I don't serve breakfast, but if a child occasionally comes with a healthy breakfast from home because they did not have time to eat for some reason, I am okay with giving it to them. This is because it works with my schedule. I open at 7:30 and my own kids usually eat at around 8am (they sleep until after the dc kids arrive) and my morning snack is at 8:30...so really like a second breakfast for many of the kids. My set-up allows me to have some kids eating breakfast while others play with no issues. The only thing I ask is that it comes prepared as I don't have time to be preparing breakfast for them all. Others arrive sometimes and parents say they didn't eat much in the morning, but because my snack is so early, it is not an issue...they can top up at 8:30 before we head outside. I think for you, the issue is that you originially promised to give them breakfast...so I can see where there is an issue with the parent. It is difficult to make changes like this because parents see it as not delivering what you had promised. I don't know where you live, but I cannot even imagine charging $25 per day and making ends meet!