Originally Posted by
FloraDora
I provide a lunch, not cooked as I prefer us all to sit around the dining room table and eat the same food, as a home from home feeling.
I don't provide an evening meal, I have in my policy that if they are still here at 6.45 for any reason then I am happy that they share our evening meal. Like you, I think children should eat their evening meal at home as a family.
I think that the children of this prospective parent must hardly see their mum, with that tight turn around from pick up to bedtime, I am curious as to why is she looking for a childminder and not staying at the nursery?
My environmental health officer said that if you open a packet of something and put it on a plate then you need to register. Her advice to me was all childminders should register because invariably they offer a cut up piece of fruit or biscuits even if they don't technically provide lunch or tea. So it might be wise to check with your local office if you are ok not to register.