Our childminder is giving up childminding and wants to work as a nanny or in a nursery. Two of her families are leaving anyway and I think she wants a change now her daughter is at school.
She has asked me for a reference. In lots of ways she has been great, but she hasn't been all that reliable - we have only had ds there two days a week for the past year and there has probably been one day every couple of months that she hasn't been able to do (the impact would have been greater had DS been there full time). Also and recently tacked on a days annual leave in a rather underhand way, which meant DH had to take unpaid leave.
So, I have thought about this a lot and there is no way I can not mention this to a family wanting to hire her as a nanny as it would put them in a difficult position. What should I do? Should I tell her?