I have it in my contract that parents pay for sick days and I list most but not all of the sickness that they cannot come to daycare ie: pink eye, vomiting etc and that they have to be symptom free for 24 hours...now...do they listen???? nope! I have 3 here today all with green discharge from their nose (which is in my contract that they can't be here with) and fevers that the parents admit to giving advil/tylenol for. Again, a fever is another symptom that has to be 24 hours free.

I should have turned them away at the door, and I should be calling parents to come and get them, I just hate having to do it. Its a total lack of respect on the parents part...plus I know then I'll have to deal with payment issues as I have a few who refuse to pay for days that their child is not here (ie sick days and stat holidays).

Trust me, listen to the lady who posted to stand your ground now, because they quite quickly learn to walk all over you and its so hard to take the power back once you've given it to them!