I had daycare years ago when my youngest daughters were little, and just recently restarted.
In my old policy I had added a clause about parents arriving to pick up their child who were obviously under the influence. It stated that I may ask them not to take the child or to have someone else come pick them up. As I KNOW you cannot stop a parent from taking their child, I also added that if they insist on taking the child that the local police department would be notified immediately.
I no longer had an issue with this particular dad who was the reasoning behind creating that clause...he was an alcoholic and eventually committed suicide a few years after the kids were no longer in my care.

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