I have thankfully had pretty good interviews and families....knock on wood!!!

However, I have a new little boy starting next Monday and during the interview his mom did ask about my late policy and how it worked and how flexible I am. I close at 445pm but I know that 5pm is often needed so I am a TAD flexible. She said she was asking more for "what if" but I admit, it does have me a bit worried that she will be late a lot. I'm hoping it doesn't result in a lot of late pickups but I did tell her that if it happened a lot, I am not okay with it. She gets off at 430 but because she is the one who has to lock up the office she sometimes gets out late if other coworkers are in there. The city I live in takes no more than 10 minutes to get anywhere so I'm hoping it works out!! She has to pick up dad at 5pm so it shouldn't be later than that if at all!! lol

I would be annoyed with having to reschedule a lot but I have had a few parents who needed to reschedule days or times and I have had to do the same so I don't necessarily take that one as a red flag but I can see why it would be.

Negotiating fee would be a red flag for me. I have had people tell me that I charge a high fee and some of ended up coming here anyways but none of them have tried to negotiate it with me. I do have a family who supplies their child's food though because of a dairy allergy and they mentioned that their last provider charged a bit less because of this and they asked if that is something I could offer as well. They were fine and going to stay if I didn't but I did offer $3 less a day for them. It makes them feel better and it's not a huge decrease to me. It actually worked out better because I had raised my daily fee by $5 and I think it was too big of a jump for my area so I was going to charge all new clients the $3 less one anyways.