I generally feel that back -up is the responsibility of the parents. However, if I want to stay home with my child - I don't think it hurts to be able to keep the daycare open (my daycare is separate and self-contained as I said). That said I would only likely call in MY back up if my child needed more than a day or so...

Judy- how do you handle days off for personal stuff? You had mentioned it in another post...

I would like to add some personal days to my contract.
Thanks!