So yesterday "that" kid picked a hole in the top of my daughters mattress right through to the stuffing. He sleeps either on top of her bed or my bed with a blanket. He obviously woke up early and was messing. He stripped her bed completely removing all of her sheets. He picked a hole about the size of a golf ball and stuffing is coming out.

I told mum who didn't say anything. I get it, at a loss for words, especially given how many negative reports I've given her recently about this kid. Her son started getting angry and saying horrible things as attention seeking in front of us both. I physically moved him because he wouldn't do as he was asked and she wasn't doing anything and I turned my back on him. I showed mum a photo of the damage and she didn't say anything. As she was leaving she mumbled and muttered with a half ass awkward embarrassed laugh saying send me the bill won't you. My response to my child behaving like this would have been , "Oh my goodness, I am soooo sorry. Please let me know how much it will cost to replace." I would be bending over backwards apologizing. Yes I may feel embarrassed of my child's behaviour, but I would make it very clear how sorry I was and would be looking to rectify things ASAP. Even more so given that we have had a business relationship for 5 years between both her kids.

I was going to try and fix it, maybe darn it with a thick synthetic thread...but who am I kidding. If the thread is to strong, it will just cause the material to rip on the other side of the original tear because of the tension. If I use a regular thread, it will snap. So much pressure is put on the area of the bed effected by my growing teenage daughter, inevitably this is going to break further, tomorrow, next week in a month, eventually. I don't have a spare grand to replace it, especially at this point two weeks before officially becoming unemployed.

So another parent drops off this morning, telling me how they'd bumped into a couple of kids last night. One was at the daycare centre they'd been to see as the other family had a back to back appointment. Then they were walking home past the ice cream store, and yes you guessed it. "That" kid and his sister and mother not much more than an hour after I told her what he'd done, were happily enjoying an ice cream cone each. WTF!?! I was absolutely livid when I found that out. I'm not suprised at all, but so annoyed because so many of his behavioural issues are as a result of being spoilt and lack of discipline and this is just the icing on the cake.

I was nervous about asking for such a high ticket item to be replaced, but screw it. It's in my contract that any damage incurred as a result of inappropriate play or malicious behaviour will be at their full expense to fix or replace.

I'm friends with this woman, and a few things over the last 6 months have had me questioning it. This is my breaking point. Kids will be kids, going through their naughty stages and I'm sure he'll grow out of it. Parents can parent their child anyway they see fit, but when their choices and actions result in things like this at my house, nobody should expect me to be polite about it.

I'm going to talk to her at the door today about how I'm going to get her a written quote from The Brick for a new mattress and she needs to pay me Monday for it. If it costs us our friendship and she gets all arsy with me, then it just further reinforces that this wasn't a positive person to have as a friend and just lets me know that she clearly has no morals.

I'm really disappointed and upset that my daycare work is ending with all of these behavioural issues and conflicts. I wanted so badly to have a lovely happy fun packed notice period to end this career chapter on a high with good memories.