Hi! everyone,
Just wondering what you would do in similar situation.
My childminder was minding my sick daugher aged 7 (she had a bad headache and came home from school early at 1.30 pm) on Friday last, and her brother aged 5.5 years. When I came home from work on a break, I discovered that my son had cellulitis on his arm from a four in one vaccine the day before. The G.P. surgery was closed, and they were going away with their Dad for the weekend, so I rang the local paediatric dept and they said to bring him over.
In the car on the way over, my daughter who was a bit whingy said that the childminder turned around to her, shook her fist at her in the car, shouted at her calling her a brat for 'forgetting her coat' and told her she did not want to hear one more word out of her. My son confirmed this, and has even imitated how the childminder acted.
I know she was having a bad time herself, really painful monthlies, and desperately trying to get pregnant herself. However, I'm really concerned about this, and now the children don't want to stay with her tomorrow when I am working.
I'm actually thinking of giving up work now - have some income from family business, maintenance from their dad for the children, and no mortgage, as I find childminding a bit of a disaster. In 2 years have had just one really good childminder, an aupair from Austria who was just with us for the last summer. Previously, I had a childminder bringing my children to all her friends houses when they were supposed to be in my house, and not answering her phone when I rang.
Another childminder brough the kids to a local park where there is a lot of drug dealing after I had told her not to go there - there is another park in the town. She told my daughter not to tell me, and when my son told me, my daughter was distraught. Then had an au pair who was good with the children, but money went missing regularly and also cards, and now this. Any advice appreciated.
Just wondering what you would do in similar situation.
My childminder was minding my sick daugher aged 7 (she had a bad headache and came home from school early at 1.30 pm) on Friday last, and her brother aged 5.5 years. When I came home from work on a break, I discovered that my son had cellulitis on his arm from a four in one vaccine the day before. The G.P. surgery was closed, and they were going away with their Dad for the weekend, so I rang the local paediatric dept and they said to bring him over.
In the car on the way over, my daughter who was a bit whingy said that the childminder turned around to her, shook her fist at her in the car, shouted at her calling her a brat for 'forgetting her coat' and told her she did not want to hear one more word out of her. My son confirmed this, and has even imitated how the childminder acted.
I know she was having a bad time herself, really painful monthlies, and desperately trying to get pregnant herself. However, I'm really concerned about this, and now the children don't want to stay with her tomorrow when I am working.
I'm actually thinking of giving up work now - have some income from family business, maintenance from their dad for the children, and no mortgage, as I find childminding a bit of a disaster. In 2 years have had just one really good childminder, an aupair from Austria who was just with us for the last summer. Previously, I had a childminder bringing my children to all her friends houses when they were supposed to be in my house, and not answering her phone when I rang.
Another childminder brough the kids to a local park where there is a lot of drug dealing after I had told her not to go there - there is another park in the town. She told my daughter not to tell me, and when my son told me, my daughter was distraught. Then had an au pair who was good with the children, but money went missing regularly and also cards, and now this. Any advice appreciated.