I'm a single parent.
I have a child that was vomiting all evening.
I started my first teaching post YESTERDAY.
I have no local support. My DP is 150miles aeay on an army barracks - no support there.
My xp lives 90mins away which is not a great commute for a sick child.
My family are also 90 mins away and have their own jobs.
My local friends and neighbours all work.
'Fortunately' my sick child is 13 so will stay home alone - shes not happy about it and neither am I but I see no other option. What do I do if the 8yo gets it? Or if I get a call from schools to ask me to collect them during the day?
Sometimes being a single parent is shit. My kids are rarely ill - why now?
oh and I have hideously swollen glands...sore throat. I think I have been baptised as an NQT (I have just done 2 weeks supply....)
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Single parent. Sick child. How do you manage with this scenario.
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EdwiniasRevenge · 10/02/2015 06:43
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