Drop off at 7am too early?
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Anonymous
Examples: Parent doesn’t work Parent is on vacation Parent is home with older siblings all week and brings little ones in screaming and crying |
Anonymous
Nope. You don’t speak for everyone. Some people have to leave their kids longer. It’s really NBD. Unless you’re a sanctimonious a$$hat, then it’s a HUGE deal. |
Anonymous
Seriously. Who ARE these glassbowls? And where do you all work that you drop off later AND pick up early and not get canned? I have to work a minimum of 8 hours a day plus a mandatory lunch break of at least 30 minutes. So that is 8.5 hours I must be at work. Tack on a 30 minute commute which is incredibly common (if not on the low end for this area), and that's AT LEAST 9.5 hours start to finish each day. And that's the "ideal" day. So I drop my kid off at 7 then the earliest I can pick up is 4:30. And I have it easy, I very rarely have to work more than 45 hours a week which is not the norm around here. |
Anonymous
New poster...but an eye roll at the suggestion that more than NINE HOURS at daycare is a little too much??? Seriously?!?! |
Anonymous
Yes. See 21:05. Most people have to work. If you're not in that position, well great for you. But most people need to put food on the table. |
Anonymous
Eyeroll is an understatement. It's heartbreaking. I taught kindergarten in a school that offered extended hours. In the state I worked in, it was against licensing for us to keep a child more than 9 hours. 9 was the absolute limit. |
Anonymous
Cool well some people have full time jobs that keep them in the office for well over 8 hours a day. We don't really care that you're heartbroken. |
Anonymous
| I would only drop off at 7 if I absolutely had to. I imagine I'd have to wake up around 5:30 a.m. to get my child to daycare that early. Sounds unpleasant. |
Anonymous
You would care that your child is heartbroken. Teachers and daycare workers see it everyday. You can deny it all that you want... |
Anonymous
Interesting perspective you have. It’s NBD really? You sound so cold. |
Anonymous
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I drop off between 7-730.
DS is usually the first kid, sometimes there’s another one coming in just as I arrive / leave. I love that we get a quiet calm goodbye, he gets 1:1 attention for a good chunk of the morning, and—selfishly, since I’m a huge introvert—I don’t have to socialize with lots of other people. DS is a huge extrovert, so he likes being the greeting committee when all his friends come in. He likes getting to move from class to class as more kids & teachers arrive. I usually pick up between 3-4. I mostly WAH and can set my own hours. We’re all up early so I like going ahead and starting our day so we can finish up early and have a relaxed afternoon together. |
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Anonymous
| We drop off at 7 sometimes. And sometimes we pick up close to six. Each day is different. I have two at two different locations because of ages, it sucks. We do the best we can. One of them is always there at least nine hours because of commutes etc. often it can be longer. |
Anonymous
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I'm one of the PPs (I said we drop off around 8:30/8:45 and pick up at 4:45 or 5). The only way we can do that is because my husband does drop off and I do pick up.
If you live anywhere other than super close to the daycare and you work a normal 8 hour day, how is your kid supposed to be there for fewer than 9 hours? Factoring in even a 30 minute commute each way (less than average for this area), that's 9 hours right there. If you hit traffic one day, you're screwed. So I agree with PPs: it's great that you're "heartbroken," but for anyone working a normal work schedule with a normal commute, having a kid at daycare for 9 hours a day is completely typical, unless you're only doing pick up or drop off. |
Anonymous
| Yep, 8-5 is the norm in our class. |