What hours are you "open"?

[Play and Learn]

I'm in Kemptville, ON, and my hours are 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. I'm very strict with my hours, and I'm not afraid to ask for more money as I own my own dance school that I run in the evenings from 6-9 p.m. and on Saturday mornings out of my home.

I know parents want me to open until 5:30 p.m., but they won't give me the extra $20 for care! lol Life doesn't revolve around them....I have a life too, like to spend it with my husband, and then to teach.

[Spixie33]

I have cut back my hours. When I started I offered 6:30 - 5:45...... but I just couldn't do that anymore. It was intruding into my family time and I was having a really hard time getting up early enough so I could have my kids breakfast, lunches made and be open by 6:30.

I have moved it to 7:15 - 5:00.

I only have one after school child who stays until 5:30 - gack ! When her parents signed up initially they said they would usually be here by 3:30-4:30 but then when they saw my hours in the handbook and saw 5:30 they started stretching it out to the very last minute - LITERALLY. Luckily the after school child only comes once or twice a week.


Two of my kids get picked up around 3:00-4:30 and one set of siblings gets picked up at 5:00

I would love to take on only these early pick ups from now on because it really makes a difference so that I can take my own kids to activities and also cook supper etc since I don't cook while the daycare is here