I'm looking for some advice on how to speak to a parent regarding illness. A few months ago the little boy I care for came down with the chicken pox. My kids had already been exposed so I guess mom thought she would still send him. She asked me if I wanted her to keep her son home and I said yes. When payday came around she asked if she owed me for the days her son was home with the chicken pox. I told her yes and said she wasn't sure if she did because I made the decision for her to keep him home. Now yesterday same scenario. Her son came with a leaky eye that throughout the day got yuckier and was clearly pink eye. She picked him up and asked if I wanted her to keep him home today and I said yes. Now I know she will ask me about today and if she owes. It wasn't confirmed pink eye but was pretty obvious from having dealt with it before that it was. How would you go about telling her? It is written in my contract that I don't take kids with pink eye but I hatealways having to bring it up. Our families have gotten somewhat close and I hate bringing up the contract because it makes it seem so ''cold'' for a lack of a better word.