In my contracts, I have the statement "There will also be times when it is necessary to increase the fees charged to parents. Parents will be given at least 14 days notice of this change."

I have a FB page for my current clients. It's used to communicate events, sickness within the day care, has copies of documents, events for vacation days etc. So, anything which parents need to be aware of, I add to this group.

Whenever I post anything within the group, it states "Seen by XX" and it tells me how many of my clients have seen it. Clicking on the number, tells me which clients have seen it and so I can bring it to the attention of anyone who hasn't.

I don't increase fees lightly but when I do, I make no apology for it. I simply state the fact, and when it will be effective from.


"Due to increasing costs, day care fees will be increasing to $xx.xx effective from <date of increase>. "