Daisy H.

My experience with the family was not good. I notified Heather and her ex-husband six hours ahead of time that my mother was ill and I had to go take care of her, because my brother is handicap and can"t help. The kids were often disrespectful and rude to the point of using foul abusive language to me. On two occasions one of the kids had a full blown tantrum lasting 15-30 minutes. Kicking, screaming, yelling, throwing things at me and using foul language. I had mentioned this behavior to the parents but it still continued to happen. Receiving verbal and physical abuse is not something anyone should tolerate. As for getting the kids to activities on time, one activity ended at 5:30 and I had to have the same kid to another activity that started at 5:00. I was told by Heather never to leave early to get to to the next activity. Whenever Heather asked me to do anything it was done plus extra. She mentioned in an e-mail I quote" I find when I give feedback you are very quick to adjust to what we are looking for, which is AWESOME". My pay was rarely on time, I showed up to work on time and came in early when called. Also, No one ever complained about my cooking. If there was a problem I should have been told about it then, not to see it from a review on Care. Com. A good relationship is based on communication. After speaking with the ex-husband via phone, we BOTH agreed to end my service with the family. He was very apologetic for how the kids treated me. I hope Heather finds a good fit for her family.