DD has just turned 9 (yr 4), she goes to after school club one day a week but is always asking when she can stop going, can I pick her up early or saying she doesn't want to go this week in the morning. I work full time, mostly from home but some site visits roughly once a week but flexible. My parents pick her up from school once a week too so I have 2 days where I don't need to do school pick up. The other days I pick her up at 3.15 and just work a bit later to make it up, work are very flexible and this isn't an issue but it's nice to not have to miss meetings or reschedule those 2 days and also I have 2 days where I can work on site too without having to rush home for school.
I have talked to her about it and she says there's no specific reason why she doesn't like club, I really don't think there's anything bad going on, when I get her I usually peep through the window and she's always happy playing. She can be quite anxious so I think it's just that she would rather be at home with me!
I guess my question is would you make her carry on going or take her out?
DH doesn't work from home so can't help regularly with pick ups, my parents would probably do a second day for me but feel like it's a lot for them to do 2 days every week. So if she did stop going it would probably end up being me having to pick her up 4 days instead of 3 with my parents stepping in when they're available if I needed to be on site for work, so it is doable just would make my life a little more stressful.
DH thinks we should just leave her in club because if I still worked in the office every day (like pre covid) there'd be no choice, but I'm worried we're being mean?
This has been an issue since September, I was hoping she would settle in but it's been a whole term now and she's worse if anything!