For the past three years my payment policy has been payment on Friday for the upcoming week of care with a $10 per day late fee. However, I have had SOOOO many issues with parents fighting my policy that I'd like to make it short, to the point, and iron clad.

Here's what I'd like to do - change my payment day to Monday AM for the current week (so that I still get paid prior to services), but adopting a "no pay, no stay" policy. If you don't pay on Monday AM, you don't get in the door at all. No late fees, no chances, no nothing. I will probably consider exceptions on a case by case basis, IF they come to me ahead of time, but I won't advertise that fact at all.

Number one, does that sound unreasonable? Number two, how do I word that in my contract and make it CRYSTAL clear to prospective families without being harsh at interview time?

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