what kind of job fits in with, dropping off and picking children from school, having school holidays off and always being around for sickness etc?

[beachlover]

can you think of any ?
or is self employed the only way to go?
please give me some ideas,

thats a great link to time bank, i woul really be interested in something like, time for children.
im going to try and find out if there is anything like that in my area

lol np
no i'm in singapore.
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morning now

nope, if I could I would do it. "next time" I'm marrying for money, not love, so that I don't have to work.

(only joking of course. Well. half joking.)

nailpolish

Do you not find working nights very tiring with a family.

I work nights but only a couple a week and find that tiring.
I don't really ever get the sleep I should.
I have about 4 hours while my DS is at school.
However this is the only job I could do that fits in with picking my DS up from school and my general routine.

something like direct sales - mini-iq or usbourne or phoenix which can be done as much in the daytime as evening?

OP, how about Avon? It can be very sociable, though the money isn't that good. But then I'm a bit bemused as to whether you need money or need something interesting to do with your time.

crazedupmom

yes it is tiring i agree. i get 4 hrs sleep too, maximum, i try to do split nights which helps a bit. i do like doing nights though cos it means i am the one picking dd up from school, i am not very good at relying on other people. also the money is better than dayshift.

hopefully it wont be forever, eh?

OMG to this post...
"None, but isn't that your point? You obviously don't want to work or you would find solutions to these obstacles like childcare, a supportive spouse who would take time off for sickness, supportive parents or parents in law who could help out, after and before school clubs, holiday clubs.
If you really wanted a job, you'd find a solution. It's easy to say nothing fits around your requirments, nothing much does, maybe you need to change your requirements."

Well, I'd like to work and have a bit of money for treats. My kids are to young for clubs, dh must be terribly unsupportive because he cant just take time off work when he feels like it for sick kids, and how selfish of my parents to live 4 hours away

Re teaching

Most schools expect you to be at pre school briefing, which runs (unsurprisingly!) before school starts.

So, for example, our briefing is at 8.30 and our school starts at 8.50.

So you may well need to get pre school supervision sorted for your own kids....I'm fortunate enough to have my kids at a school which runs preschool supervision from 8.

I leave them at 8 and run back to the car. I just make briefing.

I also work part time, which is why I'm MNetting now!

Many teachers stay after school most days, you will be expected to stay for meetings on a regular basis (I was in one yesterday).Some teachers stay and mark books etc, personally I take my stuff home and mark it after the kids have gone to bed, that flexibility is useful

I'm considering website translations from English into French & being a Weight Watchers leader. Also teaching English (I'm qualified) but it's so much work for so little money.

you don't sound like you want a job tbh.

Who, me? I'd love a job but who needs a 45yr old photojournalist? Especially one who's guru is Cartier-Bresson & his Leica.

Apart from that minor inconvenience, my dc have about 13 weeks holiday per year, plus the occasional day off for so-called teacher conferences. They begin at 9am & finish at 3:30pm. If I want to pay an extra £50/day (£25 each), they can stay on til 5:30. They don't go to school on Wednesday afternoons. As a teacher or a part-time office dogsbody, I would probably spend everything I earned on childcare.

Sorry, whose. Can't even spell anymore.

no not you cariboo, i was refering to the op, she sounds like a right prima donna

Beachlover, Iwent to my first step to becoming a childminder meeting last night, I really think it is the only way to go. I have been watching this thread with the hope of further inspiration, although i am really looking forward to childminding but just to see if I had further options. Haven't seen any yet.

Quite a lot of mums I know work at Asda. Seems to offer quite a bit of flexiblity and they say it fits in round famliy life.

Call me a snob & a fool, but I'd rather die than be seen by practically everyone I know scanning products at the till. Eyebrows would be raised, my dear, and tongues wagging. Bah!

You are! I don't suppose they do it cos they love it either.

working for your dh

childminder, dinner lady, sahm with own internet/homebased business/work (e.g. stuffing envelopes etc)

mustrunmore

Well, I'd like to work and have a bit of money for treats. My kids are to young for clubs, dh must be terribly unsupportive because he cant just take time off work when he feels like it for sick kids, and how selfish of my parents to live 4 hours away

So you'd like to work but your children are too young for clubs? Are they also too young for a nanny, childminder or nursery? You dh can't take time off for sick kids, what at all? He must be entitled to some parental/annual/special leave. If you really, really wanted to work, you'd work, if you're fairly ambivalent, there will always be reasons not to. It's not a criticism, everyone's different, I just think people shouldn't pretend they want to work, then moan that they can't find a job with requirements like the OP's, no job will give those benefits to you.

and therein lies the difference between wanting to work and having to work

Can we try to be less judgemental about people who don't financially have to work please?! I guess we could probably afford for me not to work, but quite frankly, I have to do it for my sanity! And of course (i) because it's good to pay taxes; (ii) because I want my DD's to have a role model of a mother who works and contributes; (iii) because I want to be an equal partner in my marriage; and (iv) because the extra money comes in very useful.

beachlover - I don't think you sound like a prima donna! Just someone who's trying to work out her options.

yes exactly enid