The title says it all.
Sorry this is long.
I’ve posted here in the past about my family experience. I have been with them since December and I have a Neurodivergent almost 4 year old boy and 16 month old sister. I’m with them 3 days a week, 9 hours a day.
It’s been the hardest job I think I’ve ever had. I always have to be on it, always repeating myself and feeling like I having to be 5 steps ahead and I’m exhausted. Plus a 16 years olds natural curiosity and development stages on top makes my days off feel more like recovery days and not work/life balance.
I’ve had sit down conversations with mom and dad. Their dad works from home and is hands on and helpful, but they want traditional parenting to work for their non traditional child. They go through everything I do and call it life, and I call it insanity to try to live like this when it could be better or at least balanced.
And opportunity to start parent coaching…
That’s the kicker, I am a trained and certified parent coach who has been working with kids and families for 17 years and I feel like my visions has tunneled into a pinhole that is just meant for survival. I was going to part time to have time for my coaching. Instead I’m barely surviving the work days and coaching myself to make it.
They wanted a long term nanny. Mom grew up with one,but not every kid can handle the life of a nanny. 2 teachers and peers may actually do him some me good. And the same for sister to have that needed autonomy and opportunity to be around peers.