What Would Cause You To Take A Sick Day?

[sahm2three]

I was awoken by a raging bladder infection at 2 AM after not sleeping well anyways, and am not pretty miserable. My bladder is throbbing and I have done...

[Country Kids]

How many of you take all your vacation at one time?

How many of you take your vacation speradiocally throughout the year?

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[DaycareMom]

My husband's grandmother passed away this past Saturday. I asked DCPs to pick up kids by 430 on Tuesday so I can try to make it to the wake, but the actual...

I need some advice here:

I recently changed all of my contracts to "pay for the space" beginning January 1, 2012. The first week...

[newtodaycare22]

I was in bed all day with a fever yesterday. I texted all my daycare parents around 7pm to let them know that there's a good chance I would be closed...

[JennyBear]

What does everyone do regarding their Vacation/Sick Time (When a child is sick or on Vacation with their family). Do you charge full rate? half rate?...

[Miss Lindsey]

My son got sick at his first day of preschool ...and I called parents to pick up kids. He seemed fine, never got sick again, so I had care again the...

I don't have back up but I feel horrible. 2 of my daycare parents have the stomach flu but their kids are fine, 2 of my kids are now sick and right now...

[Pammie]

I'm changing my contracts/policies to allow parents vacation/sick days each year based on the # of days that their child is usually in care (ex. usually...

[blueclouds29]

I've been open since Sept so not even a year and have never taken a personal day yet. I do have a week vac coming in July. I see a lot of you saying that...

[krystamichelle]

As some of you know, I am pretty new to the business spectrum of childcare. I know that etiquette and propriety encourage the provider to have a back...

[Abigail]

Lets say I offer 5 unpaid days per calendar year 90 days after enrollment. This means once they're with me for three months then they may use "free...

[SunflowerMama]

So in my contract I give families each 10 days per year...here is the wording.

*Each full time family is allotted 10 unpaid personal days...

[Miss Lindsey]

I dont know if its strep or just a viral sore throat. I have kids here until 6 every night, so I cant get to a dr to find out. If I keep up on the motrin/tylenol,...

[marniewon]

I got a call this morning that I couldn't answer because I was answering the door for a dck, but as soon as I could, I listened to the voicemail. Here's...