I have two great sets of parents. A full-timer and a part-timer. F/T child has been with me for almost a year, and her parents are great friends of my hubbys, and now of mine. We never signed a contract with them, as they're friends, but they follow the rules of my manual as if they have signed one!

P/T child has been with me since January, and parents have been upfront with me since day one of the interview! He's on a waiting list for the daycare in which his sister is in, although they're reconsidering on sending him there, as they can drop him off on his off days if need be. For example when his grandparents were away, I took him the extra days for that month (great extra income for me), and when his parents had to attend a wake. They would never receive that kind of care in an actual daycare system! As he's a teachers kid, he's off over the summer, and he has a spot reserved for him for September.

Overall, I suppose I'm just lucky. I have had trouble with my dance parents, but I let them go. My 11 other dance parents are just as awesome as my daycare parents!