How would you handle this dcm?

[5 Little Monkeys]

Do you have other children these days though? Does she know that you don't? If she just assumes that you are open as normal these days (and why wouldn't she when she is paying you for the day) than you can't really blame her for thinking that it would be okay to send the kids.

Just read your above post...if it were me, I wouldn't charge her for the alternating Fridays so that I could have them off. If I accepted money from a parent I would feel that I need to be available if they EVER needed care for that day.

[mattsmom]

Do you have other children these days though? Does she know that you don't? If she just assumes that you are open as normal these days (and why wouldn't she when she is paying you for the day) than you can't really blame her for thinking that it would be okay to send the kids.

Just read your above post...if it were me, I wouldn't charge her for the alternating Fridays so that I could have them off. If I accepted money from a parent I would feel that I need to be available if they EVER needed care for that day.

No, I don't have any other kids these days and she knows that. I told her that she doesn't have to pay for those Fridays but she insisted because, as I said before, she wants to make sure that if the time comes that her job schedule ever did change permenantly, then she could have them back automatically.
I don't find this unusual though, as I have a dcg whose both parents work in an essential service job and they pay for full time even though she ends up being here only 3 or 4 times a week and their schedule is different all the time, with sometimes long hours.