Am I being too rigid? Parent wants me to negotiate my contract.

[Emilys4Guppies]

Adding: if someone is going to nickle & dime you looking for a discount, then do you really want them in your care anyway? If they are so set on 'getting a good discount' or deal then they are likely the same ones who will always be asking for favours and whatnot once in care.

[Spixie33]

Welcome to the board and to the life of a childhood engineer and professional nose wiper - lol

I would never negotiate anything in my contract - especially not the sick days and stat holidays.

Getting paid stats is very very NORMAL and almost every provider I have ever met asks for payment for any day where they are open but a child does not attend i.e the daycare child is sick but you were planning on that income for that week.

I used to use home daycare for my children before I was a daycare provider and every home daycare provider always asked me to pay stats and sick days. At one point I was SELF EMPLOYED and did NOT get paid stats or sick days myself and yet my daycare provider still did not back down. I knew that my daycare provider was within her rights and reasonable expectations so I had to pay it - even if it hurt. lol
I certainly wasn't going to displease or argue the point as long as my children had good care.

It really is in the parents' best interest to keep a daycare provider happy. This is the person who looks after your child and a good provider is worth every penny

Like someone else said...she will soon see that everyone asks for sick days and stats and might even contact you again if she is not too embarassed.

I do not charge if I am sick or have an emergency or have my kids sick but if I am planning on little Johnny or Susie to come to daycare and expecting and budgeting on the $$ for that day and the parent has to cancel then it wouldn't be fair to ask me to be short on my weekly income. If it is no fault of mine and I am open and waiting for their child then it is really not fair that I wouldn't be paid

[Judy Trickett]

Adding: if someone is going to nickle & dime you looking for a discount, then do you really want them in your care anyway? If they are so set on 'getting a good discount' or deal then they are likely the same ones who will always be asking for favours and whatnot once in care.

Yes, Bang on! These are what I call Red Flag parents and honestly, this is just the tip of the iceberg.