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I have a daycare parent that's been with me since I started in 2010. She was married at the time she began but I mainly dealt with her. She is now seperated and living in her own home and still has her children with me. She only moved out recently but had been seperated for 6 months but living in the same house as her DH. (Some of you may remember my posts about the situation).
She's been living on her own now for roughly 3 weeks and already she is telling me how much she's struggling and trying to pay bills. I decreased my rates from $47 a day to $40 just to accommodate her because I love her kids and they are good friends with my DD. I have now received an email saying she is decreasing the time they are with me from 4.5 days to 3.5 days. This will affect my income but I'm not worried as I just started a new girl that will supplement the loss. I am annoyed at not having her children with me though because they play so well with my DD. I also think the children benefit from being with me because their home life is very unstructured and even worse now with the speration/divorce. The girls thrive here.
I don't really know the point of this post but I have no one to turn to about this. I know it's not my problem but the mom just makes me so angry. She bought a home that is more expensive than our home and we make 6X what she makes per month. she spent the last 6 months in a home with her DH, working 3 hours in the am and then doing god knows what in the afternoon while her kids were with me. Why didn't she find a full-time job?? This make me believe she's using the child support (which is supposed to be used for daycare) to pay her mortgage. They knew my payment amounts before the divorce so why is she cutting hours and is broke now kwim?
I really want to just tell her to bring the kids to me full-time and I'll charge her for 3.5 days anyway but I feel like I'd be enabling this behavior. There is no reason why someone with a degree and 2 college diplomas can't find a job, even a job at McD's would help at this point.
I'm just so frustrated!! Thanks for listening
She's been living on her own now for roughly 3 weeks and already she is telling me how much she's struggling and trying to pay bills. I decreased my rates from $47 a day to $40 just to accommodate her because I love her kids and they are good friends with my DD. I have now received an email saying she is decreasing the time they are with me from 4.5 days to 3.5 days. This will affect my income but I'm not worried as I just started a new girl that will supplement the loss. I am annoyed at not having her children with me though because they play so well with my DD. I also think the children benefit from being with me because their home life is very unstructured and even worse now with the speration/divorce. The girls thrive here.
I don't really know the point of this post but I have no one to turn to about this. I know it's not my problem but the mom just makes me so angry. She bought a home that is more expensive than our home and we make 6X what she makes per month. she spent the last 6 months in a home with her DH, working 3 hours in the am and then doing god knows what in the afternoon while her kids were with me. Why didn't she find a full-time job?? This make me believe she's using the child support (which is supposed to be used for daycare) to pay her mortgage. They knew my payment amounts before the divorce so why is she cutting hours and is broke now kwim?
I really want to just tell her to bring the kids to me full-time and I'll charge her for 3.5 days anyway but I feel like I'd be enabling this behavior. There is no reason why someone with a degree and 2 college diplomas can't find a job, even a job at McD's would help at this point.
I'm just so frustrated!! Thanks for listening
I have a neighbor that I had his daughter in care. I loved her, just the sweetest little girl, and well behaved. On top of that, her and my dd were best friends. He told me when school started that he wouldn't be needing me and I was so relieved because he was a horrible late pay. I'd have to chase him down every week! So he caught me out side the other day and practically crying he said he and his gf were splitting up and now he didn't have anyone to watch his daughter when we worked and couldn't afford to pay someone. I had to just look at the ground and say that I hoped it got better for him...I'm sorry, but I'm not watching your daughter for free because you have problems. This is my income and I later felt annoyed that he even hinted that I should help him out. So uncomfortable....
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