Why are they hiding....

[zen39]

There is still five months to go...lots of time for her to share the news and NO it is not your business right now. Does your contract say that five months has to be given for notice...of course not. You probably request 4 to 6 weeks so that you can post, interview and fill. Yes it is a huge inconvenience but her pregnancy is none of your business.

We need to separate the personal from the business. If I was closing down my daycare and knew well in advance, I certainly wouldn't inform my parents 5 months in advance. I would give them my 6 weeks as stated in the contract.

Sure it would be nice to know ahead of time, but by no means are you entitled to it as this point!

Sorry, I don't agree with that - When you are affecting my financial situation, it IS my business.

[Littledragon]

There is still five months to go...lots of time for her to share the news and NO it is not your business right now. Does your contract say that five months has to be given for notice...of course not. You probably request 4 to 6 weeks so that you can post, interview and fill. Yes it is a huge inconvenience but her pregnancy is none of your business.

We need to separate the personal from the business. If I was closing down my daycare and knew well in advance, I certainly wouldn't inform my parents 5 months in advance. I would give them my 6 weeks as stated in the contract.

Sure it would be nice to know ahead of time, but by no means are you entitled to it as this point!

I agree with Mamma_mia. It may not be "her business" but it comes down to lack of respect. Mom should have the respect and understanding to know that she should be telling her daycare provider that she's pregnant. It's not fait to anyone that what will happen is unclear. I just found out one of my families is pregnant, and that she was pregnant when the little boy started and that they've been aware of it the entire time. She's 20 weeks pregnant and just telling me now. I feel cheated, lied to, and disrespected. If they'd told me in the beginning, I wouldn't be upset and I wouldn't have shown them the door.
The woman who is hiding her pregnancy is being disrespectful and a coward. Clearly, she's afraid of the consequences of telling. And she's probably having just as much stress about it because she's afraid that if she says anything, they're going to lose their daycare provider. But their daycare provider is worried that she will be left out in the cold.
Personally, at this point, I would be letting them go. Mom has to realize that word spread, her kids not dumb, and neither is the daycare provider.
The minute I find a replacement, I'm letting my family go out of principle. And I'm going to tell them that I'm letting them go because she lied to me, and purposely kept vital information from me. It's great that they told me now, when I still have 4 months to find someone to replace them, but the fact remains that they were DISHONEST and I don't associate with people like that

And yes, there is DEFINITELY difference here between business and personal, but we work SO closely with these people, that the two tend to mesh into one and it's unavoidable. But this is a business issue. Especially since it's slow at the moment, and finding clients take time. The fact that she isn't saying anything, and it's clearly OBVIOUS, is just ridiculous in my mind. If I was working at a regular job, and waited until I was 8 months pregnant to tell my boss I was pregnant and going on Mat leave in 4 weeks, they would be EXTREMELY unhappy. You actually HAVE TO tell your boss by the time you're 20 weeks pregnant. Why should this be any different?

Those are my two cents.