Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

[Ariana]

This is why I am changing my snow policy come Monday. I use to stay open regardless. Last year some parents really did have to still work but I had a mom who lived 30 mins south of me and worked 45 mins north of me. She still dropped off dcb, and on her way to work got into an accident. I then lost power and had to close. Guess who took a while to get here because her boss wouldn't let her leave and dad didn't have a car seat. I'm thinking of closing when my town schools close now.

I have been thinking about this too! Maybe a policy that if schools are closed I am closed for safety reasons.

Last year we had a 3 day crazy heavy snowfall and people still came to care. People who were not working. One mom parked a few blocks away as my street hadn't been cleared just to bring her kid to daycare. She was home that day...no reason not to keep him home. Fortunately she kept him home the next day as I think she felt like a damn fool when she showed up head to toe covered in snow with baby and toddler in tow. When I asked her what happened and she explained she had to walk through several snowbanks to get him here I was shocked.

[Fiddlesticks]

My policy is that if our school district closes due to weather, so do I. One, I don't feel like juggling who can come when, and who cannot, as in the past I had children arrive after the school children left for school, I couldn't have them all here all day... But also, it is because I am worried about the parents getting BACK to pick up their children. We have recently had "cold" days, school was closed because the air temp was -30 degrees. I was closed, but one of the moms went to work and was stuck there because her car wouldn't start at the end of the day. Glad the children were not here at that time.

[daycare]

Oh my word. A kid, bored? The madness

right! I remember one time I told my mother, I am bored....she handed me a bucket and scrubber, pointed to the kitchen floor and said not any more.... I never said it again..

I don't understand why people feel children need to be entertained at all times. I am not their circus monkey.

[daycare]

dont most schools have in their polices that if they have to close due to weather that they will have so many paid closed days per year?

I am in CA, we don't have weather issues, we have fires and earthquakes. I have never had to close for either, but I do have it in my polices that if I am forced to close due to natural disaster or weather up to 3 days per calendar year will be paid closed days. So my parents would not be able to bring their kids and would still have to pay for up to 3 days.

[Ariana]

Here the buses get cancelled before schools get cancelled. Do you close when buses are cancelled or just when school itself is cancelled? I figure busses are cancelled for safety reasons.

When buses are cancelled there are hardly any kids at school and I keep my own child home.

[Bookworm]

Nothing surprises me about parents anymore! Absolutely nothing.

The same for me, but this is something I've never seen in my entire career.

[Mom2Two]

right! I remember one time I told my mother, I am bored....she handed me a bucket and scrubber, pointed to the kitchen floor and said not any more.... I never said it again..

I don't understand why people feel children need to be entertained at all times. I am not their circus monkey.

Yep, a favorite response. "Oh, you're bored? Well wouldn't it be fun to dust the leaves of my silk plants? Wait...where are you going?"