I finally terminated them but it did not end on good terms

[jec]

Oh well, onward and upward, right?

Good for you ~ she is the one who was unprofessional as she apparently she thought she had the upper hand since she seemed to have a history of speaking down to you.
You were way nicer than I would have been and I bet...it won't take long for her next provider to feel the sting that you did. She sounds like she just isn't a nice person and will treat the next provider the same. Hopefully that provider asks where her little one was and calls you for a reference on her!!! Here's a perfect example of why I'm always nervous about taking someone one who left another daycare.

Good luck in filling the spot- you did the right thing

[Littledragon]

Good for you ~ she is the one who was unprofessional as she apparently she thought she had the upper hand since she seemed to have a history of speaking down to you.
You were way nicer than I would have been and I bet...it won't take long for her next provider to feel the sting that you did. She sounds like she just isn't a nice person and will treat the next provider the same. Hopefully that provider asks where her little one was and calls you for a reference on her!!! Here's a perfect example of why I'm always nervous about taking someone one who left another daycare.

Good luck in filling the spot- you did the right thing

There won't be another provider. The reason why I was toying on keeping them was because she is moving back to Asia at the end of the month. Her contract doesn't end until the end of the month, so needed care until the 28th. Now, she's left with nothing. She screwed herself, in the end. And that's what makes this SO satisfying. She has to deal with the fact that her and her family are completely screwed for care for the next three weeks. I doubt there will be any way she'd find daycare knowing she is leaving. Unless she lies, which she did to me. But I prefer to think she screwed and husband (who I really liked) is really mad at her. lol I know, I'm sad. But that little but makes me feel better. LOL

[jec]

Karma eh!! She is getting what she gave out!
It sounds as though you turned a blind eye more than once to a comment and or policy that she broke. I'm learning to be firm on policies and building up the back bone. At the end of the day we are working with families and kids and that plays on our heart stings. You should feel satisfaction - she really had this coming speaking to you like that was not called for