERE in my house. I wont have to worry that I have something out of place if licensing were to come (always worried about leaving shampoo and conditioner out). So, why as I write this am I worried about making the right choice, . Well, I guess knowing that I will be tied down every weekend kind of ****s, but at least I will be free all week to enjoy my own kiddos. I know it's the right thing to do, but I am worried to tell the parents and it will be a little sad (not too much) to see the kids go. Anyway, I just needed to get it out. Wish me luck

[AmandasFCC]

Good luck and congratulations

[mom2many]

I am done. I have decided that 2-1/2 years is enough for me. I have so much respect for those of you who have done this for long. I guess I thought that as my dck's got older it would get easier but it's getting worse. There is total disregard of rules and discipline does nothing because once they leave here they are able to go home and do whatever they want and revert back to their bad behavior. It is the whole entitlement thing that goes on these days I guess. I got a call earlier today to work weekends as an LPN at an assisted living and I will make in 8 days per month the same as I make doing daycare 20 days/month. I wont be "grounded" to my home. I will be able to pick up my 1st grader from school and take her and my other 2 children to the park if and when I want. I can take my younger two to story time at the library. I can do some of the activities with them through the rec center that I could never do before because they are all scheduled during the day. I will be able to go upstairs or downstairs and put clothes away or pick up or exercise. I can take down all fo these ridiculous gates that are EVERYWHERE in my house. I wont have to worry that I have something out of place if licensing were to come (always worried about leaving shampoo and conditioner out). So, why as I write this am I worried about making the right choice, . Well, I guess knowing that I will be tied down every weekend kind of ****s, but at least I will be free all week to enjoy my own kiddos. I know it's the right thing to do, but I am worried to tell the parents and it will be a little sad (not too much) to see the kids go. Anyway, I just needed to get it out. Wish me luck

Best of luck to you! Sounds like it'll be a good choice for you and your family! This job is not for everyone and having 5 days a week to spend with your own kids will be great!

[MsMe]

Good for you. I am also done. I however can not leave untill Demeber. After today I wonder if I am going to make it that long.

I have been in daycare for 7 years and I am finished. I think this is a job that you just KNOW when you are finished. I have had small burn outs before but they always got better.....this one just got worse and worse untill I KNEW I was done. I also think this a job where you have to love what you do, unlike sitting in an office hating your job, we are interacting with kids and parents and let me tell you it is hard to fake it once you lose it

Unliek you I don't have anything lined up and that makes me really nervous (but not enough to change my mind ! That tell you something, huh?) I will start looking first thing in November and hope to have the daycare sompletly in my past by Dec 31.


Good luck to you. Please come back and let us know how you are doing!!!

[Kaddidle Care]

Best wishes Broncomom!

I'm sure all of your DC Parents will be totally understanding. (yeah.. right!)

[logged out]

I wish you truly the best of luck. I have been doing this over 7 years and I KNOW that I am done. I just do not know what to do or where to go to fix it. I hope you enjoy every minute with your family

[boysx5]

good luck yes somedays this job can get to you

[LittleD]

WOW! That's awesome! I don't care what 9-5 job you have, the one that you were offered is great! Who wouldn't want to work less hours for the same pay? You just tell those parents "So sorry, an amazing opportunity for me and my family came up and I would have to be insane not to take it! Best of luck to you and your family!"
And make sure they are paid up before you tell them ::

[MNMum]

Ironically, I've been working everyother weekend for the past 10 years and I am so done with that! I'm just transitioning to daycare so I can work when everyone else does and "play" on my weekends. Right now I'm doing both. Not fun.

[broncomom1973]

WOW! That's awesome! I don't care what 9-5 job you have, the one that you were offered is great! Who wouldn't want to work less hours for the same pay? You just tell those parents "So sorry, an amazing opportunity for me and my family came up and I would have to be insane not to take it! Best of luck to you and your family!"
And make sure they are paid up before you tell them ::

Ha, ha, I was thinking to myself today that I better wait until I get paid by one particular family. They pay monthly so I will be giving them an invoice in a little over a week. I will wait until then because I know I wont get paid otherwise. I will not leave them high and dry though. I will tell my families that I will do daycare for them (and work weekends) until they find a new daycare as long as it is a reasonable amount of time (6-8 weeks). I dont want to put any of them in a bind.

Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it.

[broncomom1973]

Ironically, I've been working everyother weekend for the past 10 years and I am so done with that! I'm just transitioning to daycare so I can work when everyone else does and "play" on my weekends. Right now I'm doing both. Not fun.

I only plan on doing the weekend thing for maybe 2 years until my youngest goes to kindergarten. At that point, I should be done with my HIT degree and will hopefully find an 8-5 pm job with no weekends. Good luck to you, I hope you enjoy your weekends.

[Unregistered]

I applaud you for knowing when enough is enough! And DEFINITELY make sure they are paid up and hopefully no one tries to cheat you! I say a lot of the ways these kids are being brought up at home does make it 10 times harder for us to do our job! Best of look to you and I moght not be too far behind!!!

[jen]

That's awesome! I recently stopped doing daycare in favor of working outside the house and I love it. Some days are challenging, but I get to leave work at work and come home.

[Unregistered]

I am done. I have decided that 2-1/2 years is enough for me. I have so much respect for those of you who have done this for soooo long. I guess I thought that as my dck's got older it would get easier but it's getting worse. There is total disregard of rules and discipline does nothing because once they leave here they are able to go home and do whatever they want and revert back to their bad behavior. It is the whole entitlement thing that goes on these days I guess. I got a call earlier today to work weekends as an LPN at an assisted living and I will make in 8 days per month the same as I make doing daycare 20 days/month. I wont be "grounded" to my home. I will be able to pick up my 1st grader from school and take her and my other 2 children to the park if and when I want. I can take my younger two to story time at the library. I can do some of the activities with them through the rec center that I could never do before because they are all scheduled during the day. I will be able to go upstairs or downstairs and put clothes away or pick up or exercise. I can take down all of these ridiculous gates that are EVERYWHERE in my house. I wont have to worry that I have something out of place if licensing were to come (always worried about leaving shampoo and conditioner out). So, why as I write this am I worried about making the right choice, . Well, I guess knowing that I will be tied down every weekend kind of ****s, but at least I will be free all week to enjoy my own kiddos. I know it's the right thing to do, but I am worried to tell the parents and it will be a little sad (not too much) to see the kids go. Anyway, I just needed to get it out. Wish me luck

Sounds like you are moving on and are happy about it . I have been doing daycare for 10 years and my last day is January 13th I can not wait Im closing due to having our forth child and just wanted to be with my kids and no one elses I plan to return to school then work outside of the home when baby #4 starts full day pre k I have a good 5 years before that but I will enjoy just being a SAHM and no more daycare.

[cheerfuldom]

sounds like a great choice for you! please, for your own sanity, put a concrete time limit that is reasonable for the transition. If you offer 6 to 8 weeks of childcare while doing your weekend job then you might be stuck with guilt trips of them wanting even more time than that. I would never offer more than four weeks tops.