I'm with Daisy123, if they choose to keep their child home or have a relative take them for the day or whatever, but I am open and supposed to have the child, then I expect to be paid. I do give each family 2 weeks' vacation a year that they don't pay me, and I take 2 weeks' vacation that they don't pay me for. I don't know of anyone here that charges for vacation time. If I close for any reason, they don't pay. Luckily I haven't had to close for any sick days yet, but I did have to when my son was in the hospital and when my daughter had a specialist appointment in another city. I figure, if they have to pay someone else to take the kids because I can't have them, then they shouldn't have to pay me, but if they choose to pull them for the day but I still have a spot open and waiting for them, then they should be paying for it.