Agreed with everyone! no pay, no stay. Some people are full of excuses. All. The. Time. By allowing continuing care you are not helping this mother. She needs to learn there are consequences and it is not OK to keep "passing the buck" as it were. Not that I am not compassionate. I understand things in life happen and I will make allowances for that, but not on an ongoing basis. In addition that the child has some issues- you will likely be happy to have a different child in the future