Just do what you are doing. They arent asking anything extra from you. Obviously you run a great program and I wouldnt worry about adding any extra pressure to what you do by worrying that you will let someone down.
Quote Originally Posted by Spixie33 View Post
HI everyone....
Just wondering if anyone else ever feels the pressure to live up to really high expectations?
I run a pretty tight and fun ship. The kids and families are all great.
One family is so great they recently OFFERED me a voluntary raise of $15 per week. I never mentioned a peep about fees and they just email me and tell me that they are so happy with me that they want to increase it and won't take no for an answer.

Pretty amazing parents but now I feel pressured to live up to this ideal that they seem to have of me.

Then I interviewed a new family (17 mo old girl from my other conflicted post). Fantastic family and child and they were going to wait and start January and now they call and say they are so anxious and pleased and 'excited' about my daycare that they want to start as soon as possible and not wait for their existing provider to shut down. They keep going on about how thrilled they are to have found me and how wonderful my daycare and program seems that now I feel like they like me 'too' much and I feel pressure that I have to impress them or keep them at that level.

Ahhhhh! It seems silly probably but when people have really high expectations of me I get stressed and panicked and feel like I have a weight on my shoulder to live up to it.