Taking a Family Back... WWYD??

[Crazy8]

I tried to post this anonymously a few days ago but it never posted - don't know if it wasn't approved or what :confused: so I'm just going to post without much detail - sorry if that makes it more confusing.

Would you take back a family who paid you on time, stayed home with sick kids but was also just a thorn in your side, always demanding special for their child, world revolves around them mentality type people?? The kind that left on good terms but you were just fine wishing them well and saying goodbye??

If you have a bunch of openings coming up and know they are going to be harder to fill would you take this family back??

[countrymom]

hmm if I needed the money yes. But I would lay the ground rules out first. Maybe they changed????

[beachgrl]

Id prolly take them back but Im desperate ..havent been full yet since opening but seriously...maybe have a very specific contract for them that goes over any issues/thorn in side type stuff that you can address from the get go.

Idk, kinda depends on what things bothered you..inhad a family i wouldnt take back now but they did not pay on time, were inconsiderate and flaky and i was glad to see them go as well as the high needs tantrumy dcb.

[saved4always]

Only if I really needed the money and I didn't have any other alternatives for my openings. If I was happy to see the back of them the first time they left, I don't think I would be happier dealing with them the second time around. I would figure they are going to be the same as before.

[Crazy8]

hmm if I needed the money yes. But I would lay the ground rules out first. Maybe they changed????

I had hoped for this as we all seem to calm down after the first child, LOL, but nope, after one phone call I knew that wasn't the case.

[Heidi]

Yes, if you can lay down the ground rules in advance, and if you have the backbone to carry them out.

GOT MILK????

[wdmmom]

What was their reasoning for leaving in the first place?

How many daycares has their child been enrolled in?

What is their reasoning for wanting to leave their current provider?

I'd take those factors into consideration first. If they were a PITA family, you might want to mention that you've changed a few things since they left including (whatever they did that you didn't like) and see if they are still interested.

I've had a family want to come back and I gladly would have taken them if I had the room. Since they had left, they had another baby and the kids weren't that far apart so they were needing 2 infant spots and I couldn't meet their needs.

[Cat Herder]

No

I don't do sequels.

[bunnyslippers]

I would probably take them back, based on the fact that they paid you and respected your sick policy. That being said, I would make sure to have a frank discussion about what you will and will not do this time around.

I struggled with a similar situation once, and felt that the reliable payment and respect for my policies was worth the additional headache.

[saved4always]

No

I don't do sequels.

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[MrsB]

No

I don't do sequels.

:::::::: I was thinking to myself part 2 is always worse than part 1.

[daycare]

....that is too funny.

Yes part two of any movie is always bad..

I thought about it awhile back when a family of mine that termed asked to bring their other child back. I thought long and hard and had to remember how horrible it was. There was no amount of money that was going to take me back there.

[MamaBear]

I did this once and regretted it. I needed the money so I took a very annoying family back. They paid on time and did all the right things but the mom was SUPER annoying. She'd take forever to leave and had to know every detail about what the kids did each day... down to how many poops were in the kids diaper! Ugh.

Her kids would always bring diseases here even though they were a clean looking family. The daughter brought MRSA and Hand Foot Mouth disease... just to name a couple! They were a family that on their last day, I literally did a happy dance around my house! haha... A few months later the mom asked if they could come back because the son wasn't doing well in his preschool. I reluctantly said yes and still wish I said no.

She irritated me even more the second time around. So if you don't need the money - I'd say don't do it!

[DCMom]

I guess it depends. If they left on good terms and the problems were the run of the mill variety, I think I would. BUT...I would be going over the policy handbook with them in minute detail, stressing the policies that they tended to bend.

I actually took my 'kept-a-diaper-change-spreadsheet' family back when the kids were older (and out of diapers : Of course I made them beg, but when I did I was very clear that it was my way or the highway. They actually turned out to be a really good family the second time around.

[Crazy8]

I did this once and regretted it. I needed the money so I took a very annoying family back. They paid on time and did all the right things but the mom was SUPER annoying. She'd take forever to leave and had to know every detail about what the kids did each day... down to how many poops were in the kids diaper! Ugh.

Her kids would always bring diseases here even though they were a clean looking family. The daughter brought MRSA and Hand Foot Mouth disease... just to name a couple! They were a family that on their last day, I literally did a happy dance around my house! haha... A few months later the mom asked if they could come back because the son wasn't doing well in his preschool. I reluctantly said yes and still wish I said no.

She irritated me even more the second time around. So if you don't need the money - I'd say don't do it!

Your first paragraph describes this family to a T!!!!!! She had to know the consistancy of poops in her 2 year old. Let's put it this way.... even her pediatrician kicked her out of the practice, LOL!!! She'd start most sentences with "I'm not a neurotic mom, but...." Yeah, if you have to start sentences with that chances are you ARE being neurotic.