Bravo to all the providers who stand up to the melting down kids at the door. If more parents had the same backbone life would be so much easier everyday. I have 2 brothers in my daycare that turn into horrid children the minute mom and dad come to pick up, so now they text me when they are 5ish minutes from my house, I get the 2 boys ready and we wait at the door to avoid the unpleasantness. I don't have to watch the parents begging the boys to get ready over and over and it goes much quicker to sweep them out the door (thank goodness cause we all know quitting time can't come soon enough)