Does any one ever feel like they just want to walk way from family childcare?

[playfelt]

My playroom is in the basement and I was having the same issue. We hung out upstairs doing stuff waiting for the last kids to arrive by which time it was often barely worth it to bother going down by the time we cleaned up upstairs. The moms on mat leave are the worst. They want their child to stay in care for socialization and learning time and then bring them after freeplay and circletime is over and then wonder why the others have crafts to take home and their child doesn't.

I now have a rule that I go down to the playroom at 9am and do not leave the kids to answer the door so don't bother coming late and ringing. One day of making the trip to my house baby in tow only to have to go back home and she has never been late since.

And yes I have gone to the park or years ago it involved walking kids to school so once we were gone we were gone. I always took a "different" route home with lots of pathways - ie off the main roads just because. Sometimes spite can do wonders for our moods.

Like children words either verbal or on paper are just that words and as the saying goes "actions speak louder than words". Sometimes you need to show the parents that you are serious about enforcing a rule for them to actually realize you meant them too.