Parents would need to provide all food, ready to eat, for a child with an allergy or special diet. As for the milk, should be serving that once a day at lunch. Instill a drop-off cutoff (mine is 9:30am) where they can’t come after that unless they have an appointment and submit proof to me at drop-off. Late pickup should have late fees ($15 for 1-10 minutes late then an additional $10/10 minutes late. so if 11 minutes late, would owe $25. hopefully that’s a motivator to be on time). And depending on the lies, that can be an immediate term if about masking illness or similar.

Hi Diane, I’m not sure if this was something you guys had arranged beforehand or not but unfortunately you should be claiming the business income on your taxes regardless. Parents have the option to claim the payment and most will choose to do this, even if they say they are not planning on it, which puts you in a tricky spot that could cause major problems with the IRS for you down the line if you have not claimed the income.

If you choose to terminate a family over this issue then I would simple give them a generic letter and keep it as vague as possible. I would just say you are making some changed to your program and no longer have the space. Good luck.

Hope your termination went well! What a tough client, I’d be done with them too! Things will be much easier for you soon!