Has anyone allowed parents to do this?

[apples and bananas]

I probably wouldn't allow this. I know it sounds like a better set up, but it simply isn't my set up. I don't think I like a parent coming into my home and telling me how they want to pay. I think it gets you off to a bad start. It also seems like shes the kind of person that thinks they employ us... and you know that could land you in trouble.

I see it as a red flag that she wants to dictate when she wants to pay.

Just my 2 cents.

[Judy Trickett]

I probably wouldn't allow this. I know it sounds like a better set up, but it simply isn't my set up. I don't think I like a parent coming into my home and telling me how they want to pay. I think it gets you off to a bad start. It also seems like shes the kind of person that thinks they employ us... and you know that could land you in trouble.

I see it as a red flag that she wants to dictate when she wants to pay.

Just my 2 cents.

Yep, I agree. YOUR business, YOUR rules. YOU make the contract and business decisions NOT the parents. You don't go into Walmart and negotiate payment so you don't do it in daycare.

If YOU want weekly payments or monthly payments then YOU choose and go with that. As for the holding fee......if YOU want a holding fee (and rightly so) then she pays it or she finds daycare elsewhere.