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[quote=Anonymous]As a MB, I would be understanding of all of the circumstances that you've laid out here in your post and wouldn't hold anything against you BUT I wouldn't tolerate lying for any reason. You are asking people who don't know you to trust you and I get that it can be hard to present the best possible image sometimes, but if I find out about even a little white lie at a later date it will forever color my image of you as someone that I can't fully trust.  If you asked me to lie to be able to contact your references, you can forget it.  I'd never consider you for the job in the first place.

I also completely get why families are going to want to know in detail why you're leaving your current position.  It's fine to keep it simple and even just leave it as "they are never on the same page about anything related to their child, from dropping a nap or potty training, to which brand of fabric softener to use, and it's getting tiresome".  That's not too personal and gives a clear picture of a family that would be frustrating to work for.

For your references, just be upfront that your current NF of 2.5 years and your previous NF of the 4.5 years before that are close and since you would prefer not to give them as references you only have one full time and one babysitting position to provide as references.  Again, I wouldn't hold that against you, though if you had even another babysitting reference available it would be nice.[/quote]

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