Is 5-10 Minute Early Drop off Worth it?

[BlueRose]

talk to them. 5 to 10 min will turn into 15 to 20min. Tell them that you don't open your door until 7am (daycare clock time). Then don't answer or unlock your door until 7am. If they keep showing up and knocking on your door before 7am. then let them know that there will be a fee for each minute they are early. If this happens make the fee a steep on like $5.00/min. Can you put a light in your window ans each morning turn it on at 7am to tell the family's you are now open and ready for them??

[Monday 2 Friday Mama]

Do you have any "wiggle room" in terms of when you start up ? I'm thinking perhaps you could change your start time to 7:15 - that way if they show up a few minutes before you're open it's easier for you to just let it slide. I open at 7:30 - partly because I too had a family who would pretty consistantly show up about 7 minutes early. I was new at that point in time, and I really didn't want to get into a dust up with this Mum (she's the same one who would just "let herself in" as opposed to knocking) and this worked for me.