Hello Ladies,

I'm looking for some thoughts/advice/suggestions on how you would feel and handle a situation that I've never had to deal with before.

I am going on vacation next week. I am taking 5 days plus the stat for my vacation. I advised all my families in January. I have a new family who started at the beginning of July. They were advised as soon as they signed on as well.

its in my contract that I'm not responsible for finding you back up care, and families don't pay for any time off that I take (which I don't take any, this is the first time in years that I've taken anything more than a stat off)

So my issue is that...last night I sent out a reminder which I do every week to remind families that I'm off the 3-10th. I get a response back from the new family saying and I quote; ' well you damn well screwed me over by taking time off'. she then proceeded to say she would see what she could do, but could I let her know of anyone else I know that could look after her daughter during that week. I haven't responded yet because my first response was to tell her to take a flying you know what...but after sleeping on it and stressing about it all day, I really feel she was rude and disrespectful!

I know so many providers who take weeks off each year and the families pay even when she's on vacation so I'm really offended by how this mother treated me...am I in the wrong/right to feel this way? How would you all feel?

Thanks for letting me vent!