Why are we paying for childcare again?

Rant here but I legit don’t understand why our society thinks this is ok.

In the last 18 days (yes I include weekends to make it more dramatic), I only had childcare care for 4 days. However I am paying for the full 18 days of child care.

It snowed yesterday. The day care closed yesterday for the full day and they decided to also close today for “lack of kids that will come in”.

Why is this scam acceptable? I don’t get the service I am paying for but I pay for it.