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CrazyMama73
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04/28/2014 10:58 PM

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I care for my husbands friends son. I am not a professional, but have been doing home day care for years now and have had opportunities come to be, where children may need extra care and evaluation for more care. The parents are in denial and are enrolling him into JK, with out an opinion, that I had suggested.
I am frustrated that my husband who "arranged me caring for their son", will not listen at all to how the parents or my day has gone , regarding their son. He does not seem to understand that I am worried about the well being of their son. This child is awesome in his own way, and beats to his own drum and I truly care for him, like I do my own. But I feel I need to share this with my husband, especially since it is a friend of his and they are not listening and also because I do work from home, with really no other contact.

I guess it is all meaningless and I shouldn't give a fuck , but I do. I take my job caring for other children seriously and it breaks my heart that the parents are in denial regarding the suggestion to just have their wonderful boy evaluated.

I dont know if my husband not being interested is because he has bigger fish to fry in his own job, or because it has to deal with his friend and he doesn't want to touch on the subject.. I had told him from day one to not mix business with friendship and he didn't want to listen and now he WONT.
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04/28/2014 11:03 PM

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Yes I am rambling.. It is just frustrating seeing a child with potential for everything, not being given the opportunity to see it.
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04/28/2014 11:06 PM
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Yes I am rambling.. It is just frustrating seeing a child with potential for everything, not being given the opportunity to see it.
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Don't worry , he's going to make it , trust me , I would know hf

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04/28/2014 11:08 PM
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Did you tell your husband that you were considering telling his friend that his child needs to be evaluated?
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04/28/2014 11:12 PM
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Give everyone of them a banana
Please hold still so I can cut your hair long
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04/28/2014 11:15 PM

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Did you tell your husband that you were considering telling his friend that his child needs to be evaluated?
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Every day, with my child care, I provide a daily sheet. It provides the parents with details of what we did, in detail, meals, ect. In detail, in an non-evasive way, I suggested that they may want to have their son see someone who is "more trained" in what may be needed to help their son be prepared for JK, in September. The father told me that his "son isn't a retard". The mother said "don't' state things like that on his daily sheet" "if their are issues, just tell me in person". This child is adorable and intelligent. But I KNOW he is going at his own beat. Their is nothing wrong with this, but it needs to be addressed, so he can find the right group to grow with and succeed.

My husband is fully aware of what is going on. He chooses to stand at the sides. For me, I am full on. I dont' BS. I say what I need to , in the most caring of gestures. I told him to also speak with his friend, but he won't. My husband has SEEN first hand, how their little boy is, but won't say anything to his friend.

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04/28/2014 11:16 PM
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I had told him from day one to not mix business with friendship and he didn't want to listen and now he WONT.
 Quoting: CrazyMama73


Do your best not to make this a self fulfilling prophecy.

hf


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04/28/2014 11:18 PM

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I had told him from day one to not mix business with friendship and he didn't want to listen and now he WONT.
 Quoting: CrazyMama73


Do your best not to make this a self fulfilling prophecy.

hf


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I find this very hard. I care deeply for their son. I care very deeply for the well being of all the children I care for. I knew not to take this on because it being with friends of his.
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Did you tell your husband that you were considering telling his friend that his child needs to be evaluated?
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Every day, with my child care, I provide a daily sheet. It provides the parents with details of what we did, in detail, meals, ect. In detail, in an non-evasive way, I suggested that they may want to have their son see someone who is "more trained" in what may be needed to help their son be prepared for JK, in September. The father told me that his "son isn't a retard". The mother said "don't' state things like that on his daily sheet" "if their are issues, just tell me in person". This child is adorable and intelligent. But I KNOW he is going at his own beat. Their is nothing wrong with this, but it needs to be addressed, so he can find the right group to grow with and succeed.

My husband is fully aware of what is going on. He chooses to stand at the sides. For me, I am full on. I dont' BS. I say what I need to , in the most caring of gestures. I told him to also speak with his friend, but he won't. My husband has SEEN first hand, how their little boy is, but won't say anything to his friend.
 Quoting: CrazyMama73


Well as a mother I understand how you could've been misunderstood.. Had the child been going to you since he was an infant then your opinion would be welcomed.. My sitter ran her daycare very similar to what you describe, my son was with her from 6 months old till preschool.. I respected her opinion. Have you been keeping this child a while?
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04/28/2014 11:27 PM
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Wow some people

You try to help and they spit in your eye
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04/28/2014 11:29 PM
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If your heart told you to tell the parents this as you were concerned for the child you babysit then you have done your duty. Let it go. You are a babysitter not a doctor.
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04/28/2014 11:51 PM
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I'm trying to read between the lines in your post, but still am a little confused.

Do you think that he's autistic? My son started an early preschool program when he was 1 and that was before he was evaluated fully. When he started the program, there was a class for the parents to go to while the children were doing their classes. One of the things that they went through with the parents, is that when you discover that your child isn't "normal", there are a lot of emotions that go on, and you actually go through the steps of grief - just like when you find out that a loved one is terminally ill or has died. First step is Denial. Denial is a biggie. We still find ourselves in denial on occasion.

My suggestion to you is for you to just be there for the boy and do the best you can. A Dr. will pick up on it during the visits, and if not, when they start preschool the teachers there will.

School and therapy really hasn't helped my boy, and in fact he has regressed since he started at the school. We make better progress with him at home.

Some kids are different, and that makes them, well...them. Just care for him, love him and give him your attention. Things will be fine, he's still young.

hf





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