Originally Posted by Ac114:
Does anyone else have a rule like this or a designated area that you can clearly tell by it being gated off that this is where parent stays? Has it worked? Has it caused issues or do parents seem put off by it? Just looking for feed back. Thanks!
We have an entrance specially for the parents with a little sitting area and even like that is hard to keep them from coming in.
Some things that might help:
Have a sign on the door in the morning that says "Closing at **PM sharp today please wait here for your little one" (maybe use it 3/4 times a week?) or also you can put in the contract that if parents want to spend few minutes with their kids they need to arrive BEFORE the closing time. Very little parents actually come before closing time since they like to think they used up what they paid for as much as possible .