Parents popping by

[playfelt]

My policy is the same. Feel free to drop in but you take your child home with you. It is a matter of trust. When you dropped the child off in the morning you said you would come back for them. They do not understand that you are just visiting and will feel abandoned when you leave. Also it is not my responsibility to waste time resettling your child who is now in tears - way too time consuming. Just because a parent has insecurities there is no reason for the child to suffer.

[Spixie33]

Wow I didn't even realize parents would do that.

When I was a parent using a home daycare I would sometimes get off work early and come by to the daycare unannounced to pick up my child a few hours early. That was sort of my way of stopping in to see how things are when she was n ot expecting me but I was also taking my son back home with me. The daycare provider never seemed to mind. She was probably happy that I was taking my child home early.

I have never had a parent come by early unannounced. Well....only once but it was only 1 hour earlier and she was picking up her daughter early too. I didn't mind