Pick up / drop offs

[sunnydays]

Yes, don't make yourself available for such long hours! 12 hours!!! That is way too much! I've actually dropped mine to 9 hours. I actually don't care that much what the parents do with their time either (except that if I think about it I feel sad for the kids), but when I have made their hours longer than everyone else to accommodate and then find out that they are at home or out for coffee, it irritates me. That's why I took matters into my own hands and changed pick-up time. I think we are responsible for our own happiness and lack of stress. If a situation is stressing us or irritating, WE are the only ones who can change it through our actions. You can't make a parent want to spend time with their kids, but you can make it so it doesn't bother you.

Thanks guys I really appreciate your comments.

I"m happy to find myself not alone feeling this way. Now I just have to find a way to accept it and let it slide I guess seeing all your comments helped me. It's not that I mind a parent using the daycare to go off a run some errands or do a few things or even go at a spa once in a while. I totaly get it. I think in this case it just seems a little exagerated. As if the child is a burden. At first I tought they were leaving him here because I have AC, a shaded backyard during the heatwave. Which I was fine with. They don't have AC or a backyard. But this week mom has been here at 5h27 both days when I knew she was home all day. So it pushed me to write this post and see how every body else felt. I do like the idea of having a 10 hour limit. I think I'll change my contract to get paid over-time.

Thanks guys !