to actually want paying for minding a child!

[Mum2Luke]

I reminded a parent last week that this coming week is £150 as it is half term and she says she can't afford it!! I also reminded her that I gave her a list of all the childcare costs before her dd started and that she signed a contract.

do some people think we childminders look after their children from 8am till 6 pm without payment? I don't think so! I have warned her that if monies are not paid at the end of the week there will be NO Minding the following week until they are. I think that is fair.

Breathes in, counts to 10 and is calm again till Monday lol!

How is it your problem whether she can afford it or not?!

I can't understand why she'd be trying to lay it on you, you're hardly going to say 'Ah, well, if that's the case, I'll let you off - just this once '

Definately follow through with what you've said, and don't let her make you feel bad about it.

Payment in advance. If you feel for them having try and find a month's payment upfront then make it weekly, but always have parent's pay in advance.

YANBU

What is it with childminders and people thinking they can just not pay?

Cheeky feckers, sure they wouldn't just say "I can't afford it" to a nursery!

Like you don't have your own bills to pay?

I don't know how you manage to keep your cool tbh, have some and enjoy your weekend, and hope she's behaving more reasonably on Monday!

(You could have had some fun and posted from her POV "AIBU to not pay my childcare this week because I've spent all my money on other stuff" )

I always paid in advance. Perfectly fair IMO.

No money, no care.

You wouldn't walk out a shop without paying so why should she get free childcare.

Chase up in small claims (or threaten it)

Of course it's fair.

I can't see her loading up her trolley at Tesco, waltzing up to the checkout, saying "I can't afford to pay you right now" and walking out with the shopping, can you?

Want goods - pay for them.

Want a service - pay for it!

I always found it easier - my CM had 4 weeks off a year - to just divide 48 weeks by 12 months and pay the same by SO every month. made my life easier, not buggering about with school holidays and 5 monday months

x-post catchafallingstar. great minds, eh?

Great minds....

Definately do not back down and take the child with promises to pay later as I doubt you will ever see it.

Why do people treat their childcarer's so badly?
Good childcare is hard to find and once you have it you do all you can to keep hold of it!

She did pay it in the end, I've not been on the forum for a bit so not had chance to post anything. I explained that she knew I charged these fees before I started minding and signed a contract which she agreed to pay all fees on time. She gets tax credits to help with childcare and as she can afford to smoke I am quite sure she can afford childcare.

Had a good week, we did lots of nice things including making chocolate krispie cakes and going to my church holiday club where we played daft games and made lots of things.

I feel I work tremendously hard and I think £150 for a full-time week is cheap when she is getting both breakfast and a hot lunch, we don't sit in front of the tv as some people seem to think, we don have a 'wind-down' time where we watch a bit of television/ read books before parents pick the children up.

Oh god I feel your pain I am new to this childminding malark and it is driving me insane already..

I just had a parent say to me when told they need to pay the notice period... Well who reads contracts these days..

Urm you signed it. So pay.

"Cheeky feckers, sure they wouldn't just say "I can't afford it" to a nursery!"

Believe it or not, some people do .