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"time off" at daycare?
Hey ladies!
Im in the process of looking for inhome daycare (killmenow); maybe some of you can shed some light on this issue-- especially if you have already decided on a daycare, or have had experience with older children in daycare.
In a lot of the contracts I'm seeing, there is PTO for the daycare provider (understandable)--but I'm wondering what the standard protocol is for when you take your child out of daycare--whether it be because you're taking a day off, using vacation time around Christmas, holidays, etc?
In your experience, is it pretty standard that you just pay the usual weekly fee? Or do some in home daycares offer a few days per year of "free" days off (if that makes sense)?
TIA!
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Re: "time off" at daycare?
for any of our kids' activities (including preschool) if they don't go you still pay the regular fee. it sucks.
dh and i decided that we need to buy into some sort of kids extracurricular activity...seems like quite a money making racket!
good luck in your quest!
still pay. that's there job. i still got paid when i took vacations, so my child care provider should still get paid too.
so to answer your question, yes it's standard to still pay. whether in home or in a center, doesn't really change.
most home daycares, and preschools for that matter, do not credit for your days off.
the one difference i've found between preschools and daycares is that preschools will sometimes give you 2 weeks of reduced vacation time (or if you find a good one, tuition free weeks). meaning, you still pay a half rate for the week. most of the preschools i saw, only allowed you to take the vacation in week increments as well, not per day.
some home daycares MIGHT offer something similar, but most do not. especially lets say, lo is sick for three days out of the week, and you're at home with them during that time then that kinda sucks for the wallet book.
i watched a friends son when she went back to work, and i allowed her 10 vacation days. she could take them whenever she wanted and i wouldn't charge for those days. it was a nice thing to do, but it was a pain to keep track of and i was only watching one kid. a daycare provider with more than one probably doesn't want that hassle.
I use a center, and we get 1 free week per year per kid. Plus if we are gone full weeks we can pay half price for that week. I negotiated that separately though once we had 2 since we take a month off at a time to go to England each year. So in that month i only pay half of the normal cost.
If they are sick during the week we still pay the full weekly price though.
great! thanks for all the info!
I expect to pay when LO is sick, but was curious about little vacation days here and there. Thanks much ladies., its good to know what other places do!
Go Phils!!
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I am an in-home daycare provider, and there are no "sick" days for LO. There is no discount for vacation days either. They pay full price whether they bring their LOs or not.
I don't take vacation time, but I use an occasional sick day which I still get paid for as well.
natural mc @ 10w4d 3/7/10
DS2 born 9/13/12
I provide in home care and give each family a free day each month if they call by 7AM that day to cancel.
Most DCs will charge whether or not LO goes... even if LO is gone for a week. Some will give you a break for a week (half off), but that is certainly not the norm, at least in my area.
In-home DCs will usually not, since they usually depend on the tuition of each individual child, where DCs usually do not. My grandma and mom have both run In-home DCs, and stipulated in their contract that even if LO does not show up, the parent is still responsible for that day. They also had 2 vacation weeks (not consecutive), plus holidays that they were "closed" for, but the parents were still required to pay.
Most DCs (in-home or not) have several days (some weeks, depending on the center) that they are closed, and it is not a "free" day. That's pretty common...