I've terminated for non-payment, late payments, for lack of parent cooperation in resolving issues. I've had a family I terminated because the 10 year old son grabbed a knife (butter knife / mind you) and threatened to stab my daughter who at the time was in a highchair. I've had to terminate a family because their 9 month child only napped 45 minutes a day, I would work with the child Mon - Thu and get the child sleeping 2 hours by thur and then the child would return the Monday only sleeping 45 minutes again. I did this for almost 2 months and couldn't do it any longer, parents said it was just too hard to work on better sleeping routines on weekends. I've had to also terminate a family (this is after several several issues) that the Mom had a huge temper tantrum the son wasn't listening that she started throwing things across my daycare room, putting the children at risk. I've terminated because the parents didn't sign the contract revise before the alloted time and then got mad at me saying they just didn't have time to do it. I've also terminated a family because the 5 year old son would have BM 'accidents' during quiet time and instead of working with him in trying to curb the behaviour, each time he did it the parents would say 'oh, mean Nicole wouldn't let you go to the potty, I'll take you to McD's for supper. Of course the child was allowed to go to the bathroom, but choose not to, and continued to choose not to because he was rewarded when he didn't. Pulled the same stunt on the next caregiver too and she terminated for the same reason. The list goes on....

I have found when terminating families although it is best to provide details it is also best to keep things simple and sweet. By providing too much detail it can leave things open for interpretation and can sometimes comes back to bite you in the butt. I like Crayola Kiddies response. It's short, to the point, and doesn't give them any ammunition.