Vent from a teacher....

Thank goodness his parents at least take care of his physical needs. It may be unusual to you but there are plenty of kids on the other end of the line that are not taken care of at all. Their parents are home and ignore them, don't care for them. Don't have set schedules or decent clothes or home for them.Those are the ones to feel sorry for. This little guy isn't getting the closeness and love you would like him to have, but actually he will survive better than the opposite families. Its fortunate that you do care about him. Shows that you are a good teacher and parent if you have children. Hope more chidren have teachers like you.

And you're back, where'd ya go?

Quoting ditsyjo:
may I point out with out coming over as rude that if they can afford to hire a nanny they are doing more than is " necessary" to provide for their family. they are maintaining a life style with may be important to some people but it is not necessary
Quoting Schauseil:
um, no. You have no idea what his parents or parent is doing to provide for him. While most ppl would love to give their children more attention, job restrictions don't always allow that.

anything more than40 hours a week is overtime and can not be forced. It can be strongly recommended as in you will not make a promotion if you don't show the commit ment... but it can not be forced legally... there fore both parents working 6 days a week = a choice. and it is their choice to make but...
Quoting Schauseil:
you are assuming they pick their own work hours. Would you have them quit their job because they work on saturday?
Quoting ditsyjo:
may I point out with out coming over as rude that if they can afford to hire a nanny they are doing more than is " necessary" to provide for their family. they are maintaining a life style with may be important to some people but it is not necessary
Quoting Schauseil:
um, no. You have no idea what his parents or parent is doing to provide for him. While most ppl would love to give their children more attention, job restrictions don't always allow that.
- kjfamily
on Jan. 18, 2013 at 2:54 PM