Your provider is being crazy unreasonable. Sicknesses (especially the stomach kind) will occasionally hit daycares like tornadoes and it's ridiculous to "blame" any specific child. Almost every time they hit our dc, we'll hear from others that the sickness is also in the regular school and even the other local dcs. Who knows who actually started it? As for your contract, you should have received a copy of it yourself. Any changes she makes must be initialled by you and she should have an original (not photocopy) w/any changes signed & dated by you. Only then will the changes be legally binding. Also in our contract, there are specific reasons we outline for terminating a child... and none of them are what she is accusing you of... first, because it would be impossible to prove and it's second it's totally crazy.

Sounds like your provider is new in the business (since you said you were her first client). She's going to learn that stuff like stomach viruses go with the territory... & if her kid is in the home too, he's going to get it. If she goes around blaming and terminating her dcks whenever sickness hits, she'll soon be left with no clients at all. Your better off finding a new provider (and I don't blame you for cancelling payment). She's being totally unreasonable and hoping to scare you with threats so that you'll pay up. I guess it's a good lesson learned that you should always read the fine print whenever you sign a document.

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