What Should I Do? Advice

[momma2girls]

OK, here goes my insight on this.

I can see having this policy as it one leaves for an appt., the other will be upset that they don't get to go. Then you have the parents coming back to get the one that was left. To much in and out for me personally.

The sickness part, the one that has to go to daycare is going to be upset that they have to go and *** gets to stay home with mom/dad. Will make a long day for the provider if the other child is upset.

Same thing for the vacation. Why can't the parent take both kids. It just doesn't make sense to me. Why only take one? You had two children, two need to go with the parent. Once again, the child that is left behind will be all out of sorts because they were left back. How fair is that! A week of an upset child.


I had this similar thing happen to me. I had to call a parent to come and pick up a child that was sick. I got the other sister who is 2 ready to go also. The mom came in and told me, well she is staying. I told her "I don't think so, she will see you take her other child, and throw a fit." She took her, but she didn't want to. Then the next day, guess who shows up at my door, screaming, because the brother was home sick and so was Mom. I immediately placed this in a newsletter and will be in the next contract.
This also happened to 3 other daycare friends!!


I recently had this happen to me. The sibling went for a couple weeks to see relatives. The sibling that was here was just a handful the entire time! Once the sibling returned, no problems. The reason for the one to stay with me-I charge whether the child is here or not so the parents kept the one here with me. The other one goes to a different childcare.

I had this similar thing happen to me. I had to call a parent to come and pick up a child that was sick. I got the other sister who is 2 ready to go also. The mom came in and told me, well she is staying. I told her "I don't think so, she will see you take her other child, and throw a fit." She took her, but she didn't want to. Then the next day, guess who shows up at my door, screaming, because the brother was home sick and so was Mom. I immediately placed this in a newsletter and will be in the next contract.
This also happened to 3 other daycare friends!!

[daycare]

I think I understand DC!

Your policy states siblings in care together or need to be out of childcare together.

This family TELLS you, not ask that only one child will be here next week. Violation of your policy. Would be like telling you they won't be paying you till child returns as they aren't in care instead of on the day its due.

So, they are still benefitting from the discount but both kids aren't there or gone.

I totally get the policy thing! Maybe its time to make an ammendment and just get rid of it. Everyone pays full price per child no matter if they are there or not.

Now when parents pick up have a copy of your policy and show them where they signed and how they have to take both children with them next week. Remember if you break it for one you need to do it for everyone!

heeeeyyyy does that mean my English is getting better? hahahahah

my friends tease me....they say OMG I understood what you are talking about....We finally get it...................

Thanks for your support.... I told the DCM at pick up that I would appreciate it from now on that if they needed something to talk to me about it. SHE knew the policy very well. We had just talked about it two weeks ago. I told her that I would allow for the policy to slide this time and that since it did not seem to really work out for them to keep the kids out together, that we should just do away with the policy all together.

All of a sudden the other DCK can now go on the vacation too. ???????

I am beating my head on the wall right now....

thanks ladies for all of your opinions and advice.