With grandparents and aunts and uncles coming to first interviews I would assume the parents are not confident in their own ability to choose a daycare. Not sure I'd want to deal with such parents on a daily basis. I get that close extended families have other family members that are curious where the child spends so much of their week and wanting to see the daycare...but not at the initial interview. I do wonder if this is more likely to happen with certain cultures? Where they live with grandparents etc.

I have a family in care and the grandma was in town for the week and after the 3rd day of dad doing pick up and saying "grandma is in the car waiting for you" to his 1 yr old I asked him if Grandma would like to come in for pick up the next day to see the daycare. The dad was very happy and said grandma would be thrilled. They knew that bringing her in would be a disruption for the daycare and grandma had been waiting outside. I was very impressed with this...I have no problem with them coming in for a quick peek at pick up...but the fact they didn't just barge in was very much appreciated (they could have asked me themselves though, instead of waiting for me to ask).

Anyways...I've never had more than mom dad and the kids looking for care come and I would find it very distracting and unnecessary. Hopefully I don't run into this but I suppose it is worthwhile to mention it. I do insist that the kids come for the first interviews (and I am happy to have them for the contract reading which is done at a second interview, not the first). I have to work with the child all week...if I can't get through a contract reading with them present then I probably don't want them in my daycare.