What A Great Day!

[Unregistered]

Hey, atleast I'll get a half day out of it to find a job!
I have these 2 kids, brothers. One of them throws major tantrums and the other isnt as bad, but still....often my husband sees this and today he had enough and called the mother to come get them. I kinda feel like an a$$ and am a little upset. I know what he did was right, and I have let things go the whole 8 years I have been doing this. the family is a state pay and dont pay their copay and owes us thousands. I am just done. My husband says he never sees the money coming in from the school and it is like I am not even working. I swore that if this business ever got in the way of my marriage, I would let it go. I sure wish I could find another job!

[Blackcat31]

I am so sorry that you are having such a rough day

I hope you are planning on revamping your agreement with this family. I would NEVER allow them to continue using services if they owe you even a $1 of their co-pay.

I understand that they are financially not doing so well if they are on assistance, but in an essence you are enabling them to continue taking advantage when you allow them to get behind on what they owe you.

I say good for your DH for making the mother take responsibility for her children when they cannot behave and good for him for looking out for you too!

Hang in there and hopefully today will get better ....

[Unregistered]

Thanks. problem is, they are my only kids, except 2 part time that pay next to nothing. I think its a good time to moooooove on!

[Blackcat31]

Yeah, that is hard but, in all honestly I would rather have no families versus having families that take advantage and abuse you and your services.

Have you been doing daycare long? Sometimes, moving on is what is best for people and if your heart isn't in it or you feel it just isn't what you wanted it to be, then I think moving on is a good choice.....hopefully you have another career route in mind.....

I know if I had a tough time getting kids or had families like I did when I first opened up, I probably would have thrown in the towel as well. I know I do well today only because I have endured the crappy stuff I did when I first opened and learned a LOT from those experiences, but I can't say that I would gladly do it all again if I had to...

[Unregistered]

Ive had my school for 8 years, doing daycare for 16. I was doing well in the beginning because I was allowed to have a sign in front of my house, but now I cant. I am also going to have a problem next school year because I have no way of getting my kids home and as of right now, I take the 2 full time kids in the car with me to go get them. If I have more than 2 or have parents that wont let me do this, I will be stuck! I am finishing my degree this month so hopefully I can find something soon in the school district. I think that my heart might not be in it, I hate to admit just because I have to struggle with the BS all the time. I cant keep terminating when things dont go right, because I dont have a revolving door of children. Whatever, It'll work out!

[Blackcat31]

I am sure it will all work out for the best. Weird how life works like that.

That is a drag about not being able to have a sign in your yard. Could you put it directly on your house? Good for you for going to school and finishing your degree, I think it is great that you have something to fall back on.

I am so grateful that it isn't the norm to transport kids here in my area because I don't think I could deal with that and all the issues of it, not to mention the stress I would have had as a parent if my provider was driving somewhere with my kids.

I know when I hit the 15 year mark in the business, I had to do a complete overhaul so that I could find my love for this job again. I was lucky that it worked out well for me.

I wish you the best in whatever you do decide to do but in the meantime, hang in there and have faith that life will take you where you belong!

[Unregistered]

So today she didnt show up. now I wait for the state to show up. i dont know if she is ever coming back. should i play it off and text her to ask where she was today? I kinda need to know so I know whether or not to let the state know she hasnt been paying her copay.