Need to vent... Parents mad that I took 2 sick days this month

[sunnydays]

While I know we all try very hard not to close our daycares when not necessary, I can certainly empathize with Manue. Sometimes we have to close for our own good or that of our kids. I don't think it serves anyone for us to get burnt out because we are so afraid to take a day off when we need it. I do mention it in interviews and it is in my contract (I do have paid personal days for illness etc) and while I hate to close, sometimes it is the right thing to do. I have never had anyone lecture or threaten to leave over this although I know it is very inconvient to them. And as Manue said, we all do tend to get sick at this time of year. The past two months have been horrendous for my kids and the dck's...one illness after another and then I had a family emergency (right after having had gastro) and had to close for an entire week so I could travel. It was terrible timing righr before Christmas and I felt really bad...but my family comes first and I did what I had to do. Nobody lectured or threatened to leave...they were all sympathetic although I know it caused stress on them as they had to scramble to make arrangements. If anyone had so much as complained, in the emotional and physical condition I was in, I think I would have terminated care on the spot. Yes, we are professional and need to be reliable, but we are human and one person cannot be everything to everyone at all times.