One Pick Up/ Drop Off Exceptions

[Ariana]

Why not have something special going on for him when his sister leaves. From a kids perspective he is feeling very left out.

[daycare]

The issue is that I can't conduct a special activity at the time that they are asking to pick up DcG. It's nap time.

They would need to pick up earlier for me to have dcb involved in a good fun and exciting activity. But if they are not willing to pick up earlier then it's the above options.

[Shell]

This is quite a hassle, and I would be annoyed as well. You can't have him carrying on like that- it's way too disruptive. Can someone else pick up dcb and take him somewhere special- like dcd taking him to work for a bit? Maybe the boy wants attention, but I think it's out of your hands. This is a crappy situation for you, and I feel they need to come up with a solution since they created the issue by "breaking" your one a day drop off rule.

[daycare]

This is quite a hassle, and I would be annoyed as well. You can't have him carrying on like that- it's way too disruptive. Can someone else pick up dcb and take him somewhere special- like dcd taking him to work for a bit? Maybe the boy wants attention, but I think it's out of your hands. This is a crappy situation for you, and I feel they need to come up with a solution since they created the issue by "breaking" your one a day drop off rule.

I agree and this is why I made that rule in the first place was to avoid situations like this.

I told dcm tonight and she was not happy. I said look, I am going out of my way to be flexible with you guys, disregarding my policies and trying to be helpful, however, you have to understand that when running a program, having a child screaming like someone is trying to kill him for over an hour is not ok. It scares the other kids and worst of all, it's happening during nap time, not allowing the other children to sleep.

I gave her the options again and she said she would get back to me tonight, which I kindly reminded her that I didn't respond to text after closing.

Yeah I am really throwing the book, because why should they be annoyed at me for letting them break my policy in the first place. Sorry, I am not going to lie down and be walked on this time.

So lets see what happens they have another two hours to let me know what they are going to do.

[Starburst]

You can try planning an activity that DCK likes around that time if possible so he would rather stay then leave.

It might be tempting to tell him he won't have fun at the doctor with sister but his sister might overhear (or he might tell her) and freak out and make them both afraid of going to the doctor in the future.

[deliberateliterate]

I agree and this is why I made that rule in the first place was to avoid situations like this.

I told dcm tonight and she was not happy. I said look, I am going out of my way to be flexible with you guys, disregarding my policies and trying to be helpful, however, you have to understand that when running a program, having a child screaming like someone is trying to kill him for over an hour is not ok. It scares the other kids and worst of all, it's happening during nap time, not allowing the other children to sleep.

I gave her the options again and she said she would get back to me tonight, which I kindly reminded her that I didn't respond to text after closing.

Yeah I am really throwing the book, because why should they be annoyed at me for letting them break my policy in the first place. Sorry, I am not going to lie down and be walked on this time.

So lets see what happens they have another two hours to let me know what they are going to do.

That's frustrating. You're trying to work with them, but they aren't willing to compromise at all. What ended up happening?

[daycare]

That's frustrating. You're trying to work with them, but they aren't willing to compromise at all. What ended up happening?

DCG ended up not coming today. They are mad, I can tell, but I really don't care.

dcb had a screaming fit a drop off. I tried to comfort dcb and let him know that he was fine. He cried for another 20 minutes, tired to make himself puke and so I laid him down for nap and he's still there sleeping.

I guess no matter what I did in this case, going against my own rule was a horrible idea.
I did tell dcp that this is the reason that I have the rule and moving forward I will enforce it.