Quote Originally Posted by daycaremum View Post
Just a question.....Why do you have them bring Tissue? That is just a normal expense of running a child care in my opinion. They bring wipes, diapers, bum cream.....anything that is specific to there child, but Kleenex is needed by everybody. I just stock up and get whatever brand I like. As far as bringing items for craft, I would just ask her to stop bringing them unless they are cleaned or free of rips, because they are not usable. Sometimes you have to be direct and if she says you can wash them, you tell her, no, I don't have time for that and you'd rather her not bring them if she doesn't have time to rinse them.

Sounds like you are both tired of each other. I was in that situation. I couldn't wait for them to leave (the parents) and once they got accepted into our town daycare they were outta here. It was time for us both to move on.
I think that a lot of you hit the nail on the head....we are just weary of each other and it is definitely time to move on. Thankfully, they will be gone in a few months...I was really just worried that I was going crazy feeling like I do. I guess when I think about what a PP said about loyalty and trust, it makes alot of sense. I can also totally see where we have probably just gotten too comfortable around each other.

As far as the tissues, I made the decision last year that I was either going to raise my rates or start asking parents to chip in a but more....they ALL chose to bring certain supplies versus a rate increase. That way it is a win-win for everyone.

I provide a VERY high quality, all organic, cloth diaper, no electronics/TV program and if I didn't raise rates or have parents start chipping in a bit, I was going to have to find other ways to cut costs. Asking for tissues and wet wipes seemed minimal to parents but a huge cost saver for me.