Tempted to charge outrageous rate

[Anonymous]

Just to cut ties with parents and their increasingly awful offspring. Parents tell kids they need to improve their behavior; kids straighten up temporarily, no real consequences in terms of removed gadgets or physical toys.

Children have their good moments, but I deal with yelling, stomping (older children), uncooperative attitudes re: tidying and sometimes just overall disorganization in the house. It is wearing on me and every time I leave, it takes me a day to recover from a shift.

Increased my rate in January, but I am ready to quit once their pseduo-school year ends.

Not sure how to do it because the parents lay the "you are like family" molasses on, then go on to get behind on electronic payments, I have to remind parents and to threaten to not return in the past, they say 'oh our bad...'

Really, your bad?

tl;dr: Should I jack up my rates for the mental crap I have to put up with, and just be grateful, esp with COVID-19, that I am working? (And double up on self-care when I head home, while saving and planning for when the job market picks up....in the future).

[Anonymous]

Don't jack up your rates. Wait until the virus passes, get a new job, and quit, telling them their payments are unreliable.

Double up on self-care now.

[Anonymous]

Quit, why the drama.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks, everyone.

[Anonymous]

Perfect time to find a new job and leave these cretins.

[Anonymous]

Its your time, you need to handle the discipline and make it clear its not ok.

Just quit.

[Anonymous]

Stop playing games. Just go get a new job, and give your two weeks notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perfect time to find a new job and leave these cretins.

cretins? ok, drama queen.

OP, yelling, stomping, and uncooperative attitudes about tidying up...sound like normal kid behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just to cut ties with parents and their increasingly awful offspring. Parents tell kids they need to improve their behavior; kids straighten up temporarily, no real consequences in terms of removed gadgets or physical toys.

Children have their good moments, but I deal with yelling, stomping (older children), uncooperative attitudes re: tidying and sometimes just overall disorganization in the house. It is wearing on me and every time I leave, it takes me a day to recover from a shift.

Increased my rate in January, but I am ready to quit once their pseduo-school year ends.

Not sure how to do it because the parents lay the "you are like family" molasses on, then go on to get behind on electronic payments, I have to remind parents and to threaten to not return in the past, they say 'oh our bad...'

Really, your bad?

tl;dr: Should I jack up my rates for the mental crap I have to put up with, and just be grateful, esp with COVID-19, that I am working? (And double up on self-care when I head home, while saving and planning for when the job market picks up....in the future).

[Anonymous]

People, OP’s last post was five months ago! Stop digging up old posts.