I also don't charge on days that I'm "closed". When my kids are sick I usually give the dck families the option to stay home with no charge. Usually whenever I offer this I would prefer they stay home. I see it as, if they come and their child gets sick, then they will be paying me for any days I am open but they are home sick. But if they take the "no-charge" day then they get a free day. No one has ever taken me up on this, they always send their kids anyway... I have had several instances where they have then had to keep their kids home and pay me b/c the dck caught whatever mine had. So if I was in your shoes, I would not charge the ones who opted to stay home. That's just me though.

Also, I offer this upfront. The text that morning reads something along the lines of "Hey, B is pretty sick today. I will do my best to not spread it, but if you'd like to keep Sally home to avoid catching anything I understand and I will not charge you for today."

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