Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Can I ask why you don't want to offer your assistant? Honestly, I would offer the assistant and not offer a refund. Mom can pay and you dole out a share to the assistant.
Cliff Notes Version: I have learned from this forum that my assistant should not be their backup care.
Example: Assistant babysat for a dcb's family date nights, etc. several weeks later Assistant calls out missing work (I am still in ratio without her but it was a huge adjustment for the day) came to find out she was begged by DCM to watch sick dcb...... which impacted me by the assistant missing work and I was highly annoyed.
This DCM is leaving my program all together at the end of the month with no secured plan for where she will send dcg in Fall (she is pulling her because she does not want to pay tuition while they vacation for 5 weeks)...... I do not want to risk my assistant being her back up care whens they return from vacation.