Oh my...PLEASE give me an unbiased opinion. Am I in the Wrong?

[Sandbox Sally]

Actually, pretty sure I'm not. Ok, try and keep up

DCK that I talked about before, who cries all day, is now going to preschool. Yippee skippy. Her parents pay in advance, the Friday before care is given, as do all my clients. She is two days a week.

On the following Tue after they pay me, her mom gives notice. It wasn't working out, they were concerned, you have been great, etc,etc..time to try something different. Ok. So she said, I am giving two weeks' notice.

So to ME....that would mean the two following weeks, right?? Since they already paid for the week she is giving notice...Not, you are giving me two weeks notice from today, Tuesday, so she's all done Tuesday, and you give us any remaining deposit back. Right??

So here's how it went down.

1. When they signed with me, they gave me two weeks' deposit, for the last two weeks that she is in my care.
2. She came that week her mom gave notice. Both days. As scheduled. As paid for.
3. Her mom said she'd come that Friday, the following week (two days, as scheduled), and then the following Monday.
4. Dad does drop off and pick up. I mentioned to him several times that she's due another day that last week, and if they wanted to take it, that I had X, x and x open. No thanks, they didn't want it.
5. My kids have been horrendously ill the past two weeks. As a result, two daycare days have been cancelled w said DCK. I gave them back two days' fees.

NOW...Dad texts me today and says that I still owe them another day, because she was only scheduled in that last Monday, and not twice, as they paid for with their deposit. I am trying to get dad to see that this is precisely WHY we take deposits - so people like him don't leave us high and dry without income. It's in the contract that both he and his wife signed.

He thinks I'm wrong. He thinks I should reimburse them an additional days fee, as they paid two weeks deposit but only used 1.5 days. How is that my problem? Do people give deposits back? Isn't it for lost income in case people pull out before the end of their obligation?

advice. be honest.