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I find myself getting angry and stressed out over small things and think I need more time off. Like a "mental health day"? Is that a thing?...
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I'm about to hand out my summer schedule and am curious as to how many closures everyone else has?
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Providers- are you taking a paid holiday today?
All my parents are off today but one still brought their child. Im thinking of adding MLK day and... -
I’m making plans for my days off for 2019.
So far, I have 14 days. This includes federal holidays, and vacation. I don’t have sick days because... -
I have 10 days PTO (Personal day/vacation time), 10 paid holidays, and 3 days paid sick time.
Had an enrolled client comment about all... -
So DCM works 4 days a week and the days are always changing from week to week. She usually gives me a schedule at least 2 weeks in advanced, sometimes...
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I was wondering how much vacation time you take through out the year? I have only ever taken a full week of care off probably twice in my 19 years of...
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I need to send a message out to everyone. I am off this Friday. I get paid bi-weekly. I was off last Friday too. So I get paid when there is a holiday...
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Im not sure what to do for this year. I have in my policy “If the holiday lands on a saturday, the friday before will be closed/paid. If a holiday lands...
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I already have it scheduled as a paid personal day. I am not doing today ever again.
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I have a dcg4 who dcm babies. She started preschool last week and I take her and pick her up. She has NO problems at all, but on Fridays dcg is not at...
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Or have a vacation this week?
Today should be okay; I think I've only got 2 dcks coming, possibly 4. Dcm was supposed to let me know if... -
I was sitting here this weekend and DH brought up next weekend being Memorial day. I of course knew it was coming, but I hadn't paid it much mind I guess....
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I had listed Columbus day as a closed paid holiday and I completely forgot about it!
Now im making the list for next year and I want to make sure... -
I have a SA dcboy. This year will be his last with me. My numbers are tight this year, so on half days from school and days when his school is closed...
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How do you decide what is to many days to take off. I don't charge for them everything is un paid except for Stat holidays. From September to Septemper...
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Hey ladies! So Thursday I had to take the day off to get my 1st root canal. I had given parents 3 weeks notice and everything was fine. Well, come Thursday...
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I have been having this feeling lately that I have been too reliable for my families over the years. As my time comes to an end in the daycare business...
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But apparently dcm did. I found out yesterday morning that 7 of my 8 kids will not be here tomorrow. There's no school for kids or teachers and most of...
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Good morning ladies!
My son has a spring concert at his school that's at 2:30-3:00 and I don't close until 3 that day. I allow myself... -
So this last year has been tough for my family and I - both personally, as well as with the business. I lost half my kiddos for various reasons and decided...
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I was closed yesterday due to me having to go to the dentist. I sent out letters about me closing on yesterday 2 weeks ago, hand delivered a reminder...
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Curious – What are your scheduled holidays off and do you charge for them?
I chose, to be closed on
Christmas
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I am just curious as to how many days off for yourself you each include in your contract (Paid Holidays, Vacation Days, sick days etc).
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To the providers whose parents don't pay when they close...
Why? Why don't you have the parents pay? Like on black friday for instance...
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I was just reading a thread about taking days off and it got me thinking. Does anyone set a schedule so that they have off one Friday every three months... -
I saw another post about days off and notice that a lot of people here have them paid (sooooo lucky!!) I didn't want to hijack the thread so I started...
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I always close my day care down in the days between Christmas and New Years.
I offer care in my own home for those who have... -
Curious what other DCP's are taking off around the holidays this year since they fall on the weekend.
In my contract I have Xmas Eve, Xmas... -
I'm revising my contract now after having the same one for the past nearly 3 years.
Suffice to say, I've been VERY accommodating. I rarely... -
I have a 1 yr old boy I've been watching for about 9 months now. The baby is great and I have no problems with him... It's his insensitive mother that... -
I sent a note home at the end of September stating I would be taking 2 days off in November. Thursday, November, 11th and Monday November 14th. I have... -
What are you taking off for Christmas holidays? Christmas eve is a Sat. and Christmas day is a sunday. technically I can take off the Friday before and...
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The daycare provider had no power for a week - which mean both parents taking time off of work to stay with the kids. Now the provider wants to be paid...
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I think sometimes with this job it is easy to get trapped in your house for 50 hours plus a week. At least for me anyways. Before I know it I've spent... -
My DCM informs me that her kid will be going to ballet camp in 2 weeks. Do I still charge her for the days she's at camp or not? She didn't give me...
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I have 5 paid days built in to my contract. I take these usually for Dr. Appts. I have used 4 of them so far this year. I just added a new family and...
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Just found out that I am only going to have one dck next Friday...which happens to be my DH's and my anniversary. My DD was already tentatively scheduled...
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I take off 7 paid days during the course of the year. Six of them are national holidays. ONE is a "me" holiday. I always take off Good Friday...
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My wife and one of her friends both had babies a month apart. My wife went back to work two weeks ago and our friend decided to stay home and start a...
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I have always closed at 12pm on Good Friday. I haven't had a problem with any of my parents. They usually get the day off or they have complied with...
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So I am working with two families who both work for the State and have off the postal holidays. So this upcoming Monday is President's Day and they have...
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A DC parent had a parent pass away yesterday and I know the parent had lived a few hours from me so I'm thinking ahead that they will have the kids out... -
tomorrow i have to get two of my cats to the vet to be fixed...all dcp's but ONE family has a backup...this one family dcm told me yesterday she didnt... -
I know I've been doing a lot of complaining lately - but this really made me mad today, and it is so great to be able to bring these situations to people...
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I know this has been asked a couple of different ways. But I was wondering about accumulatively..
Including personal days, vacation days,... -
What do you do when a parent says their child is going to be on vacation for a few days and then you decide to take off those same days for a vacation...
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How many of you are staying open for Columbus Day? I have always taken it off but it seems like a lot of people work.
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I need to take a 1/2 day off to take my son to see a specialist for his eye, so yesterday when I mentioned this to the parents (the appt is not for 2... -
Just wondering how many are closed on Good Friday. I am working. When I started my business over 10 years ago, I was closed, then I had moms from the... -
I know there was just another thread about this but I wanted some opinions regarding my circumstance.
When I started doing daycare I was... -
I was wondering how many days off other daycare providers generally took during the year? I generally don't take off many days, mine are usually a friday...