Parking at Drop Off's and Pick Ups

[misol]

I think I would just point blank say,.. susan,... Ive asked you many times about the parking,.. I really cant understand why you insist on parking in my husbands space. He works hard and deserves to get into his driveway, and come home after a long day,.... If there is a reason for your doing this then tell me, because it seems like its a power struggle with you about it and I am thinking of terminating care over it. I will give you another chance but if you park in his spot or block my drive again,... Ill terminate our contract.

Sounds like you may have to walk out with her and physically SHOW her the exact spot her car should be. Walk over to it and say "This spot is good- any of these here are okay. But nothing from HERE on- this area is only for my family's cars, not the daycare." Ask her each time she comes where she parked. Give positive reinforcement when she does it right. (I am practically rolling my eyes out of my head typing this- parents have been driving me crazy lately too.)

I think that you should do both of these. Ugh! I would be sooooo annoyed at this parent. Do you have your door locked or unlocked at pick up? Either way, if you see her coming meet her at the door. Open the door (blocking the entrance with your body) and say I'm sorry, "I'm going to have to ask you to move your car first."

ETA - My contract says teh following about parking:

Parking
Parking is available on both sides of the street in designated areas. Our private driveway is reserved for the vehicles of family members only. Please do block or park in the driveway of our home (or the homes of our neighbors) at any time.

[tenderhearts]

Thanks, well as I said, she is really not all there, I truly don't think she intentionally is meaning too, I have always that she was a little "odd" to put it nicely, I don't really know how to describe her as being kind of a basket case.
I've never put it in a newsletter because I have only had this problem with one other parent about a year ago and then this one, I've told her not to block my neighbors driveways or mine but when I told her I really stressed the neighbors because we have bad neighbors but you'd think it would be obvious not to block mine especially when a parent pulls up right behind her and can't pull in the driveway.
So today when she picked up she did not block the driveway and parked exactly how she should, so I said "oh thank you for parking like that, I was going to mention to you again to please not block my driveway, to park like you are so other parents can pull in or out, she said oh I know I'm sorry I'm trying to get better. Ok whatever "trying" means, geez just do it. If she can't drive and judge her big lifted truck then she shouldn't be driving it.
She came a few months ago and said someone took out her side mirror, I'm wondering if it was her. So hopefully she'll stop!!

Oh and about how my husband feels, well he has a business at our home as well (his is in the shop) and he has a couple repeated clients that do some irritating, gross things.... Dogs peeing on all my daycare stuff (and all over our yard, our dog is trained to go in one spot), people spitting in our flowers, leaving cig all over, but that's just a few things and a whole other topic that isn't related so I wont go into it, but point is he doesn't like saying anything because he doesn't want to seem "mean".