How Many Men Here?

[icaredaycare]

Hey all, I have been reading this forum for about a week now, and i'm so glad I found it. I was just curious, how many men are on this forum? I was reluctant at first to register, because i didn't want to feel like an odd ball as the only man who owns an in-home daycare.

I already tried to do a search, but nothing came up.

anyway...hello, and thanks for letting me join!

[Michael]

Welcome to the Daycare.com Forum! I've upgraded your status. You can post freely now.

Really just me. I own Daycare.com

Dave use to come and Ken that posts about Google apps. Mostly woman here. 99.99%

[Heidi]

Yeah, we havent seen Dave lately...

Welcome to the forum! There aren't a lot of men in the field, but you are certainly welcome to join in here!

[Blackcat31]

Welcome! There may not be many men on the forum but many of us have husbands as helpers and assistants so you are not alone! '

I love hearing a male perspective in a female dominant field....

[icaredaycare]

wow, i figured there would only be a handful of men here, but i didn't want to make any assumptions. I'm the only man in most of the providers meeting here in PA as well, so i'm used to it. Michael, this is a great forum, congrats on the success.

thank you bbo!

[icaredaycare]

Welcome! There may not be many men on the forum but many of us have husbands as helpers and assistants so you are not alone! '

I love hearing a male perspective in a female dominant field....

thank you blackcat. As i have said before, I read the forum before joining, and ur name comes up quite a bit. you are very helpful, and i'm glad I finally get to share my experiences on here and chat it up with you.

[Cat Herder]

Welcome to the forum!!

[Checkinkids.com]

I'm a dude

I'm a guy and I'm here. My wife posts with this account sometimes though and she owns a daycare. I used to run it with her for the first year. Then I lost all my hair and went back to computer programming!

[godiva83]

Welcome to the forum.

Sadly, there aren't many men in this profession, but there needs to be.

[Michael]

I'm a guy and I'm here. My wife posts with this account sometimes though and she owns a daycare. I used to run it with her for the first year. Then I lost all my hair and went back to computer programming!

and I thought I was all alone. haha

[icaredaycare]

Thank you! I will introduce myself briefly, so I won't be such a stranger to the community.

I was an electrician apprentice for many years in my youth. It was the great pay in this field that paid my way through college. However, my college degree was far from what anyone expected from me. I decided to graduate in elementary education because I always had a heart for working with children.

However, after graduation, it was not easy to get a job. I went back into the electrician field for the money.

It wasn't until I met a wonderful woman and her wonderful son that I got out of my funk, and decided to use my degree (that I paid so much for) again. Instead of teaching in a school system this time, I decided to do my research on In home Daycares.

After 4 yrs of successfully running my business I am now married, and I have adopted her son as my own.

Thanks for reading, and i'm glad to have found this forum. Wish i found it sooner!

[icaredaycare]

I'm a guy and I'm here. My wife posts with this account sometimes though and she owns a daycare. I used to run it with her for the first year. Then I lost all my hair and went back to computer programming!

. i haven't lost my hair yet...but my hairs are all grey!

[Michael]

I'm a guy and I'm here. My wife posts with this account sometimes though and she owns a daycare. I used to run it with her for the first year. Then I lost all my hair and went back to computer programming!

computer programming? My son love's programming. Since 9 he has been going to book stores and only wants computer programming books. I wish I could find the interest in it to get into his world but I just don't find it as interesting as he does. He lives for programming. I told him he owns the keys to the future.

[littlemissmuffet]

Welcome to the forum!

My husband is my assistant, he doesn't post here... but you're not alone

[beachgrl]

Welcome to the forum, my husband would love for me to be busy enough that he could quit his current job and be able to do second shift care or just help me out but that is not in the cards yet as business is slow around here for me.

He is in school for computer engineering and on his last semester and thought he wanted to be a programmer but he hasn't had the best instructors and what he is really interested in is doing the graphics for computer games/etc, the digital design aspect of it more than the programming. He wants to get his foot in the door somewhere but will most likely have to teach himself quite a bit about it after he gets out of school since his degree is just a basic overview of all things computer related.

Wow Michael, that he does..programming is where it is at and if someone can program, they can make good money doing it! He will have a nice job waiting on him with that kind of love for something.