Quote Originally Posted by admin View Post
Hi,

How do you encourage parents to come pick up their children on time?
Do you charge fees if they are often late?

You don't "encourage". You simply make the consequence so distasteful that they CHOSE to be on time. Just like children who must suffer consequences for their inconsideration so should parents.

So, here, I am VERY upfront that you WILL NOT BE LATE. PERIOD. The first time I will sock you with a $15 for every quarter hour or part of a quarter hour (which is a dollar a minute). The second time you will be charged the same rate AND receive a warning. The third time I terminate you.

So, the simple thing you need to convey to your dcparents is that being late will result in NO DAYCARE.

And yes, I really mean that.

ETA: In the past 5 years I have had only ONE late parent. And that really WAS an extenuating circumstance that I am not at liberty to divulge. BUT, even though it was clearly NOT her fault (and to be honest I felt pretty bad for her given the circumstances) she still came in and handed me a $20 bill for being ten minutes late.