Is it fair and helpful to give a family a final written warning about their child's behavior before I terminate? I'm still considering termination on Friday but giving myself a few days to think about it.
I have a family with two children who account for 90% of my behavioral problems here. Mom and Dad are always quick to address the behavior but it's one of those situations where it's ALWAYS SOMETHING and the something is normally completely unpredictable or strange or dangerous.
I would like to put on paper that the incident yesterday was the last one of it's magnitude that I will tolerate and then list other behaviors or policy violations that will now lead to immediate termination. Is this counterproductive?
My biggest problem is that Mom is a childhood friend (I've posted about this family before) and I think I'll lose the family as a friend if I terminate. However, at this point I've resigned myself to that fact if it comes to it. I'm hoping a final notice will soften the blow? I'm pretty sure it's beyond this family to improve things with their children to the point they can stay long term. It's only a matter of time before something else happens.
The latest incident involves me vacuuming my backyard with a shopvac and until then no child can even go in my backyard (and outdoor playspace). Hopefully DH can get to it this weekend since he needs daylight to clean up the glass.
I have a family with two children who account for 90% of my behavioral problems here. Mom and Dad are always quick to address the behavior but it's one of those situations where it's ALWAYS SOMETHING and the something is normally completely unpredictable or strange or dangerous.
I would like to put on paper that the incident yesterday was the last one of it's magnitude that I will tolerate and then list other behaviors or policy violations that will now lead to immediate termination. Is this counterproductive?
My biggest problem is that Mom is a childhood friend (I've posted about this family before) and I think I'll lose the family as a friend if I terminate. However, at this point I've resigned myself to that fact if it comes to it. I'm hoping a final notice will soften the blow? I'm pretty sure it's beyond this family to improve things with their children to the point they can stay long term. It's only a matter of time before something else happens.
The latest incident involves me vacuuming my backyard with a shopvac and until then no child can even go in my backyard (and outdoor playspace). Hopefully DH can get to it this weekend since he needs daylight to clean up the glass.

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