Quote Originally Posted by abster View Post
Thanks everyone. I spoke with parents and told the this attitude needs to change asap or I will have toterminate without notice. I have consistently told the dad of the day everyday he picks him up but was mom who picked him up yesterday (also seen the attitude with me) and had a good conversation. It seems she is on board with me so fingers crossed it works or my sanity comes first and he will be terminated. My problem is I feel like if I terminate that's a fail for me ....which I know isn't true just have never had someone else's child not listen to me before lol....
You are definitely not a failure and I'm sure you have tried really hard to get everything to work out. Most of us do that, try really hard and hate to terminate, but sometimes it's really necessary for our sanity and happiness. I admit I'm in those shoes right now but nothing as bad as you are describing. You have good grounds for terminating if the parents don't start disciplining their child and giving you tips on how they are handling things at home so you can help them change their child's behaviour. Remember, we are supposed to be the secondary caregivers and the parents are supposed to be the ones doing the hard work, not the other way around. However, we spend an awful lot of hours with these children and we deserve to be happy in our businesses so we need co-operative children.