To think the parents of children who are in childcare would like to see them more often?

[tori32]

I CM and have several sets of parents who finish work early on many occasions who never collect their child early. I know I am paid and it does not bother me in the slightest to look after them for their agreed hours, I just feel sorry for the child because they are missing out on this extra time with parents who work full time.

I was a working mum for 3 months (as in not CM) but always collected dd early when I finished early because I wanted to spend time with her. AIBU?

lol alfiesbabe!

Speaking as a childminder, I really hope that parents are not put off having a childminder because of this thread.

We all have such different parenting ideas, and we should all respect each other for them.

For what it's worth, I don't mind why parents use me as a childminder - be it for work, to shop, have a haircut, or to sit at home and watch TV. As long as the parents are happy with the care I offer, and the children are happy to be with me, and I am happy to be paid for doing something I love doing, then it is a win-win-win situation.

I care very deeply for many of the children I mind or have minded and, although I know that I do not have the same intense bond that a parent has for their child, I think I sometimes must come reasonably close behind them.

I have some families that I've worked with for over 12 years now - just because I am being paid does not mean that I'm not allowed to have a bond with the children and their parents. Both dh and I are godparents to some of my mindees (whose parents were complete strangers to us when we first met), which is such a great privilege.

Oh my lordy lord... Is this still going?

More to the point, why did I come back?

I'm leaving this forum before I get sucked in again... I warn the rest of you to leave while you can! There will be no resolution here so run for the hills! Flee! Women and children first... screw it, me me me first!

custy please take a moment out from your multi tasking/ SAHM/WOHM/ slaving over the stove/whoring in the bedroom/boardroom/simultaneously feeding your triplets and pony existence and tell us if you bake your own undies?????

Hey you said it not me..alfiesbabe.

(cowers at the thought of a custy bashing).

she started it miss.

yeah stuff everything else, tell us Custy

What a load of crap

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I LOVE time to myself. So shoot me.

Get a grip you judgemental arse.

It was her, it was her...(points to alfiesbabe).. I dont even know custy!

I reckon she does. Home baked in the AGA undies. With frills.

(that was to OP bwt, not Oblomov)

oh dingdong05 your post just made me lololol

well said, Fairymum

{sob}

I may have taken up plate spinning until now...ladies..my dreams are crushed...crushed I tell you.

scruffy I bet you'd make a fantastic plate spinner. You could always leave the kids at the CM while you get in a bit of practice after work

Silly girl...One already does....

NT, thanks for the pity, but my beautiful, adorable, clever, funny, helpful, imaginative daughters don't need it.

Hello again dingdong - I'm not getting sucked in tonight - we did our share last night! Let's switchoffourtelevisionsetsandgoanddosomethinglessboringinstead.

I came crawling back too and have enough perspective now not to argue with people I actually agree with.

Just wanted to say, has anyone noticed that Tori has removed her profile? I wonder if she shit herself that she would be found out.

No I removed my profile because of the confidentiality issue, which someone on here reported someone else for. I obviously don't want to have people nosing at my profile who are completely hostile.

I may have been wrong to accuse nicetry of being a troll. Sorry if i was wrong.

Okay, I'm stepping up for a stoning. I don't even NEED to work, I choose to work full time because I love my job and spent five years at uni part time to train for it. And my 12 DS goes to a prison camp nursery, and he loves it.

In fact, we're even considering boarding school.

C'mon ladies, step right up and have a go.... I'm enjoying this thread immensely. I'm tired of lurking on the contentious threads and only posting helpfully where I can. I've had a glass of wine!!

oh poo I can't make that stupid strike through thing work!!

you have to do it round each word, not the whole phrase.

erm... can i nake a confession.... (whispers) I don't need to work either!!! DH could support the family on his salary. Or I could support the family on mine. But we're both experienced teachers, we make a valuable contribution to society, and guess what, we enjoy our careers. Shocking innit.