I have a helper and 2 children (1 yo & 5 yo) who attend full day childcare. I normally send the kids to the childcare when I go to work and my helper will pick them up at the end of the day while I meet them home directly. I only started this "go home first without me" arrangement after I am comfortable with my helper.
So though my answer is not directly answering yours but it has the same idea :))
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