Cut off for drop off

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Then keep your kids home with you if it’s that important.

I still have to work, just not 9 to 5 like most people. Shouldn't daycare suit parents' childcare needs? We're paying for a service afterall.

It depends. Is this also "preschool?" Our daycare had several children that only came from 9-3 for preschool. The "teaching" started at 9. They treated it like a school so the kids also treated it like school. I could see repeatedly coming late as disruptive in this case.

They don't advertise as a preschool.

They don't teach them the alphabet or anything like that. They sent us an email at the beginning of the year saying that they do story time (why so early in the morning I don't know) and songs. That's pretty much it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Transitions with toddlers/pre-k are difficult and if OP is having her kid disrupt a routine that's already put in place, things can domino. If you haven't worked in early childhood edu you may not understand.

This. Yes, daycare is a service parents pay for but it's not personalized babysitting like a nanny would be. There's a critical group dynamic going on and the teachers and assistants are working a delicate balancing act to help the children settle in and get with a happy routine. Parents sometimes blow off as irrelevant the arrival time bonding and acclimation that occurs. Parents who parachute their child in once circle time has started who misses this important time are doing their child a serious disservice.

[Anonymous]

We're asked to drop our preschooler DS off by 9:00 AM because that's when the structured activities start. We have a little more leeway with DD, who's in the infant room at the same center (drop off window is between 8:30-9:30).

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Transitions with toddlers/pre-k are difficult and if OP is having her kid disrupt a routine that's already put in place, things can domino. If you haven't worked in early childhood edu you may not understand.

This. Yes, daycare is a service parents pay for but it's not personalized babysitting like a nanny would be. There's a critical group dynamic going on and the teachers and assistants are working a delicate balancing act to help the children settle in and get with a happy routine. Parents sometimes blow off as irrelevant the arrival time bonding and acclimation that occurs. Parents who parachute their child in once circle time has started who misses this important time are doing their child a serious disservice.

BUT that needs to be communicated when enrolling. If care is open 6am-6pm that suggest flexibility. I also wouldnt want to drop my kid off at 6am knowing that "structured" activity doesnt occur until 9am. There is structure throughout the whole day.

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Transitions with toddlers/pre-k are difficult and if OP is having her kid disrupt a routine that's already put in place, things can domino. If you haven't worked in early childhood edu you may not understand.

This. Yes, daycare is a service parents pay for but it's not personalized babysitting like a nanny would be. There's a critical group dynamic going on and the teachers and assistants are working a delicate balancing act to help the children settle in and get with a happy routine. Parents sometimes blow off as irrelevant the arrival time bonding and acclimation that occurs. Parents who parachute their child in once circle time has started who misses this important time are doing their child a serious disservice.

BUT that needs to be communicated when enrolling. If care is open 6am-6pm that suggest flexibility. I also wouldnt want to drop my kid off at 6am knowing that "structured" activity doesnt occur until 9am. There is structure throughout the whole day.

Don't you ask how the day is structured before enrolling?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Then keep your kids home with you if it’s that important.

I still have to work, just not 9 to 5 like most people. Shouldn't daycare suit parents' childcare needs? We're paying for a service afterall.

It depends. Is this also "preschool?" Our daycare had several children that only came from 9-3 for preschool. The "teaching" started at 9. They treated it like a school so the kids also treated it like school. I could see repeatedly coming late as disruptive in this case.

They don't advertise as a preschool.

They don't teach them the alphabet or anything like that. They sent us an email at the beginning of the year saying that they do story time (why so early in the morning I don't know) and songs. That's pretty much it.

9AM is not early

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Then keep your kids home with you if it’s that important.

I still have to work, just not 9 to 5 like most people. Shouldn't daycare suit parents' childcare needs? We're paying for a service afterall.

It depends. Is this also "preschool?" Our daycare had several children that only came from 9-3 for preschool. The "teaching" started at 9. They treated it like a school so the kids also treated it like school. I could see repeatedly coming late as disruptive in this case.

They don't advertise as a preschool.

They don't teach them the alphabet or anything like that. They sent us an email at the beginning of the year saying that they do story time (why so early in the morning I don't know) and songs. That's pretty much it.

9AM is not early

This exactly. What hell is OP doing for 2-2.5+ hours before drop off with her kids? Our kid is up at 645-7am on his own. He's getting dropped off by 745am. I find it hard to believe that OP's kids are not waking up until 9am, unless they have an unreasonably late bed time.

[Anonymous]

This is a pretty normal daycare policy. I would try to comply.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

that wasn’t the question. If you feel that way then stay home with your kid. Otherwise, it’s not fair to the other kids to have their morning disrupted.

It's fine. Good practice for when they go off to Elementary School and constantly have their days interrupted by behavioral issue kids, and you move over to the Elementary School-Aged Kids board or General Parenting board and are seen as a villain for being upset that your kid's class is constantly disrupted by one or two kids with behavioral issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:They probably start their scheduled activities at 9. TbT was the way our daycare was. Can you imagine how disruptive it would be to have kids coming anytime in the morning and leaving randomly when they get picked up in the afternoon? They probably can’t force it but you are definitely going to be on their “ bad side” as you put it.

Isn't time spent with mom and dad more important than scheduled activities at daycare?

Transitions with toddlers/pre-k are difficult and if OP is having her kid disrupt a routine that's already put in place, things can domino. If you haven't worked in early childhood edu you may not understand.

This. Yes, daycare is a service parents pay for but it's not personalized babysitting like a nanny would be. There's a critical group dynamic going on and the teachers and assistants are working a delicate balancing act to help the children settle in and get with a happy routine. Parents sometimes blow off as irrelevant the arrival time bonding and acclimation that occurs. Parents who parachute their child in once circle time has started who misses this important time are doing their child a serious disservice.

BUT that needs to be communicated when enrolling. If care is open 6am-6pm that suggest flexibility. I also wouldnt want to drop my kid off at 6am knowing that "structured" activity doesnt occur until 9am. There is structure throughout the whole day.

Then go ahead and provide that feedback directly to your center. It is clearly stated in the handbook of every center I’ve used or looked at. Some schools send staff home if they are not needed to maintain the ratio that day. Others serve morning snack at 930 and so kids who arrive after 9 have to sit and watch while other kids eat. There are different circumstances everywhere but you’d really have to ask your own center. Regardless this is not the hill to die on

[Anonymous]

Mine won't let you in the door after a certain time (in our case 9 am)

[Anonymous]

Honestly, if they are doing door drop off due to Covid, the restriction is probably because every time one of our teachers needs to stop what s/he is doing with a child to go do a health check/drop off, it is VERY disruptive to the other children. We have a 1 hour 15 minute window to do drop off this year due to this reason.

[Anonymous]

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They don't teach them the alphabet or anything like that. They sent us an email at the beginning of the year saying that they do story time (why so early in the morning I don't know) and songs. That's pretty much it.

Academic learning such as learning the alphabet is not the only sign that something is a preschool. There's a lot of social/emotional learning to make kids ready for kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

That's a super standard policy. They want all the kids ready to start the planned day by a set time - and 9am is not early.

If you can't meet that time because of a dentist appointment, or doctor's appointment, that's fine, you give them a head's up. You do not routinely disrupt the entire school's schedule every single day because that is more convenient or fun for you.

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Is this preschool or daycare?

Preschool - totally normal to have a set start time.

Daycare - they need to chill and just worry about keeping your kid alive.