I let parents know that if my child is sick, I will call them either the night before or the morning of and let them know. It is their decision if they want to bring their child to my house. If they choose not to, they still have to pay because I'm open.

With that said, never once has a parent kept their child home. And this week both my own children were off all week because they had come down with bronchitis, high fevers, the works. My youngest also develops myositis when she gets a bad viral infection, which is inflammation of her calf muscles and she can barely walk anywhere for a few days, she either crawls or I carry her. Anyhow, all the parents knew my kids were quite ill, but they still wanted to bring them, even though most of them do have back up child care arrangements.

I always make sure parents are okay with this prior to signing contracts...because my own kids do get sick, they will stay home and they will be around the daycare kids because i'm not locking them away up in a bedroom when they need mommy most. Parents know that the occasional video may be played on these days.