Winter gear vent

[Errbear]

I find it really funny that some of us are separated by just a few km's(I'm in Milton), and for others we are distanced by the hundreds and even thousands of km's, but we all have the same problems. It's amazing how dense some parents are when it comes to their kids and daycare needs. Even all my local dcp friends have the same issues as I do. It's like we are all working for identical famillies. Some, and I only mean a very small population, are fairly just plain clueless. Most are just lazy and careless. It's so aggravating. Luckily for me, this year I have gone from doing this full time to just wed-fri and it's only for one family. They are on the ball with everything so I have no complaints. Their baby starts here in Feb. Hopefully I don't have to eat my words by then

It would be nice if we could make the parents really think about what is really needed for their kids everyday by refusing to take their kids in the morning because they aren't equipped to handle a regular day. For some all it would take would be just once for them to screw up their morning trying to get it right

[Errbear]

I always joke that with most parents here it was "Fashion over Function"

[Serendipity]

I used to keep extra winter stuff but one year I had a daycare parent actually tell me that I helped her save money. When I asked how, she said that since I always had extra snowpants for her DD, she didn't have to buy any.

Now, I require ALL kids to have the required outdoor gear daily and if they show up without it, I would turn them away at the door.

I still have some extra's but I don't tell anyone that I do.

A provider friend of mine charges a $2 fee per day to anyone she has to lend her extra's to. I thought it was kind of a nice idea.

[playfelt]

Love the idea of "renting" required items.