Charging per hour/per day?

[Suzie_Homemaker]

This view might not be fair but it is what I think so I just going to say it.

It bothers me when provider moan about children there all day when in provider's view, child doesn't need to be. No one know what goes on behind closed doors. No one knows exactly what going on in client lives.

So if they pay full day rate, so what if child in daycare all day. Different if parents always late but it sounds like some provider want to capitalize on parents for using their full day care needlessly! I don't feel it provider place to determine that parent can only use their day care for hours they physically at work. Makes no sense.

My husband was military long time ago when our family young. We have four sons, all grown now. But when my husband away, I could get around the grocery store in less than an hour and spend in budget if boys not with me. If I finish work at 3pm and get chance to grab grocery, so what? As long as I get boys from their carer before close, as long as I pay as promised, what the big deal?

It same as grocery store is open from 8am until 11pm. It open 7 days a week. I normally go on a week day, early evening. I never go at opening time and I never go at closing time. But, what if one day I needed to? Am I not allowed to do that because that not my normal time? Is cashier going to moan that I am there at time not normally there even though store still open?

It make no sense, to me. If someone only at work 6 hours and uses full day they pay for, I just don't see the issue. I'm sure parents not get cut price or refund for unneeded hours so why not use them and have time at home, being wholly focussed on family rather than then trying to do errands.