Grandmother childminding please help

AnxiousMum

Your mother might actually find it hard to get another child to look after as well. I know that for one, if I was looking for a childminder, and knew that the childminder looked after her two grandchildren, and needed another to make it a legit business, I would not be leaving my child there! Where it's grandma/grandchildren involved, I would be thinkign that the grandchildren would be more of a priority - whereas, as a parent, I would want my child to be equal priority. In the event of an emergency, I would need to know my child would be given as much importance as a relative child.

I guess the main question for your mother would be - if it didn't involve her grandchildren, would she still quit her current job to go into childminding for other people? If the answer is not a definite 'yes', then she would be doing the wrong thing by entering into this as a career.

Oldernotwiser

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

A Granny looking after 3 kids - 2 of them babies - for 5 days a week....has she really thought if she could cope?

"Granny" might only be about 40, an age when many woman have their own young children.

bestpud

What are you looking to study?

Could you do it though the OU?

I think there is many potential pitfalls in your plan tbh and I personally wouldn't contemplate it, even if it was perfectly legit.

redrooney

ok ,after reading some of the post i probably did not file all the info , i probably got it wrong to say that my mother could not afford to give up her job ,the situation is she has worked for the same company for 30 years ,but she has wanted granchildren for years ,and is prepared to give up her job to enable to look after our kids ,why i say i want to go to college my best friend is one of the top cad engineer teacher in the country and is in the process of setting up his own company and can train me up and sidetrack a couple of years , its not just about the money ,its me wanting to have a qualifcation at the end of 3-4 years , and my partner is back at work as a manager which she has done for 22 years (SHE IS 40 ,IM 38 ,MY MUM IS 60) my mum loves kids and already looks after them 2 days a week as she is on 12 hour shifts ,and its not a problem our kids are gems ,very good and we have a friend of a friend that has asked my mum if she was to do it to be her child minder from next february , so by the sounds of it ,we could do it but i would need to find a part time job for 16 hours ,
any other info will help
but thankyou for all your comments!
i just think if my mum is prepared to look after them full time she should get paid !!

Lady_gaga

redrooney wrote: »

ok ,after reading some of the post i probably did not file all the info , i probably got it wrong to say that my mother could not afford to give up her job ,the situation is she has worked for the same company for 30 years ,but she has wanted granchildren for years ,and is prepared to give up her job to enable to look after our kids ,why i say i want to go to college my best friend is one of the top cad engineer teacher in the country and is in the process of setting up his own company and can train me up and sidetrack a couple of years , its not just about the money ,its me wanting to have a qualifcation at the end of 3-4 years , and my partner is back at work as a manager which she has done for 22 years (SHE IS 40 ,IM 38 ,MY MUM IS 60) my mum loves kids and already looks after them 2 days a week as she is on 12 hour shifts ,and its not a problem our kids are gems ,very good and we have a friend of a friend that has asked my mum if she was to do it to be her child minder from next february , so by the sounds of it ,we could do it but i would need to find a part time job for 16 hours ,
any other info will help
but thankyou for all your comments!
i just think if my mum is prepared to look after them full time she should get paid !!

if she already has them 2 days a week without expecting "pay" then why doesn't she keep doing this and you can get other childcare sorted for the rest of the week?

then everyones happy...surely?

Oldernotwiser

redrooney wrote: »

i just think if my mum is prepared to look after them full time she should get paid !!

I think we would all agree with that - the question is, by whom?

redrooney

Lady_gaga wrote: »

if she already has them 2 days a week without expecting "pay" then why doesn't she keep doing this and you can get other childcare sorted for the rest of the week?

then everyones happy...surely?

why should we pay someone we dont know ,when my mum wants to look after them full time ,anyway didnt want to get into an argument about why this and why that ,was just enquireing what we were entitiled !! if its nothing then so be it !! but it does not make sence !!

bestpud

redrooney wrote: »

why should we pay someone we dont know ,when my mum wants to look after them full time ,anyway didnt want to get into an argument about why this and why that ,was just enquireing what we were entitiled !! if its nothing then so be it !! but it does not make sence !!

The rules are in place to deter families from cashing in on childcare payments. It makes sense to me.

Will you still pay her if you can't get any help?

themonkeybutler

Wow. Just wow. This place never fails to surprise me.

redrooney

bestpud wrote: »

The rules are in place to deter families from cashing in on childcare payments. It makes sense to me.

Will you still pay her if you can't get any help?

No ,i wont go to college ,i will look after my own kids as no help is put in place ,dont know why i have i would have to work 16 hours a week ,when i would be going to college full time !! :mad: