Parents sending children to cm while they are on holiday themselves

finally suspected susie fessed up to being judgey cm
as many said all along
now she can post away til her wee heart content
I knows a mum who works 60hr week (oh aye it's Susie) well she knows another mum who works and...

Yes but divided time is better than no time scottishmummy.

you also work 60hr week Susie as cm
if the mindee is with you 60hr then you're presumably charging eg claim to be working

meaning your own kids dont get undivided time and precious moments with their own mum...
as you too work and invoice for a 60hr week

How did she profile the family?

it was NOT an innocent quetion

"how often to parents send children to CMs on days when they're not working and how do you feel about it?" = genuine innocent question

posting about one family's circumstance to slag them off is not, it was not necessary to profile that family and it was very unprofessional

Fwiw, I'm glad its not me either, it's not an envious position IMO but needs must sometimes...

But I don't think you did judge her when I read it, I got the impression that you were surprised and not that you thought she was a horrible mother.

Can't belive this still running and some of the posts have been fierce but it's an indication of the difficulties and predjuces of being a working mum in our society.

As a full time working mum who runs a child minding business, 10 hours a day 5 days a week I work far longer than any of the mindees mums.

The guilt of this has now made me give notice and I finish soon.

Please take it from this cm and many others on the thread that I certainly don't judge mindees parents and don't care a jot what they are doing when I mind their children as long as they pay me on time and in full.

I think susie sounds a lovely caring cm with the child though but it's best to keep parents on side as babies and toddlers can't write cheques!!.

Typo, should have said honest opinion. It really is no concern of yours, unless you are seriously worried about her welfare, which you don't appear to be.

OP, it's my homes opinion that you might be being disingenuous now. It was blatantly a judgement on your client without actually knowing her situation :(

speak for yourself,I'm guilt free using nursery
don't assume guilt because you feel it
why would I be guilty at being a provider and good role model
and i think the working mum deserves a medal for being so driven,and industrious.

I am a SAHM so never use child care but I certainly would use it if I worked and had a day off especially seeing as you pay for it. Maybe not for a whole weeks leave but a day here and there why not? It is really hard to get things done with little ones running around. I have every day to get all these jobs done so can afford the time to do them with "help" from a kiddie. But if you have limited time and rare days off you would want to get things done as quick as you can.

And also if she works 60 hours a week she probably has a load of eastenders to catch up on :)

Susiemumof why don't you do us all a favour and hide this thread. Scottish mummy is just going on and on about the same thing.

I used to use a childminder like you who was lovely and really cared about my son.

As a working mother I feel guilty about leaving my child as probably a lot do on here. Think you have hit a raw nerve with a lot of working mums on here.

I am with you I feel sad for the baby that she has left so long with someone else.

For those of you who she is unprofessional we do not know where she lives.

yes good point by SM - a CM working 60 hours a week will be doing quite a few more, keeping house clean, swabbing decks each evening, record keeping, planning, cleaning toys, laundering the baby's cot sheets daily etc etc etc.

Sorry haven't read the whole thread. Just wanted to say my lovely childminder actively encouraged me to do this ! She said it was important for me to have time for myself and would always gladly have ds for me to go shopping/get my hair done or whatever

in fairness,as the other cm have said
good cm don't gossip online about the mums
enjoy your respite day

Agree with rabbit, it's very unprofessional :(

Yes I do believe that it happens, since I quite regularly put my children into childcare and I don't even work. It's the only time I get off, and some of it has been funded as respite care. Would hope any of my childminders never brought my situation to the internetz though.

is it selective incomprehension or global incomprehension,Susie

you feel sorry for Susie kids?
yes they do spend 60hr week with mindee
and mum works 60 hr week (same as the mum)
suppose both Susie will empathize with the mums 60hr week

she doesn't care scottish mummy that's why she left the thread back, what?, in her 5th last post?

Oh I can't help but feel a bit sorry for the little baby.

NB: I have read the whole thread .