Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Craftymissbeth....THAT is very interesting. Maybe that sorta actually helps me to understand it. I guess that's *if* my daycare used that formula to figure out their pricing, but if I choose to believe they did, then I can not feel so screwed anymore! 
Sorry to hear about your water issue...OMG that kinda stuff STINKS because how many HOURS of your time did you spend just dealing with that?? You're lucky you got it sorted out.
And, hey, all you business owners out there, consider this:
This daycare I'm complaining about has another policy: Once per year you are allowed to take your child on vacation and NOT pay for that week at all.
I was so surprised to hear this. The daycare is expecting my child and they've held a spot in their school for my child and I've decided not to have my child attend. I actually EXPECT to have to pay in this scenario and they tell me I don't have to!
Honestly, I wish they'd scrap that policy entirely and instead just not charge me for snow days. Because on one hand I feel like I'm getting a benefit I don't even deserve, but on the other hand I feel like I'm getting screwed. Switch the two policies and I'm happy.
Besides, their vacation policy "punishes" families with less money and less ability to take vacation! If I'm in one of those families who don't get paid if I don't work (i.e. no paid vacation), then I might only go away on weekends and never take a week vacation. In that case I never get the BENEFIT of this policy, yet those families will also bear the worst burden on snow days. ('cause if they can't go to work, they don't get paid.)
The issue that the contract and policies are not made with YOU in mind (as in you personally and your own personal life situation). What you are missing here is that this is GROUP care. I can guarantee that there is no place or sitter that will do everything your way in order for you to feel that it is fair and ethical because it is not all about you.
No, life is not fair.
Nothing is ever fair.
If your biggest concern is having to be inconvenienced and pay for a few snow days a year, I would say that you have it pretty good. Instead of over analyzing on small portion of your daycare situation, perhaps it would do you good to count the positives of your daycare situation. All the services that they do provide and do benefit your family. You should come out with more positives than negatives and if you don't, time to find a new daycare.
You are looking at this in a mostly one sided way "what is best/convenient for me and my definition of fair" and not seeing that no matter what the daycare did, there will be some parent complaining about it and saying "thats not fair!".