Help - mindees mum wants a meeting!

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Been looking after mindee (9) since last summer. Things have been going really well, she fits in with my own dc and only have her couple of days afterschool so sometimes with other minded dc and sometimes on her own. Her mum txt me this morning to ask if she can meet me on Friday for a chat - I might just be being paranoid but have been driving myself mental this morning worrying about what the problem is. Was thinking I should go through diary and try to pinpoint what issues her mum might have - is this over reacting? WWYD?

Maybe she just wants to give notice? Might not be anything you've done could she have lost her job or maybe someone else has offered to have her such as grandma?

Wy are you assuming its something bad?!

Or maybe needs to send her more and just wants to discuss it in person?

Could be anything - mum pregnant, parents splitting up, looking for birthday present ideas. In your place I'd also be dying to know what it's about, though not assuming it's about me.

Thanks for that - can't think of anything I've done other than not always making her brush her teeth and not always giving the healthiest of snacks - but it was pancake day last week! Think I'm just a bit phased cos it's never happened before but since I'm constantly going on about how they can talk to me about anything whenever they want to, I should be glad she's asked to meet. Hope it's not anything bad though cos they are a nice family. Also hope it won't be wierd later today as I've got her after school.

Try not to worry, I've had this a couple of times and I worried myself sick too. Once it was to give me notice, but rather than just write a letter the parents wanted to explain in person the reason why because they wanted me to know they thought highly of me. Another parent just wanted to say how pleased they were their child had settled so well and just to chat about potential future changes in days. Could have easily been done in an email or over the phone, but it does improve the parent/childminder relationship to have face-to-face discussions!

Easier said than done, but try not to worry about things you can't do anything about. If there is any issue (and there probably isn't) you are being given an opportunity to discuss it and rectify any misunderstanding that may have occurred.