Reasonable amount of days to close/year due to sickness

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The only reason to put in a contract how many days you can close for sickness is if you are expecting to be paid for them. Otherwise if you are sick you are sick just as daycare families can't tell you the beginning of the year how often their child will be away.

Mostly if I am ok but one of my own kids was sick I was still open but it was tv/freeplay for daycare while I dealt more with my own kids needs but parents mostly appreciated that it didn't inconvenience them. Rarely was it my own child that was sick first as it was the daycare kids bringing stuff in. If I am sick it was pretty much the same scenerio since I had to watch my own kids too they might as well have friends to play with taking the pressure off me for entertainment.

Maternal instinct tells us our kids need our undivided attention but the reality is they need to rest/sleep be it on the couch or in their bed and need us close by but we are still able to do other things like watch kids watch tv so they are quiet while our child sleeps.