Actually, now that I think of it, one of my part-time families started becoming unbearable part-time this Fall. The mom had told me several different versions of what their routine would be, and it got beyond what I could live with.

I ended up making a new contract with a minimum fee for every two weeks. It was low but it was what I could live with. That way I could still give that flexibility, but if they fell below that amount in that two week billing period, I just added on a "minimum charge" fee to bring it up to my minimum total. If they had fees for not bringing supplies or policy violations, I added those fees on top of the minimum care charge.

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