Reduced rates 3 children from the same family??

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A new Mom has mentioned that she may require childcare in the school holidays for two of her children i don't look after, they are at school, i look after a toddler 1 day a week in school hours, I'm sure i should offer a discount, but how much?? Any advice so i'm prepared in advance Thank You

Why do you feel you should? Will it cost less to look after these DCs? Will you need to do less paperwork etc?

The DCs nursery used to offer 5% off second siblings fees if you want an idea of what is offered.

I definitely wouldn't offer a discount, they're still using 2 places, 2 car seats, 2 lots of food and mess! You could be getting full fee for that from another family. I don't do sibling discounts for any of mine and none have ever asked.

No sibling discounts here either.

I have offered sibling discounts in the past but don't now. Siblings are often harder work (squabbling or fighting) plus they limit your flexibility and increase your risk (if one moves on, they all go at once).

Happy with this so far, i don't really want to give a discount for the ratio reasons, just wondered if others did, i know of others in my area who do

I would be tempted to charge a bit less if any of the children are over 8 as they won't count in your ratios, if not though, I wouldn't. I made a bit of an error with the first family I worked with giving them a hefty discount for time when I had all 3 children. I wouldn't do it again for a new family. As said above, older children tend to eat more and family groups do argue more regularly.

I gave a really good discount to one of my families and am really annoyed with my self that I did that. I have 2 of their 3 children after school, the third is at nursery and i felt sorry for them how much Childcare they were paying. But they are taking up two of my places, eat loads, like to do crafts after school and I feel I'm not making a great deal of profit out of the arrangement. It has taught me to think very carefully about fees in future.