starting in-home daycare... do's and donts.?

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Hey peeps!

My partner and i are looking for a way that one or both of us can spend more time at home with our kids. Up until now we have both been putting in 42-48/week so that we could get a house, provide for the kdis and still have leftover for some wants. Well we've gotten to that point and now our 4-yr old son has been having some issues. (He isn't in anykind of 4K program yet because he won't be able to start school until he's 5 based on when his bday is.) as of right now he and our 19 mo daughter have been going to an in-home sitter. Everything was great until recently. The last few months our son has become extra sassy, he doesn't listen, has been very agressive and won't kiss or hug us goodbye. in fact he seems to get angry when we leave.

I'm worried that he hasn't been getting enought attention since we work so much. he also doesn't want to go to my mom's house at all anymore because he's afraid we'll leve him there. (she is out back up sitter) this makes me incredably sad and has made my time at work suffer as well. I've never been all that pleased with my job to begin with, but this makes it that much harder. our thought is to start our own in-home daycare. i can be at home with the kids and still have a source of income. i'm just wondering who out there has their own or uses one. what do you like about using/having your own? what type of rates do you have? have it been benificial for you?

also if you have any other advice on what we can do to help our son that would be great!

Thanks so much!!

shipwreck · Answer

My niece had one when her son was little. The hours are very long and relentless so you must control what you allow. Drop off time has to be before the parents head to work so maybe 6:30 or 7:00 and pick up after work so maybe 5:30 making about 11 hours you are open for business. If you don't control it parents will be late picking up with excuses like traffic or a late meeting soon you will have strangler until 7 making a 12.5 hour day. Until the last kid leaves one of you has to be constantly watching them so you can't even leave to go to the store or start dinner. Impose harsh penalties for late pick up like $5 a minute and never wave the penalty or they will be late again. Charging them $25 for 5 minutes late means they will leave work on time even if they are in the middle of a meeting.

Get licensed and don't take more kids than you are licensed to have. Here two workers can have 2 infants and I think six total so with your two you couldn't have more than 4 other kids. You can charge what you are paying your provider.

You will have cost like snacks, toys and taxes so it isn't all profit. You may also pay an accountant to do your company books.

Get licensed and don't take more kids than you are licensed to have. Here two workers can have 2 infants and I think six total so with your two you couldn't have more than 4 other kids. You can charge what you are paying your provider.

You will have cost like snacks, toys and taxes so it isn't all profit. You may also pay an accountant to do your company books.

bdancer222 · Answer

You need to check your local county or city to see what they require for day care centers.

You will find that there will be a limit to the number of children, based on qualified adults and ages of the kids.  With your two kids, you may find you  can only have another 2 or 3 kids, even if there are two adults.  In other words, you  may not be able to make enough to replace your current paychecks.

starting in-home daycare... do's and donts.?

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