Breakfast

[apples and bananas]

This is hard to deal with. On one hand you want to make sure the client understands that it's your dayhome and you make the rules, on the other hand, you don't want to make a client upset because of one small issue. And really.... breakfast brought from home could be a small issue.

If it's really a huge problem then I'd send the client an email just letting them know that although I understand their intentions are good and it is an early start, you do snack at 9am and are unable to watch a child eat safely while the rest are playing in another part of the house. I would blame it on safety and leave it at that.

If it continues, I'd refuse the food at the door.

You also have to be concerned about allergies in your home. We have young ones and often allergies to food develop. You don't want something like a peanut allergy to come up in your care because of food you didn't make.