Hello,

I have a child who has been with me for over one year now. My problem is that at drop off time the child comes loaded full of candy/chocolate/whatever it takes to get him out of the house so the child can come to daycare. At drop off time there used to be a routine with mom/dad which was they stay for two min and then after that a hug/kiss and good bye.

I sent them an email about a month ago about no more candy in my home! (they now do it right before he walks in the door). Until today he comes in and has chocolate in hand while we are trying to leave to go to the beach at 930 (this is my set time where you need to let me know if you are coming in for the day or not as this is when we leave to go and do whatever....).

Myself trying to leave the house leads to the child grabbing his mom/hitting me in the process (she does not even say anything when her child hits me...ugg) of them trying to say goodbye. The child is saying 'i dont want to go etc...' and then she offers to take him home... and then she does....

What would you do? I am at a loss.... I really like this family but they do not seem to care that their child is having issues and that the chocolate in the morning and not following through with their good bye routines are disruptful to myself and all the other children in my care.

I was going to give a final notice(I have given them reminder emails before in the past regarding the child's violent behavior and candy etc..) would that be fair in this situation?

Thank you for your help, I am so at a loss right now