What would you do?

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No such thing as guaranteed income...sorry! Also multiple children from one family is a high risk contract. Should for any reason this family leave, you will lose 3 spots and all that income. Never say never. I also think their reasons for letting you go sound a little suspicious. Don't term the other kid who hasn't started yet, it's bad professional practice IMO. The grass isn't always greener.

You say you know this family but not in the context of you now being the boss. You will no longer be their employee and they will have to do as they are told. That could go both ways. Also you have never had to deal with them dropping off and picking up and they are also not altogether familiar with group care with other children or outside the boundaries of their home. Yes they have been with another provider for a month or two, but wouldn't it make the most sense to leave the children in a setting where they are happy and settled rather than transitioning again, regardless of how much they like you?? That again makes me ask the question of why would you move them again? There wellbeing, being settled with someone else, should be a priority. This is in no way a reflection on you, but I would say absolutely no to this family.