Late Dad

[Ms.Kay]

I inform parents in the interview....if they say they have an "about time" 10 ish...ect....they're will be many times where you will have to call and find out where we are....I have other kids in my care and will not let parents hold me up because they have a flexibility to drop at different times. Just this summer I had a dad look for me......he said he drove around for an hour...and missed a call. Not my problem.

[Unregistered]

Drop off early

I have parents arrive prior to me opening my gate at 7:00. I never open it early. I make them wait with their kids. My parents drop off through my side gate and it’s locked so no door knocking or doorbells. So far it’s working.

[littlefriends]

I have parents arrive prior to me opening my gate at 7:00. I never open it early. I make them wait with their kids. My parents drop off through my side gate and it’s locked so no door knocking or doorbells. So far it’s working.

I ended up putting a sign on my door that says I open at 7 and do not knock in big red letters. I tell parents at interview when I’m touring the sign in/out area that they need to take that sign super seriously because if they go ahead and knock anyway I’ll be answering the door while holding their child’s things and a termination letter! ::

[Unregistered]

I holler through the door I’m busy! Sometimes they wait for 5-10 minutes depending on what I’m doing.

[Hunni Bee]

I always get reminded of the time I came in to my 1st daycare job at 6 am to tidy up a bit one morning. We didn't open til 6:30. There were two super boundary-pushing moms that always got there at 6:10 and would chat until I got there around 6:25.

They got there that day, saw lights on and proceeded to ring the bell, bang on the door and holler from 6:10 to 6:28 when I wordlessly unlocked the door 😐😐