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I agree. Plus it would annoy me to no end that DCM isn't taking a proactive approach with you to try to fix the issue. I can understand from experience how difficult it is to pick up your child from daycare/school and always hearing nothing but negative comments however she could always ask for tips and help instead of just brushing it off.
It sounds to me as though she has found someone to watch DCB part of the week and I'm inclined to think that perhaps if Gramps had been available all week she would have pulled DCB completely. She will probably still keep looking for someone to either take him M-T or to take over completely all week and gramps is just a temporary fix until she finds alternate child care.
Just let him go. At this point there are so many smaller issues that together make that the best decision anyway but really just the fact that he continues to make contact with kids in inappropriate and unsafe ways that would do it for me just by itself. It's your job to keep the children safe and that includes your own child, why subject them to the possibility of getting hurt? You tried your best to work with this child and unfortunately it just isn't working and you just can't provide the level if care and supervision that this one child needs without putting the other children at risk. I would cut ties with a simple written termination notice.
"Dear DCP,
This is a notice of termination of our contract agreement. As per our contract's required two-week notification, your child's last day of care will be X/X/X.
DCP"
If she really pushes and wants to know why and you really want to give her an answer just say "unfortunately I just cannot provide the level of care and supervision that your child requires without putting the other children at risk and I must do what is best for the group as a whole" but I don't think it's necessary. If DCM asked me "why?" I'd be inclined to simply answer with "I think you know why. I wish you, DCB and your family the best" and leave it at that.
It sounds to me as though she has found someone to watch DCB part of the week and I'm inclined to think that perhaps if Gramps had been available all week she would have pulled DCB completely. She will probably still keep looking for someone to either take him M-T or to take over completely all week and gramps is just a temporary fix until she finds alternate child care.
Just let him go. At this point there are so many smaller issues that together make that the best decision anyway but really just the fact that he continues to make contact with kids in inappropriate and unsafe ways that would do it for me just by itself. It's your job to keep the children safe and that includes your own child, why subject them to the possibility of getting hurt? You tried your best to work with this child and unfortunately it just isn't working and you just can't provide the level if care and supervision that this one child needs without putting the other children at risk. I would cut ties with a simple written termination notice.
"Dear DCP,
This is a notice of termination of our contract agreement. As per our contract's required two-week notification, your child's last day of care will be X/X/X.
DCP"
If she really pushes and wants to know why and you really want to give her an answer just say "unfortunately I just cannot provide the level of care and supervision that your child requires without putting the other children at risk and I must do what is best for the group as a whole" but I don't think it's necessary. If DCM asked me "why?" I'd be inclined to simply answer with "I think you know why. I wish you, DCB and your family the best" and leave it at that.
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