Anyone In CA Know The Regs On Max Amount Of Hours?

[daycare]

I know a lot of states have a cap on how many hours a child can attend daycare for on any given day.

Does california have a cap on how many hours a child can be in daycare each day?

thanks,

[Crystal]

It has to be less than 24 hours. It can 23 hours and 50 minutes, as long as it is not 24 (this is from my licensor)

[laundrymom]

It has to be less than 24 hours. It can 23 hours and 50 minutes, as long as it is not 24 (this is from my licensor)

sad thing is,.. you know its happened,...

[daycare]

So we can operate for 23 hours and a child could be here for a full 23 hours if needed?

[sharlan]

I don't think so.

[daycare]

darn it....
I knew we could not operate for 24 hours, but I was hoping that there was a max amount of hours that a child could be in care, like 13..

I have my free parents night out next week and I have a family that has their child here already over 11.5 hours, so if they come to PNO theywould be here for over 15 hours...
No way I want to provide care for that many hours straight.

I am thinking that I may tell this family that they can no longer participate....I just feel bad, because I know they dont have any family or close friends here in town to help them go out on a date...

[sharlan]

darn it....
I knew we could not operate for 24 hours, but I was hoping that there was a max amount of hours that a child could be in care, like 13..

I have my free parents night out next week and I have a family that has their child here already over 11.5 hours, so if they come to PNO theywould be here for over 15 hours...
No way I want to provide care for that many hours straight.

I am thinking that I may tell this family that they can no longer participate....I just feel bad, because I know they dont have any family or close friends here in town to help them go out on a date...

That is not your responsibility. Stop offering the parents night out to all the families. Then, when you want, offer it to the one family, only.

[caligirl]

Oh Lordy, I cannot even imagine giving parents a night out. Working 10.5 hours a day 5 days a week is long enough for this DCP! I start watching that clock as soon as the last hour is here.

[daycare]

call me crazy, but I love doing the parents night out.

See duing the PNO I get down on the floor and play with the kids in ways we never play during dc hours. We connect as friends, not as teacher and student. We play games, we watch movies and have pillow fights sometimes. (depending on ages)

I love it! My older kids love it too, because they get babysitting job offers when the parents see how well they care for and interact with the kids.

I also love to see the parents come back with smiles on thier faces, I know they got to have a little bit of Rand R and stress free night.

[Blackcat31]

call me crazy, but I love doing the parents night out.

See duing the PNO I get down on the floor and play with the kids in ways we never play during dc hours. We connect as friends, not as teacher and student. We play games, we watch movies and have pillow fights sometimes. (depending on ages)

I love it! My older kids love it too, because they get babysitting job offers when the parents see how well they care for and interact with the kids.

I also love to see the parents come back with smiles on thier faces, I know they got to have a little bit of Rand R and stress free night.

Why can you not do that during business hours? If that type of relationship is working for you and gives you that much pleasure then THAT is the type of business I would be offering versus having some of the struggles you have had lately with misbehavior, direspectful parents and kids who are so sleepy they can hardly function.

[daycare]

Why can you not do that during business hours? If that type of relationship is working for you and gives you that much pleasure then THAT is the type of business I would be offering versus having some of the struggles you have had lately with misbehavior, direspectful parents and kids who are so sleepy they can hardly function.

im old, I cant play for 14 hours a day...

I have actually changed the way my DC runs. I used to teach 5 days a week, but now its only 3. I am hoping to see changes for the better with this.

But I see your point

[Blackcat31]

im old, I cant play for 14 hours a day...

I have actually changed the way my DC runs. I used to teach 5 days a week, but now its only 3. I am hoping to see changes for the better with this.

But I see your point

LOL!! :: You might not be able to actively play for an entire day, but they can. I spend a good part of my day interacting in their play doing things such as having pillow fights and digging in the sand too but I also spend a good part of the day telling them to "go play".

I use the moments I am involved in the play as my teachable moments and we learn just as much as the kids who attend a formal preschool. Life is one gigantic lesson and some of the things that the little ones under 5 need to have mastered by the time they hit kindergarten are learned by having a consistent caregiver that can offer a wide variety of things both academic and relationship based.

I say do all the things you love about parent night out on those two days of the week that you don't do your formal teaching and leave your evenings to you and your family. They deserve 100% of you too!

[daycare]

LOL!! :: You might not be able to actively play for an entire day, but they can. I spend a good part of my day interacting in their play doing things such as having pillow fights and digging in the sand too but I also spend a good part of the day telling them to "go play".

I use the moments I am involved in the play as my teachable moments and we learn just as much as the kids who attend a formal preschool. Life is one gigantic lesson and some of the things that the little ones under 5 need to have mastered by the time they hit kindergarten are learned by having a consistent caregiver that can offer a wide variety of things both academic and relationship based.

I say do all the things you love about parent night out on those two days of the week that you don't do your formal teaching and leave your evenings to you and your family. They deserve 100% of you too!

You know EMS....Im pretty much a single mom... My odler kids are very social and always gone, so its always me and little man.....

I do play with the kids through out the day, we have puppet shows, dramatic play, do a lot of pretend fishing lately, cauight me a bass just this morning...

I do alot of science experiments and we are always super dirty...

But you are right, I should give more of me to my family...

[Crystal]

I don't think so.

Yes, you can.

[Christian Mother]

I think that if you offer that service to all your families you need to keep it that way. If you start picking and choosing which families get that service..your going to start having problems. I don't offer that kind of service to my parents. I am sooo tired towards the end of the week that the last thing I want to do if work at night too. Not to mention my children look forward to having me and my husband starting Fri. all through the night til Sun. I will watch a child here and there on a weekend but only on special evenings...like Annv. or Weddings. And it's paid also...not free.