So sorry Valerie, what a start for you!!! A 2 year old child needs a nap so that would be non-negotiable at my daycare every afternoon. You are absolutely right about demanding a week's supply of diapers and wipes before you let them in the door tomorrow morning. If anyone disrespected my contract and start and close times the way you are describing they would be gone. I have bills to pay but I won't be treated like dirt!

This is also the reason I don't ever want to work for an agency. I want to choose who comes to my daycare and I want families who understand that my contract is law and that they must value their daycare space or they will lose it. Be careful not to project desperation, because people can smell that and will walk all over you. Stand up for yourself and let the parents know what is not acceptable just like you teach the children that same thing.