Originally Posted by 2ndmom2many:
Thank you all so much for your help. I really appreciate it. I really don't like having to give this short of a notice, I remember what it was like when my kids were little and I depended on someone to care for them while I worked outside the home. But sometimes it is neccesary. In all of my years of child care, I have never closed without notice or being sick/ my sick kids (which hasn't been often, thank goodness!) but some things should be private. The parents tell me much more than I need to know sometimes but there are some things I don't feel comfortable sharing.
you don't need to explain yourself to anyone. If they ask you can just say it is a family emergency and leave it at that.
Maybe point that out in your letter too.
Many of you know that I have never closed on such short notice and I am not one to do so, unless I see it to be absolutely necessary.
Dont feel bad, you are not invincible and parents have to understand that...