I agree with all the others. You need to stick to your guns and do what's best for your business. However, I just want to put out there that I never increase the fees with current clients. I increased my fees once since I opened my daycare and I only charge the new fees to new clients. The reason I do this is because I personally don't feel it's fair to up my fees with current clients. Daycare is a big part of a family's budgeting but I don't disagree with any provider doing it either. However all my clients have the same contract. I don't have different rules for everyone. It's important to me that everyone knows they are treated exactly the same. I have no preferred clients haha. (Even if I do personally haha) Every year I make modifications to it and they must sign the new version but I don"t have the fees in there. So maybe this is something you can compromise on with this family. Getting them to agree on the new rules so it's fair for all your clients and they can keep their old fees as long as they agree to respect your new policy ... Juts a suggestion.