The problem with charging daily and only for what the parents use.....is that you will never know how much money you are going to make in any given week. That makes budgeting very hard.

Let's say you have some auto repairs you need done and you think "Well, I'll get $xxx from Family A, so that will be great". But Family A decide to take 4 days off. You get one day's pay. So not enough for repairs and yet you are still holding a place open for Family A!! They are the only one benefiting. You are the only one losing income.

Now if your daycare is purely play money and you have other income, I can see it being fine. But it is my only income and I need to know how much I am going to get and when.

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