to let them spend the night ruling out other providers (or calling and canceling). Give them a call tonight and say just what you said - I respect the differences in style, but I am not able to accommodate many of your requests and I am afraid other issues may come up later.

Also - work on being really clear - up front- about your policies, model, philosophies and what you are willing to accommodate. The fact that you got to an interview means that you didn't give them enough information on the phone and wasted everyone's time.

Also - consider this - they are brand new and may need a chance to understand what policies are like and they do deserve a chance to consider and accept your terms if they want to - or someone's - without having things 'come up". Also - they may want some social interaction, but not 1/8th of an adult. One to eight is out of most state ratios for a 15 month old.

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