Request to see the child at the first meeting

[michellesmunchkins]

I always insist that the child be present at the meeting. This may sound harsh, but I'm not going to keep wasting my time 'meeting' with a family only to find out their child will not fit with our current children or with me for that matter. I also like to see how the parents interact and handle their child while in my home..helps me to determine if we are on the same page in regards to child rearing. If I had to meet with the parents first, then meet with them and their child it just takes too much out of my family time as I ONLY do meet/greets in the evenings after the daycare children have gone home (protects them from having strangers in my home when they are there)