I'm wondering how other caregivers deal with the hurt and sadness you may feel when a child leave your care? This is one of my weakness in this job, that I become to attached to quickly to the kids that come in and out of my doors. In particular this one little girl I've had for just over 3yrs I had to let her go because of Bill 10 rules she's starting school and I couldn't afford to keep a spot open for just a school age child. She was also going to a different school then my daughter and as a daycare I only work with one school, as it gets confusing. I did a lot of overtime for this family and she became like a daughter to me and a sister to my daughter. I just miss her terribly and letting her go hurts . It doesn't help that she is loving her new place, (kids are resilient) but sometimes mom says, the little girl says "why can't XXX keep me?" Breaks my heart. And no matter how many times the parents say "Well stay in touch" , they never do.