Originally Posted by spedmommy4:
I agree with the previous poster. And I will add:
1. Stop caring for this child. It will not improve. Ever.
2. In your shoes, I would probably report to child protective services for child neglect. No baths? No nail cutting? Allowing bug bites to get so bad that he gets impetigo? All red flags to report.
3. Block the dad of Instagram and then make your Instagram a private account.
https://www.facebook.com/help/instag...6700567389543/ (Instructions). If you end care, block both parents (especially dad) numbers from calling your cell.
4. Look at licensing laws in your state and see how many kids you can care for. In my state, it's 1. The fines for going over 1 are $200 a day. You need to know the law. If any parent gets mad they can report you.
** Or maybe someone on here is from LA, and would know? I just looked to see if I could find a quick answer and the licensing laws are complicated! It looks like your state transferred family childcare administration to the department of education. Ugh! That sounds like something California would do. (Though I hope we don't)
ALL of this and everything else everyone has said. Just because your not licensed doesn't mean you shouldn't have rules or a contract. Also, if you do continue to take care of this child...write every injury to himself he gets...some parents can get really angry about their children and they might try to turn around and say that it's YOUR fault he is being hurt, etc. Which could cause all kinds of long drawn out issues with your being unlicensed since your not really sure, it seems, of how you can operate as an unlicensed provider. You might already be breaking some rules without knowing that they could bring you up on later. Hopefully they will simply accept your decision and go away though.
Some people look specifically for unlicensed providers because they think that they will "get their way" more if you have no apparent legal backing. He may very well had already been in care before and had these problems and was asked to leave!