Do Parents Knock or Walk Right In?

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

My parents come in directly to the playroom through the sliding glass door. Some parents wait until they see me. Some walk in. My playroom door can be hard to open so sometimes I have to open it! I can see the carport and the playroom door from my kitchen so I generally see everything. I also have 3 dogs that inform me of parents.

[momma2girls]

I think it is considerate to knock before you come barging in. I have this in my contract.

[makap]

Every single one of my parents walk in. They are told at the first interview to do so.

[lovemykidstoo]

I think it is considerate to knock before you come barging in. I have this in my contract.

I think so too. My parents have to come through my kitchen, dining room and laundry room until they hit the daycare rooms, so for them to just walk in and wander around is a bit much IMO. I don't think it's alot to ask for them to knock and have me let them in. I was telling my friend about my new mom that after 1 time meeting her she just walks in, she said that we've known each other for 40 years and she has the respect not to just walk in my house and I do the same at hers. It's not about being friendly/not friendly it's just plain respect. I am in no way saying that it's bad if you do want your parents to just walk in, just saying that I prefer them not to since they have to go so far into my house before I would see them.

[Provider_Manda]

I always have the door locked and I open it in the morning for each family. I dont have very many families though

I too always have my door's locked and let each family in. I feel safer that way !! Please I don't want someone just to walk right in on me

[familyschoolcare]

My door is locked it says so in my contract. I do have one parent that knocks and then checks to see if the door is locked. I can tell because the door nob moves just before I open it.

[SunnyDay]

They all knock.

[EMC2]

I put knock first because that's the only choice - our doors are locked.

[kendallina]

They walk right in. But, that's because I run a preschool, so everybody drops off and picks up at the same time. If I ran an all-day childcare where everyone arrived at a different time, the door would be locked and they would have to knock.

[Rachel]

We have to leave our door locked, so they knock, but even if it's opened sometimes (shhh, don't tell) I have never had a parent walk in without knocking (I have had MY children open the door so I was surprised by a parent).

[dave4him]

I keep the door locked, if i see a parent outside i will unlock it, but otherwise i dont need people just walking into my house.

[providerandmomof4]

I've had both but I really prefer a knock...although sometimes I don't hear it.::
Once, my babies were sleeping so I was vacuuming up fresh muddy paw prints from the carpet, when a dcd scared me to death. He was just standing behind me when I turned off the vacuum and I about died. I don't like that, I mean..how long had he been there? I should lock the door more but my grown kids are in and out several times throughout the day.

[Sunshine74]

I work at a center. The door is locked at all times, and we have a doorbell and an intercom. We have door releases in three different rooms with views of the front door so they can let parents in without having to leave the room.