PHaley
New member
Just wondering and pardon me if any of the questions or the thread all together is too much...
1)How many children do you keep? Yours & daycare kiddos?
2) Age combnations?
3) About how many hours do you dedicate to it?
4) How do you structure it and conduct all the business you need to keep up w/ to run your own household?
5) What car(s) do you drive and what car seat combinations? Are the seats yours or parent provided? What would you say to a parent who insited you use theirs but you knew your seats were safer?
6) Your house or their house? Is their a difference in what you can charge depending? If at your ouse whats the set up...living room? basement? All over? What areas do you use?
7) How about food...do you provide or parents? At what age do you start if so/ What kinds of things do you normally serve?
8) Do you have any type of license or permit? Are there regulations or is it just considered "babysitting" to a certain # of kids or a certain # of hours or is there any type of regulation?
To exlain a bit i've been workingat a special education school since I left college in '04 and have started to get this feeling that i realy need to pull out of there! Two months ago I started w/ a single mom of 4 who I help in the evening s and on weekend (per my post on small misbehaved kids needing carseats after being in nothing!) but even though I'm comfortable that that is a stable position I continue to think i should take on some kids during the day reg 9-5 M-F you know and I've been setting up and have one family fairly garaunteed to start in June but just got word from another family, but that would make 5 kiddos under 3 during the day and though i think I could handle I just don't have a clear knowledge of the regulations regarding this and wonder from folks that are doing it NOW as to if I'm being over abitious?
Please any info/experiences/ideas/suggestions are ALL welcome as I need to email the latest family ASAP Gracias
1)How many children do you keep? Yours & daycare kiddos?
2) Age combnations?
3) About how many hours do you dedicate to it?
4) How do you structure it and conduct all the business you need to keep up w/ to run your own household?
5) What car(s) do you drive and what car seat combinations? Are the seats yours or parent provided? What would you say to a parent who insited you use theirs but you knew your seats were safer?
6) Your house or their house? Is their a difference in what you can charge depending? If at your ouse whats the set up...living room? basement? All over? What areas do you use?
7) How about food...do you provide or parents? At what age do you start if so/ What kinds of things do you normally serve?
8) Do you have any type of license or permit? Are there regulations or is it just considered "babysitting" to a certain # of kids or a certain # of hours or is there any type of regulation?
To exlain a bit i've been workingat a special education school since I left college in '04 and have started to get this feeling that i realy need to pull out of there! Two months ago I started w/ a single mom of 4 who I help in the evening s and on weekend (per my post on small misbehaved kids needing carseats after being in nothing!) but even though I'm comfortable that that is a stable position I continue to think i should take on some kids during the day reg 9-5 M-F you know and I've been setting up and have one family fairly garaunteed to start in June but just got word from another family, but that would make 5 kiddos under 3 during the day and though i think I could handle I just don't have a clear knowledge of the regulations regarding this and wonder from folks that are doing it NOW as to if I'm being over abitious?
Please any info/experiences/ideas/suggestions are ALL welcome as I need to email the latest family ASAP Gracias