I charge a daily rate which is the same amount regardless the number of hours the children are in my care. some days they are here from 6:15-4:45 and some days from 1:00-4:45. No matter what, it's the same daily rate. I used to charge a half day rate, but then the parents would arrive a little later or earlier than scheduled to make the half day rate. I do not charge for holidays. Right now I only charge for the days they are in my care, but I only have 1 family (I have my limit with this one family) and they are not here everyday. Sometimes the youngest one will stay home when her mom has off. She works in retail and her schedule varies from week to week. sometimes I don't even have notice on this. She will just drop off the older 2 and say she's keeping the other one at home. I'm seriously thinking of having a flat rate for the week, whether they are here or not. Some weeks it doesn't pay to be open.

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