Termination Blurb

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BY PROVIDER: Provider will give at least three weeks written notice should she wish to change or terminate the contract. The provider reserves the right to terminate without notice for breach of the terms and conditions of this contract or if, in the provider’s opinion, the continuation of the child or parent as part of the daycare group is detrimental to the well-being of the other children in care.

That is what mine says. It is vague enough but an unhappy caregiver with an unhappy family is detrimental to the well being of the daycare group so I figure I am pretty much covered. Mostly it is there to allow me to just say enough is enough that is it, here is kid's stuff get out of my house and don't come back.

Have only done it once and that was for a 3 year old boy that sat at the playtable in the kitchen, pooped his pants, smeared it all over the table and chair while I was saying bye to another child at the door. When his mom arrived we were cleaning it up - and she refused to stay long enough for him to help with the cleanup and was upset that I was more worried about getting the poop off the table before it dried and not about changing her poopy child's diaper. At which point I handed her poopy child and his stuff and closed my door. She had to take him home that way. Oh that felt good. Out of 28 years in home daycare this was the first immediate termination and it happened about 6 years ago now - about the time the "child can do no wrong - they sit on a pedestal of life" campaign was in full swing - although it will never be a philosophy of childrearing at my house.