Thinking of leaving cm

[stainesmassif]

for a number of reasons, some of them personal, and some of them to do with her.

As I have good personal reasons to take ds out of the setting, should i feedback on some fairly minor things that have led me to taking him out sooner rather than later? I feel petty, she's been wonderful for two years, but I feel things have deteriorated a little bit recently, and as I would've been taking him out at the end of the summer anyway, should I let her know? i don't want to leave with any bad feeling.

would you be finding alternative care if you do? Could you say you want to spend the summer with him?

no, i'm on mat leave for the summer and genuinely want to make the most of it with him, plus we are considering a move to the midlands by the autumn, so would be looking for childcare up there.

You don't have to give reasons unless you want to, but the sooner you say then the sooner the place can be filled for september. I would just say due to a change in circumstances x will finish on the date, many thanks. Simple and no bad feeling.

so you don't think feedback would be appreciated? i can't decide if i'm taking a coward's way out by not telling her. she has been really lovely, and i had dreaded telling her we were going anyway.

If you go on maternity leave then its not going to be a huge surprise that she isn't going to be needed, don't worry about it. Childminders offer a service which is never going to be for ever.

sorry, not drip feeding, am already on mat leave, we had discussed her taking ds2 also in sept when i return to work. i'm not worried that she'll have a problem filling the spot, she is overloaded at the moment as it is.

Depends what kind of person she is. If she is the sort of person who can take things on the chin and is interested in improving her service, tell her. If she puts it into her self evaluation process it will help in her next ofsted inspection, they love it when cms act on the feedback of parents, or say why they didn't.

However

If she is the sort of person who takes criticism badly then it may be detrimental for her to hear whatever it is you have to say, take the wind out of her sails and knock her confidence, meaning she will either hate you (no worries for you, you're outta there) or turn it on herself and question why she even does childminding at all. Either of these outcomes won't affect you at all though, so you would have done the right thing imo (my opinion is not usually, I find, the popular one....)

What's she done anyway?