As long as my children are the same ages as the daycare kids that come, they will follow the same rules. Once they are older, they will have more freedom to do what they want during daycare hours. They'll be in school for most of the day anyway. However, while they are still young and at home during the day, I feel it's only fair that I have similar expectations for them as I do for all the kids. To tell all the daycare kids that they can't watch TV, eat whatever and whenever they want, play wherever they want, etc. and then turn around and tell my own kids that they can do as they please doesn't seem right. But my kids also went to a daycare prior to me opening my own and understand that if I wasn't doing this, they would still be in daycare. So they are pretty used to the daily routine. Plus, it's pretty hard for me to watch the daycare kids and my own kids if they are doing separate things.