Hours of Care more then 9?

[Inspired by Reggio]

Yes ~ nothing black and white in the DNA forcing only a 9 hour rule ... the 9 hour day is a 'recommendation' based on evidence in the field that children left in care longer than that start to have increased anxiety, stress and negative behavior ... 8 hours seems to be most children's perfect threshold, 9 hours is pushing it and over 9 hours and you can expect to have more end of the day accidents and incidents so I would be planning things that are quiet and calm to help reduce chances of behavior occurring in the first place!

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I have a dck who is here for about 10 hours per day. It makes for a long day, for sure! I have recently changed my hours to 7:30am to 5pm, which forces new families to only stay a maximum of 9.5 hours per day. I find that if you are open for 10 hours, families will have their child(ren) stay for the full 10 hours.