Childminder wants to close at 1pm for the rest of the week

[SweatySpider321]

Woke to a text from my childminder, announcing due to the weather we need to try to collect our children at 1pm for the rest of the week -530pm is the usual finish time. I’m not even a week into a new job and my husband has no leave left (mainly due to covering her annual leave). It’s not in our contract and it’s funded hours we use with her

Yes I have read OP's posts but must admit I got a bit fed up after the 1st six or seven pages of them. So "entitled" - new job, husband has no leave left, lots of face-to-face meetings etc etc. She must be so important! I wonder how it would be if the roles were reversed. Like I said before - it's double standards

If the childminder is unable to provide her services due to a red heat alert of course it's ops responsibility to pick her child up. Thousands of parents have had to pick kids up early from schools and nursery's due to the heatwave. We just pick them up and get on with it. These things happen it's not anyone's fault it's 35degrees.

Nursery's were closing early round here just like schools.

Have you ever worked?

Yes I agree. Bandwagon- jumping extraordinaire. ‘Danger to life’ doesn’t mean danger to life full stop. That would be a meaningless warning because how would you be expected to proceed with anything. It obviously means a danger to life of doing certain activities.

Your cm is mad and I would look for another one but know easily said then done

but also for her lies previously

south east here. Temps of 34*. Today was really hot. Even for me and I love the sun. Still managed to sunbath for a bit

mini blondes school is open. Can wear pe kit.

what happened today @SweatySpider321 did you pick up at 530 as normal

I would be more concerned that she will have seen this thread and gives OP notice……!

It’s quite clear that the working relationship between OP and her childminder has broken down and I’m at a loss why OP is keeping her child at this setting given how she speaks about her. I appreciate she’s previously lied about the child being ill but OP chose to continue to keep her children there, she can’t keep throwing that back at her.

@PetuniaT To me it sounds like she's doing the right thing as she doesn't want to be responsible for the health of other peoples' kids during the heatwave. Given how many people on other threads yesterday were bemoaning about having to go to work during a Red Heat Heath Warning it seems like double standards OP is not in a Red Weather Warning area so this is nothing to do with the childminder’s decision to not work. Today according to the BBC their area was 30 and tomorrow is 26, but I know that you’re aware of that already because you read all of OPs posts.

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Yes I have read OP's posts but must admit I got a bit fed up after the 1st six or seven pages of them. So "entitled" - new job, husband has no leave left, lots of face-to-face meetings etc etc. She must be so important! I wonder how it would be if the roles were reversed. Like I said before - it's double standards You have chosen to have ‘six or seven pages’ by not utilising the settings and getting the thread put into fewer pages. Is OP entitled to expect the childminder to follow the legal contract that the childminder signed? Yes, OP is entitled to that. And ‘she must be so important!’ again, you know this because you have read all OPs posts, she and her husband work with ‘vulnerable and at risk individuals, that if we don’t work with them this week old have serious repercussions’ and I believe she also said ‘think police/mental health/probation type work’.

I honestly don’t know if you’re all trolling me or not.

OP has stated neither she nor the childminder is in a Red Weather Alert area.

And they are forecast 26 tomorrow.

OP has been looking for other childcare some of it has 18 month waiting lists. Some are so full they don’t maintain a list.

It’s all there in OPs posts.

@SweatySpider321 I dont know why you bothered putting all the information in your posts because no fecker is reading it. Well, some are. But lots aren’t.

I think she's jumped on the bandwagon of too hot to look after children. What's the difference from having say 6 of your own kids to looking after others?

Wants to get paid but not do the work due to SM hype. It's not tropical indoors, it's cooler 😎

Exactly! We just get on with it in a professional nature and not bow down to media hype.

And as I said she needs to be careful her childminder doesn’t see this thread and give her notice given she’s struggled to find any alternative childcare!

True.

Sadly yes. Air con units are part of the problem not the solution. Literally making our planet hotter.

And it’s “only” forecast to be 29 c where the op lives. It was 34 here today and tomorrow. So hot I’ve struggled to work and have felt unwell. But like most people I’ve continued with my job as normal. So should a childminder if at all possible. Lots of drinks, indoor activities, stories etc. They’ll be just as fine as they would be at home.

There’s more nurseries closed in our area than childminders.

You can't possibly know that.

I usually defend chilminders as it is a difficult job and I can understand her not providing a full range of activities due to the heat and children being overtired but not closing! , only reason i can think is that it would be a difficult/ hot school run and would rather not take them out in the sun.
I would reply and say 1pm is not possible but will try get as early as work allows.

I'd avoid going outside in this heat if at all possible....can't be doing with it....unless I can dip in a pool/on holiday :)

Not everywhere in the UK is having a heatwave.