I follow the school calendar. How I handle days off:

If it is a holiday, they pay (unless the holiday falls during one of the 3 weeks off)

If it is a snow day they pay.

The weeks off I have them pay for 2 out of 3 (that is my paid vacation time)

I do not charge for summer and do not offer care, although will occasionally watch family friend's children. The time with my own kids is too important to give up in the summer!

My only family right now has a teacher mom, so the time off is not a concern. I would imagine it would be hard to find families with traditional jobs, because the time off would be too much for them.

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