I would really want to find out why the other provider quit on such short notice. This kid is probably going to blow a gasket on you one day and really end up hurting someone. I've BTDT and it was not a nice situation.

Do you have a two week escape claus in your contract? You may want to decide now what's going to be the straw that breaks the camels back and let mom know about it, because this behavior is probably just the tip of a very large iceberg.

I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't a couple of other providers out there who have let him go also.

I'm sorry if this is so negative, but I've been through something similar and it about wrecked me, nothing I did helped the child. One day, BOOM. It wasn't until a couple of months later that I found out about the kid's colorful past history. I really felt like a failure for not being able to handle him, until I found out how many places he had been and asked to leave from.

Don't put yourself through it.
Good luck

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