Originally Posted by Unregistered:
You said she had to walk over with older child, so that may have taken a little more time than she intended. Since things were so close, why do you need to fuss over a few mins here and there.
Because those few minutes belong to the provider. Those few minutes were NOT part of what the mother is paying for and being late is completely disrespectful.
Plus if the mom had to walk with the older child, SHE should have made the adjustment and left earlier if having someone else with slowed her down.
Just because the provider is in her own home does NOT make HER time for HER family AFTER hours any less valuable than the daycare moms and the provider doesn't always have to be the one to "adapt" and "let it slide" when it has to do with the actions of OTHER people.
If more people stopped making excuses for these parents and stopped letting it go, maybe more parents would be respectful to their providers and stop being late.
Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Just change her pick up time and make it earlier. You chose to have your o w n business, these are the things that happen to a business owner. Go work for some pre school and you can get home on time without missing anything . And yes, even if you had a retail or food service business, people linger. You can't close your doors always at 6 or whenever on the dot.
You are right, the provider DOES own her own business and she does get to set the rules and her rules say she closes at a specific time. That means AT that time, not a few minutes later.
People DO linger but if other business allow that...good for them but this provider doesn't have to just because some people are rude enough to not be considerate of others and their time.
I CAN and DO close my doors on the dot. EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.
