What do you do when a parent lies about an illness?

[Inspired by Reggio]

I agree that training is key - I have never had an issue with anyone doing this to me - my clients are awesome of when in doubt calling me to ASK if they should stay home or not before getting here - I am generally flexible and empathetic in return on "trying" of they are fever free but just not themselves but no symptoms to see if they will cope in program and in return find that clients tend to keep their children home when REALLY needed without me pushing for it and often keep em home when I would have taken them ... had a client my first year who called her child in "bitchy" on quite a few occasions - aka teething and not herself but what was bitchy to her mother was most kids NORMAL cause the child was an angel normally and never cried or whined or misbehaved

[mom-in-alberta]

But can you really call a parent on "lying"? I don't think I would have the balls to, unless I had irrefutable evidence. What if the child really does come down with something while at daycare, and didn't seem sick the night before? Mom/dad may chalk the behaviour up to morning groggies?
I totally get what you are saying though..... "Oh, she threw up a few times last night, but seems ok so far." Whaaat? So the 45 min you have seen of her this morning, before she has a chance to digest her food even, tells you that she's "FINE"???? Grrrrrr.

[wolfpup]

My policy states "keep your child home if they are ill, they would rather be sick at home" and I ALWAYS either tell them at pick up or text if someone in my household is showing signs of an illness... then they decide if they want them here. However I will not allow them here if they are ill. I make that very clear in my interviews and parent handbook too.

[bright sparks]

I have it in my contract that it will result in immediate termination of contract without notice and without refund of deposit. I do not and should not have to give them a warning as they have signed a contract to acknowledge this policy and if they were not happy with this then it was something to be brought up upon signing the contract. Thats another reason why I have every clause in my contract initialled and I never email my contract. My contract is signed face to face and I read the contract aloud one policy at a time and ask if they understand before they initial each one. I clearly state to people that masking illnesses or bringing their child to daycare knowing they are ill or have been within the last 24 hours is not okay and I clearly and kindly explain why. I have terminated for this reason, and would do again in the future. The parent is an adult and it is not my job to give them chances and parent them when I have been clear from the start on what the policies are. I understand that people miss things in the small print but thats exactly why I am so thorough with going through my contract and at least twice a year in newsletters, especially cold and flu season, I remind people of these particular policies, so they dont have room for excuses. Before I added this condition to my contract I found that in my experience, the parents who do this kind of thing will generally do it again or will break other policies also and if you give them and inch, generally, they will take a mile.