to ask your opinion...

[AliBean]

My friends CM had a date on Saturday with a man she met online 2 weeks ago. He was still there on Monday when she dropped her DS off in the morning, but she had to go to work and reluctantly left her DS as normal and went to work feeling very uncomfortable. She rang the CM later to tell her she was not happy with the situ and CM said "he is not around the children, he is upstairs and won't be left alone with them. You have to trust me to look after your son"...
My friend was/is livid as this man is a total unknown and her attitude was so dismissive.
Today she received a letter from CM cancelling their contract and terminating her DS's care with 4 weeks notice. She is supposed to pay the fees for the next 4 weeks and although he can attend, she doesn't want him too go (understandably!). 2 other friends who also use her are removing their DDs and are going public with their opinions. I am Parent Representative for the Childrens Centre and have been asked to pass on their views and request that her business card and profile is removed from the notice board until their complaints to OFSTED are dealt with...
Is this reaction reasonable? I think it is and will obviously represent the views of the parents to the CC but I also would like to know whether the wider world of parents think this is a reasonable course of action in this situation?

I wouldn't be happy with that at all. He was a random bloke off the internet!

I haven't managed to read the whole thread, but my CM when she met a new fella, had him CRB checked before he was allowed to be in the house with the mindee's

I too would have reacted the same way, and wouldn't have been happy with my dd being in the house with a guy the CM had only met a few days previous.

I think that by giving this mother "notice" to remove her child the CM is showingthat she recognises she has been a bit of an idiot and has displayed a lack of judgment!
We all do daft things that show a complete lack of judgment and this CM has only herself to blame for the impact this will have on her business. She just didn't think it all through.
Don't remove her from your board it would look petty, and i'm sure the gossip that is surrounding this will have far more impact on her business than removing any card.

Do you know what I've just thought about, the bit that would really get on my nerves....she's cancelled the contract, given you 4 weeks notice, but she's made it impossible for you to trust her so therefore feel you can't send your child there (especially if he's going to be around and with no CRB).

You now have to front up 4 weeks worth of fees AND find new childcare - x2 lots of payment.

I have been in this situation, a matter of the CM no longer being able to guarantee my DD's safety (due to her divulging details to me about her personal life) in the end I paid the notice purely to get out of the situation, but I found it really unfair (and costly)

I'm making these assumptions based on what you've said in the OP, I'm not saying that you shouldn't honour the 4 weeks payment if there are other circumstances that you haven't mentioned.