It was a really nice thing to do. And although we can say we are doing something out of the goodness of our heart there's always that little peice of us that would like to be appreciated for it regardless.

Fact is... these parents are probably at home thinking... "of course I'm not paying her, my child is sick becuase of her daycare" It's not the way it should be, but it's a natural reaction for sure.

We always have to be careful when we break our own rules... We set a new standard.

Try this next time... if you want to do something nice like this, accept payment as always and use it for a gift card. So maybe give them back a tim hortons or starbucks or favorite restaurant gift card for that amount with a note that says "hope everyones feeling better"

I hope your parents come with some appreciation on Monday. Maybe they just haven't checked their email or they're sick.