Red flags in interviews

[godsgirl]

My biggest red flags have literally been the child's behaviour. All 3 of my difficult families (who have now been either terminated or are just gone) I just had a bad gut feeling and thought to myself 'it's ok, I can handle it'. They have either been extremely hyper at the interviews or just disrespectful. One boy had actually crawled on and layer on top of my coffee table (he was 2 at the time so I just assumed it was a toddler thing - this was one of my first families), the other was so hyper that he found one of my sons ride on toys and was literally going around and around and around the kitchen table and my dog was very sketchy around him as well (he ended up having a behavioural issue and needed more aid than I could offer so I had to terminate him - my only termination so far), and the other one refused to come out of my sons pop up tent that we had set up and refused to listen to his mom and come out so they could leave (again, my very first family).

All of them I just had a bad feeling. I gave it my all with those families but was so relieved to see them go. Now I am smarter and think I will be a little bit more picky and not just jump at the first family that comes around.

Another big red flag for me is unaccountability. People who say they will show up for interviews and don't but want to reschedule last minute or those that say they will do something and not follow through (like for paperwork and such)