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I should preface by saying that I have very casual relationships with my families. If I were to hand them a notice it would really throw them off guard. I would rather have a conversation or shoot them a text.
The exception being major things.
Example: if I ask all families to bring a bottle of sunblock I just do it verbally.
If I'm letting everyone know my vacation schedule for the summer I give a hand out
So this is my situation.
My hours are 8-4:30 (heavenly isn't it? I know I'm the luckiest daycare provider around!!!)
These times work for all of my families. If they didn't I'd try to make some exceptions.
So I have one dcg who's dad works and lives 15 minutes away (he lives where he works). He gets out of work at 4:30. When they signed up with me I made an exception for them (at no additional charge) and agreed to watch her until dad got there. 5pm was written on the contract but it was verbally discussed that he would get to her ASAP.
He averaged 4:50. Which seems fine to me. 5 minutes to get to his car etc.. and 15 minutes to get her.
well - he has taken to stopping at his apartment to change out of his work clothes before coming to get her lately.
arriving either right at 5 or a minute before or after.
Now this seems petty, I know. It is only 10 minutes. But I leave the second he gets here to pick up my own children at activities etc. I usually meet him in the driveway and my younger two are all buckled in the car waiting to go. So when he takes the extra 10 minutes it matters to me.
I feel like he is taking advantage of the exception that I've made for them.
He did this quite a bit last summer. He changed into shorts to be more comfortable.
Now that warmer weather is coming he has started up again.
They resigned a new contract 1/1/11 so I went through the trouble of being quite specific in their contract...
How can I verbally ask him not to go home and change first? He clearly sees no harm in this as he proudly smiled at me yesterday and said "It's so beautiful out I had to stop home and change into some comfy shorts before coming to get her"
The exception being major things.
Example: if I ask all families to bring a bottle of sunblock I just do it verbally.
If I'm letting everyone know my vacation schedule for the summer I give a hand out
So this is my situation.
My hours are 8-4:30 (heavenly isn't it? I know I'm the luckiest daycare provider around!!!)
These times work for all of my families. If they didn't I'd try to make some exceptions.
So I have one dcg who's dad works and lives 15 minutes away (he lives where he works). He gets out of work at 4:30. When they signed up with me I made an exception for them (at no additional charge) and agreed to watch her until dad got there. 5pm was written on the contract but it was verbally discussed that he would get to her ASAP.
He averaged 4:50. Which seems fine to me. 5 minutes to get to his car etc.. and 15 minutes to get her.
well - he has taken to stopping at his apartment to change out of his work clothes before coming to get her lately.
arriving either right at 5 or a minute before or after.
Now this seems petty, I know. It is only 10 minutes. But I leave the second he gets here to pick up my own children at activities etc. I usually meet him in the driveway and my younger two are all buckled in the car waiting to go. So when he takes the extra 10 minutes it matters to me.
I feel like he is taking advantage of the exception that I've made for them.
He did this quite a bit last summer. He changed into shorts to be more comfortable.
Now that warmer weather is coming he has started up again.
They resigned a new contract 1/1/11 so I went through the trouble of being quite specific in their contract...
Hours of Care: The child listed above will be here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
From 8:00am until 5:00pm. Please understand that this is an exception to my normal hours which are 8-4:30 and I have made the exception because I understand that you do not leave work until 4:30PM; however I do ask that you come directly to my home and arrive as promptly as possible. Late fees will begin at 5:01pm at the rate of $0.50 per minute.
From 8:00am until 5:00pm. Please understand that this is an exception to my normal hours which are 8-4:30 and I have made the exception because I understand that you do not leave work until 4:30PM; however I do ask that you come directly to my home and arrive as promptly as possible. Late fees will begin at 5:01pm at the rate of $0.50 per minute.
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