When I interview with prospective families, I explain quite clearly that I do not have an assistant. It is just me. In the case I need to leave early, or take a day off, it is on them to find alternate care. If this is not feasible for them to do that, then they look elsewhere. I think it is unrealistic to think that we will work 52 weeks a year, 10 hours a day without other things that we need/want to do. Parents take off work to do things with their family, why shouldn't we also? If someone is lucky enough to have an assistant, that is another matter, but alot of us don't.

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