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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: for all the people who think I was so mean to this poor girl, she'll be in rematch soon with APIA (for a major safety violation with my kids, which I doubt will be listed on rematch documents). She called for rematch first, because she is so unhappy that I was "mean" to her by reporting the major safety violation to the agency. So good luck with that one-- I am glad to be rid of her![/quote]

OP-can you share what the major safety violation was? [/quote]

OP here. So now that she's rematched, I will say that she let my special needs 3-year-olds run in front of a moving school bus. It was horrifying-- the bus honked and screeched to a halt, and I came running out of the garage to see her pulling them back from the street. And then, she didn't understand why her failure to hold their hands was a big deal, and she got mad at *me* for contacting the cluster leader about this and other, previous safety incidents. This was after two weeks of me doing the bus routine with her everyday. She claims this and her other safety violations (like boiling water on the front burner with the handle sticking out where my kids could reach it) are all *cultural differences*. Because her culture allows special needs toddlers to get hit by a bus or boil their faces off.

After that, she had a sulky attitude and barely did anything helpful. The last straw was when I asked her to cut up the thigh and drumstick of a cooked rotisserie chicken for my kids, and she sulked and pouted and pretended to not know which part was the drumstick (her English is perfect, and I was standing right there if she had a question). She just didn't want to do it, because she thinks meat with bones is yucky.

APIA rematched her and no one ever contacted me for a reference. Amazing.[/quote]

It sounds like you were flagged as a problem family and gave your version of events less credit, as a result. [/quote]

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