How to tell these parents I can’t help?
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Anonymous
+1 Mornings are lower risk and may be a big help. They will be incentivized to arrive on time and will be in a hurry to leave and get to work (no chit chat). Let them know if they don’t arrive by the designated AM time that you will have to leave without them. Might be a low risk way to assist. |
Anonymous
The problem is the shocking behavior of the kids and the entitled attitudes of the parents, not the pay. |
Anonymous
DP. It's clearly too early to drop the kids off at school (they would have to get to a bus stop much earlier than they actually had to be at school) so they need a place for kids to hang while waiting for it to be time. Not fair to OP that she has to have the kids come and hang out at her house before school. Not to mention have to wait for the kids who are inevitably late. |
Anonymous
OP here. I appreciate all your answers. I’ll keep it very short and sweet. “I’m afraid that won’t work for me.”
This is exactly what I think they are expecting. The kids who bus are often at their stops a half hour before the bell. |
Anonymous
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Sorry but it doesn't work with my schedule.
Side note, the public school district cannot be asking parents to do a job that the parents and other taxpayers are paying the school to do. Vote out your current school board members. |
Anonymous
The school district is not asking OP to watch these other kids. The school is saying that parents are responsible for getting their own kids to school, temporarily. OP doesn't say where she lives, but I don't believe there is a national law requiring school districts to provide transportation to public schools. Some states or local jurisdictions might have it-but without knowing where OP lives, we don't know if this specific one does. |
Anonymous
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"I won't be able to"
use your words Op |
Anonymous
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Your problem, OP, is not that you can’t do it, but that you don’t feel like doing it (but you don’t want to cone right out and tell them that because you don’t want them to think you’re a jerk).
Just be honest and then don’t expect any favors, ever, from these people going forward. I wouldn’t be surprised of they just completely write you off, but it’s your choice. |
Anonymous
She is selfish and only likes friendship to run one way - to her benefit alone. I would drop this person and their kid from any social activities. You don't want to be part of the village? Fine, enjoy banishment. |
Anonymous
This. Or even "Our morning schedule is too tight" because if you have a spouse you can spread the blame. It's fine for them to ask, and it's fine for you to say no. Don't feel bad. You are not the free morning babysitter. |
Anonymous
So why don't you offer to drive everyone and pick up OP's kid on the way? |
Anonymous
Because that pp only wants people to do for her. Or else she's cruel to their children. What a piece of work. |
Anonymous
Wow, hit a nerve?? Are you going to kid-sit in the mornings and afternoon for who knows how long? I also WFH and I am always amazed how people just assumed I have all the time in the world to do things for them. |
Anonymous
Seriously, wow. You need to get a grip. You seem unhinged. OP says nothing about wanting anything from anyone. She just doesn't want to be at the mercy of being in charge of a gaggle of kids morning and afternoon when she has a job. |
Anonymous
The trolls come out at night. Ignore this lunatic. |