This has not happened to me before and I am unsure how I want to handle it moving forward. Advice?

DCB (2.5) is flying 2 states over with his family for vacation. His return flight lands at 7:30am our time. DCF is taking a shuttle from the airport to their home and are planning on dropping off DCB with me around 9:30am. Mom said because the flight is so early "DCB will probably be tired."

I am not sure how I feel about this.

DCB is going to be very tired and I don't feel like it is fair for him to expect to be here and participating in care while mom, dad and sister are home.

So...how do I handle this? Allow DCB to come and if he is too out of sorts, send home? I do have a policy that states children will be sent home for lethargy, or the inability to participate in the day's activities but I do not have a policy on children getting off a plane and coming directly to my house.

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