Forum: Daycare providers' experiences with parents

I still can't believe some of the questions people ask me during interviews. I thought it might be fun to share some of the strangest ones we've been...

BEWARE...lol....graphic detailing of poop follows ;) So thought I'd just bring up something that has been ongoing with one of my dckids since he...

I have all my parents picking up in the last 10-15mins before I close. They all want a synopsis of their child's day(even though it is all in the...

So I have a new family that just started in May. In my new contract I have stated that new families need to pay me two weeks before the start of the...

I need some advice. I have had a brother and sister in my daycare for two years. I do not get paid for vacation time so I don't often take time off....

Hey Ladies Question for you. Do you guys inform your families if other families are leaving your care or if other families are joining? Obviously,...

Title sums it up, I cared for this woman's children since 2015, she was always flaky, bad with paying on time, etc... Liked the kids enough so I kept...

Hi, I am looking for advice on how to deal with two parents in an ugly divorce who both have 50/50 custody. I watch their two girls age 4 and 6. The...

This has never happened to me before and I have been doing daycare now for 20 years! I have been doing Daycare to a sister and brother 3 years old...

So a parent walks in tonight to pick up her child. She informed me that her father was taking her to a cottage this weekend and wanted to pick her up...

I have a contract with all my clients (i didn't in the beginning :( ) and I have it written right on the contract about stats and missed days. ...

So I open at 7:00am. I have 2 daycare parents who have to catch busses to get to work. These busses are at 7:00 so they had asked to drop the kids...

Good morning everyone! Who else does a Parent Appreciation Day? I got the idea from another day care in town. I'm doing it the first Monday of...

Hi, I'm new to this forum.....it's fantastic, I'm so happy I came across this site. I was just wondering if any providers had suspicion of abuse...

I really need to vent, what I'm feeling, I am trying my best to run a happy business and there is always one or two families who think we're here to...