How would you react to this

[Inspired by Reggio]

Wow ya not cool to drop something like that and than expect to leave it for 2 days!

If you are at your wits end with this family and the women's ways than I agree with Playfelt ~ type up a termination letter and just be done with them ... my contract is not 'negotiable' with clients and a client trying to renegotiate the terms of it to suit them would not fly here either and if you have already 'dealt' with it and she is still TRYING to renegotiate it time to just cut the losses and say 'sorry but I cannot offer you what you are looking for ~ I need a client who can commit to paying for the full time space if that is what they are occupying' and just let her go!

Honestly this is why many of us will just not DO flex care ... you need a full time space you PAY for a full time space because they do not see it as 'special' or that you are loosing income serving them they just see that they are being expected to pay for something they do not 'need' ... but the reality is they DO need the full time space so should therefore be expected to pay for it!

[gramma]

I heard from dad. i wish i could post details but since this isnt a secure forum i have to be careful.. thanks for all the support and suffice to say they will be receiving a termination notice. Not just yet thought, i want a few more weeks of pay to fulfill a financial obligation. I have already filled the spot with the younger sibling of one of the kids already in my care. woohoo.

[Inspired by Reggio]

Glad you have some closure Gramma and can move forward in a more positive direction ~ one of the benefits of being self employed is that we only have to work with people who bring us JOY ... if a client is a PITA in anyway we have the freedom to replace them with someone who is a better match .... this was a promise I made to myself when I chose to work from home ... my goal was to create a healthier work life balance and that means NO STRESS ... I made one 'error' in judgement my first year and enrolled a high maintenance client ~ nothing termination worthy cause they paid on time and respected all the rules of the contract we just did not share the same 'values' and that made their children a tad more work than my other clients .... but moving forward I am very choosy in enrollment and try to weed out anyone who is not a perfect fit from the start to avoid those kinds of things!

[Momof4]

I heard from dad. i wish i could post details but since this isnt a secure forum i have to be careful.. thanks for all the support and suffice to say they will be receiving a termination notice. Not just yet thought, i want a few more weeks of pay to fulfill a financial obligation. I have already filled the spot with the younger sibling of one of the kids already in my care. woohoo.

Well, I'm glad you asked the difficult questions but at least now you know what to do and how to proceed. You do NOT have to give us all the details. but I'm happy that you are at peace with your decision and have filled the space. You should never let anybody treat you badly and deserve to be happy in your daycare business.

[BrightEyes]

gramma, I am glad you are terminating them! It sounds like signing on the sibling of a child already in your care will be a nice solution