Pick up / drop offs

[sunnydays]

I have a similar situation...a family who never actually needs to have their kids in care until 5:30, but since those are the hours on our contract, they pick them up at around 5:20 every day. Mom cooks dinner before kids are picked up...even now that she is home for the summer (she's a teacher) the kids are here until close to 5:30. It was starting to irritate me as well since the other kids are all gone by 5pm. I decided I really didn't have the right to be irritated as I had caused the problem myself by setting my hours as I did...so in order to fix the problem, I told the family that as of September, they will have to pick up at 5pm. They agreed although they weren't happy about it. Basically, many parents will use the hours they are paying for, thinking that since they are paying for it they had better use it. They also get used to having that time to get things done like errands or cooking. I was like you when my sons were in daycare...always rushing to get there an pick him up as early as possible to spend a little time with them...but not everyone is like that! I have learned to set my hours according to what I can handle and then I won't care what the parents do with that time as long as kids are picked up on time