Quote Originally Posted by sunnydays View Post
I would love to do as Reggio has done and make my hours the same for everyone...but one family needs 8-5 (the family that moved with me from my old location) and the rest are all 7:30-4:30. ....
When I made my change from working 7 - 5:30 to 7:30 - 4:30 I had one original client like this as well ~ I changed my hours publicly on my website and with all my other clients clarified this was how things were now and they were all cool cause it did not affect them and with the ONE client actually affected at time before I publicly announced the change I told them they would be 'grandfathered in' so I did not charge them the same 'extra extended hour fees' I now charge any new clients signing on cause I had made an agreement with them and wanted to honor it even though I had decided it was not going to work long term ... basically my agreement with them was private and no one elses business however they were awesome and when they found out I would be working late for just their kid they were able to make arrangements to purchase additional carseat in order to share drop off and pick up and therefore reduce their hours a bit anyway so they are still a bit outside the 7:30 - 4:30 not the full 10 hours they were initially using cause mom as doing all the drop off and pick ups alone prior

IMO if we do not let others know what is not working for us or causing us stress or what we need how can they know we need their help on how to fix it... if you are struggling with too long hours let the ones using them know you'd never know if they could actually 'shorten' them if need be and are just using the max cause they figured they could and it was 'easier' for them.