Paid vacation to home daycare - is that standard?

[Anonymous]

PS its not all about the parents. I look out for myself because nobody else is going to do so. Its a dog eat dog world

[Anonymous]

This is normal for the home daycares that I employed for my 2 kids. We paid for 2 weeks vacation, holidays, and personal days. Our providers were excellent and went over these in the contract that we reviewed before committing and signing. If you don't like the terms of your agreement, you either negotiate or go somewhere else. Most home daycare providers have a standard contract that stipulates all of this.

Also if your kid gets sick, they still get paid. Because your kid holds the spot at that daycare for the duration of your contract with them.

Now, there was an instance where we went out of the country for 6 weeks. Normally, our provider would have been paid for those weeks. But I spoke with her and negotiated down this payment, because of the long duration.

My advice is that if you want to work with the provider, and you have checked references and background and she is good, then agree to the contract terms. They are pretty standard. When you are with an experienced home daycare provider you need to establish a good relationship and communicate well with her, and they in turn will do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is normal for the home daycares that I employed for my 2 kids. We paid for 2 weeks vacation, holidays, and personal days. Our providers were excellent and went over these in the contract that we reviewed before committing and signing. If you don't like the terms of your agreement, you either negotiate or go somewhere else. Most home daycare providers have a standard contract that stipulates all of this.

Also if your kid gets sick, they still get paid. Because your kid holds the spot at that daycare for the duration of your contract with them.

Now, there was an instance where we went out of the country for 6 weeks. Normally, our provider would have been paid for those weeks. But I spoke with her and negotiated down this payment, because of the long duration.

My advice is that if you want to work with the provider, and you have checked references and background and she is good, then agree to the contract terms. They are pretty standard. When you are with an experienced home daycare provider you need to establish a good relationship and communicate well with her, and they in turn will do the same.

This is THE best post i have seen since this topic was started.

I, as a provider, had a family who was going to be gone for the summer. The parents did approach me and ask if we could negotiate the fee for the weeks they would be gone. I gave them an amount which was well below my charges. At first they agreed, but in the end, decided they'd "Take their chances". I explained that what they were asked to pay would guarantee them a slot for both kids for their return in the fall. Again I was told they'd take their chances. In the end, I got several calls over the summer, and yes, I did fill in the slots. I sent a letter, certified mail, to their address, to let them know in writing that their slots were no longer available. The mom was dumbfounded but I explained to her. What was my guarantee you would return and apologized saying that I needed to make a guaranteed income if I wanted to make it staying home and helping my spouse to pay our bills, put food on the table not only for my family but also for the daycare kids as well as buy the things necessary to make my business run.