@admiral well she won't be an issue. She went on vacation, ditched her kid with a family friend and after telling me he would be coming, he didn't show up. When queried when I should expect him, am told not till the 19th as they are on vacation. Oh, well. Then I will accept payment as regular as per policies since I had no notification.
This chain of conversation with her has resulted in termination of care for her son because she said this wasn't her problem but mine. she doesn't like that i charge the flat rate price for 12 hours of care for a mentally disabled 16 year old who need as much supervision as a toddler, a really heavy duty medicine regemin and that that I am being unconscienably mean to a cash strapped single mother who is in the child care industry herself and can't I make an exception this once or otherwise she will not be paying because I am ruining her vacation. That no daycare charges when a kud doesn't go or is on vacation and not present (newsflash, industry standard actually which is why it's a policy.)
Told her she wasn't the only cash strapped single parent in my daycare, just the only one who didn't make arrangements beforehandand we had been making exceptions and not charging her late fee's when late paying or not terminating care when her son stole our cell phones then charging cords. Gave her termination papers, told her she still owed two weeks worth, have a nice vacation.
