Parents Not Communicating

[crayolamom]

Vacation or not she can still reply. I have been having an issue with this for 3 weeks now

[Lee-Bee]

Seems odd that you took a deposit without a signed contract noting the start date. What does the contract say? what ever it says, stands since it is in writing. If it merely says start date of mid-September then you legally can't withhold care until October because of slow communication.

It is still a month away, they may not be in the mind set of knowing fine details yet, she may be trying to get a hold of work to set those details and just not communicating that to you. They could be out of town, or hosting out of town company.

Being slow to respond to email/text doesn't seem a big issue to me. If you NEED to know these details you should be phoning her. Texting just isn't an effective form of communication.

Also, if you have set days she is NOT allowed to start then this needs to be given to her before she tells you the start date she needs (at your request). You have given her the freedom to chose the day, both in your text and by not declaring a set day in the signed contract you can't then take that freedom away.

I would be quite upset to have put a deposit on care, then having been asked which day I want to start to be told, "oh that day won't work". Maybe she isn't responding because she is annoyed. Or because she expected to start on the date she given and your saying she can't means she is having to try and find alternate care.