Wow $50/day that's awesome. We can't get anything close to that here. Sorry, just awesome to see someone getting paid more of what we deserve for the job that we do

I charge a daily fee. Families pay regardless of attendance (although they fight it every time lol) unless I close. If I take a day off or go on vacation they don't pay. I also allow each family to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation. That will change soon too as its a crazy loss in income each year.

I find that people never budget for paying monthly or even bi-weekly and I got frustrated with them saying stuff like " i can give you this much until next pay and blah blah" Since changing to weekly it seems that most are able to pay in full and budget properly. I still fight and have to 'remind' most of them that daycare is not free and they do need to pay me though lol