I guess the way I see it is that my kids (ages 3 & 5) don't have the run of the house even when it's not daycare hours. They still have to ask me if they can have a snack and I have to approve what that snack is. And for the most part, they have one snack in the morning and one in the afternoon, just like at daycare. They can't just turn the TV on or play with the Ipad whenever they want. They have to ask and there are limits. Certainly they can play on their own, but I'm never far enough away that I wouldn't be able to hear them if there was a problem (I can't hear them if I'm downstairs with a bunch of daycare kids and they are in their rooms upstairs). So what I expect from them during daycare hours isn't completely different than what I expect the rest of the time.