What Do People Normally Charge When Parents Are Late

[Christian Mother]

I charge $5 a hr. No grace period. There are several diff. pick up times so I monitor who's getting picked up and I let them know right there and then. I add up at the end of the week and that is what they pay the following week before drop off. If a parent is only 15min late. They still pay $5 for that hr.

[SandeeAR]

I have no late fee. I CLOSE at 5:30 period. My parents RESPECT that.

I have one parent I work with, maybe once a month, she needs until 6pm. (She works for a doctor and if they are shorthanded, she may have to stay late.) It also helps that her little guy is like an adopted grandson

Other than that, I can't remember in 2 years anyone being late, ever.

[Unregistered]

There is a charge of $10.00 every five minutes or portion thereof that you are late picking up your child. Mrs. *******’s Christian Child care closes at 6:15 and as such the late fee will start at 6:15pm (there is no grace period).

Does this mean they need to be out of your driveway by 6:15 or can they arrive at 6:14 and ask you a zillion questions or stall and leave at 6:30 and still be considered not late? I am asking because I am in the process of "fixing" my contract. I have a few families that I think hang around here so they don't have to "parent" their kids until the last minute possible. They arrive at 5:59 (I close at 6) and stay and stay and stay... :-( I have tried having kids in the car ready to go, telling them I need to be somewhere...etc....it's such a tiny little town though that they seem to know my every move and there really isn't anywhere to go!
Thoughts?

[momma2girls]

I too charge $1/minute - and they are to pay it, in full, with cash right then and there. Parent walks in 15 minutes late, I simply say "You're 15 minutes late, you owe me $15 cash..." they sometimes say they don't have it on them, and when I remind them that there will be no daycare for little Johnny in the morning and thereafter until they pay, they miraculously pull out some cash

this is too funny!! ))

[momma2girls]

I charge $5.00 per 15 min. or any part of 15 min. I do enforce it as well.