Rural(Suburbs) Or Urban(City)

[Country Kids]

Thank you! The only reason I have a separate house is because it was my DH's worst nighmare to have daycare IN our home.

His mother ran a 24/7 daycare while he was growing up and he "claims" he is severely scarred because of it....::

Our state is in the process of becoming unionized and the rumor going around is that we will NOT be able to have a seaparate home if we are family child care. I have heard it said, but have yet to find anything legal that says so....:confused: I surely hope not.

That is how our state is. You have to live in the house you are doing childcare from to be considered a family childcare.

May I ask what your hubby means by this. I'm being very serious on this because I'm getting the feeling some of my own children may feel this way because of childcare. One of mine already says they don't want to have children-. Has said this for several years. They have been raised there whole life in childcare. Going to be in college soon so not a little one. I so hope this has seriously not had an ill effect on them because of my profession.

[icaredaycare]

That is how our state is. You have to live in the house you are doing childcare from to be considered a family childcare.

May I ask what your hubby means by this. I'm being very serious on this because I'm getting the feeling some of my own children may feel this way because of childcare. One of mine already says they don't want to have children-. I so hope this has seriously not had an ill effect on them because of my profession.

I too would like to know this. I asked my son if he would like my daycare when he's a grown up. he said "nope! I'd rather be a doctor."

[icaredaycare]

can i please have a moderator change the poll and reset it?

after a few people have pointed out...it should read.

rural

suburbs

urban

sorry for the confusion. being a city kid...i always put suburbs and rural together.

[melskids]

......I love that word hillbilly.... Your place sounds amazing. No smog, loud trains, buses, cars or crazy city vehicles I bet....

Sounds like a little piece of heaven

I live in a city of approximately 145,000. It is a fairly diverse area with a mixture of upper, middle, and working class folks. I am definitely a city-girl - I cannot imagine living in the suburbs let alone a rural area! No sidewalk, no big library, no neighbors, no people YIKES!

LOL!

I have NO neighbors.....I'm the only house on a dirt road that is surrounded by 3000 acres of state land. The only cars that go by are my DC parents ::

My neighbors all have 4 legs and fur.

Our neighbor...now when I say neighbor, I mean MILES down the road.......is a weekender, and brings friends from the city in the summer. They are always amazed that we live this way...on purpose. ::

Last summer we all sat around a campfire one night and I had all I could do to hold it together. The women were all complaining about the bugs and scared out of their minds by the animal noises. Some of the men were too.

One got up to lock her car doors. She didn't want critters to crawl inside.

Not only was she shocked that we don't lock our doors, half the time the keys get left in the ignition. ::

[melskids]

Thank you! The only reason I have a separate house is because it was my DH's worst nighmare to have daycare IN our home.

His mother ran a 24/7 daycare while he was growing up and he "claims" he is severely scarred because of it....::

Our state is in the process of becoming unionized and the rumor going around is that we will NOT be able to have a seaparate home if we are family child care. I have heard it said, but have yet to find anything legal that says so....:confused: I surely hope not.

You know, I've always wondered. If I set up the house to "look" like I actually live there, how can they prove I don't?

[Country Kids]

You know, I've always wondered. If I set up the house to "look" like I actually live there, how can they prove I don't?

I actually wouldn't want it looking like I lived there because that would be the whole reason for me not doing it in my house. More room to do things, more rooms for different things, very kid friendly. So if I had it set up to look like a house I would be gaining any of the things I was shooting for.

[melskids]

I actually wouldn't want it looking like I lived there because that would be the whole reason for me not doing it in my house. More room to do things, more rooms for different things, very kid friendly. So if I had it set up to look like a house I would be gaining any of the things I was shooting for.

No, I agree! Its more room I'm after.

But if I at least threw a bed and a dresser in a bedroom, how can they prove I dont live there, right?

[icaredaycare]

No, I agree! Its more room I'm after.

But if I at least threw a bed and a dresser in a bedroom, how can they prove I dont live there, right?

i don't get this either. even if you owned multiple homes...u can still live in all of them. i can have a house i live in on weekends...and a house i live during the week.

i wonder how much info they really "dig" into this.

[karen]

I live in the burbs just outside of Cleveland.
Many different backgrounds and cultures here. Right now I have all professions here from police to mechanics and everything in between. Here where I live you really have to have an edge to make it because their are so many daycare centers and home care providers. I count my blessings everyday because I am full. Sometimes I am not and it takes me a few months to recruit newbies but once I do they seem happy and almost all of my kids have been with me for a few years. I try to keep them until they go to school.

[Heidi]

Thank you! The only reason I have a separate house is because it was my DH's worst nighmare to have daycare IN our home.

His mother ran a 24/7 daycare while he was growing up and he "claims" he is severely scarred because of it....::

Our state is in the process of becoming unionized and the rumor going around is that we will NOT be able to have a seaparate home if we are family child care. I have heard it said, but have yet to find anything legal that says so....:confused: I surely hope not.

That's wierd! Our state is unionized (it's voluntary though), and the union has fought the state on adding that rule!

[Country Kids]

It has to be your main dwelling place. Our rules say "The home in which child car is provided must be the residence of the provider".

so I'm thinking it has to be where you claim residence as the place you live more than any place else.

[Countrygal]

I always thought the definitions were:
Urban - City
Suburban (Suburbs) - sprawling from the city
Rural - Out from the city (country, mountains, whatever, basically more wildlife than human life)

I live in a rural area. The town that my mail comes from has a population of 322 people and really nothing to offer. A different town where I get gas and my quick grocery items is about 8 miles from me. I do have a "town" about a mile from me, and it has a gas station, bar, church, and someone converted their garage into a year round garage sale/thrift store.

My closest Wal-Mart is 30 miles away. The closest city that has anything more than a Wal-Mart (like competitive stores) is 59 miles to the north, 59 miles to the west or 64 miles to the south. Going east, I'm not sure because that's Wisconsin, and there isn't an easy way to get there from here without back-tracking.

The majority of my kids are basically part-time and often rotating shifts. I have two parents that work at a habilitation with challenged adults (mostly mentally challenged) and one of those has gone back to college, and the other holds a part-time at a gas station also. I have two parents that are nurses. 6 parents that work at a nearby casino, one of those casino workers has also gone back to school. One mechanic, one construction worker, and one parent who waitresses and works at Walmart.

A lot of my kids either come from single parent households, divorced parents, or parents living together and not married, I do have two families that come from married households. Only 3 of my families are on state-aid, but most are scraping to get by. The county I live in has about 14% of the population living below the poverty line. And the only minority we have is Native Americans, and most of them, you wouldn't know it.

What really helps my daycare is that I started out offering 24/7 services. I am getting away from weekends now as my own family is growing, but I still offer 24/5 services. The current clients who still need weekends I will cover, but no new clients on weekends. With the odd jobs and hours out here it was hard to find non-standard hour daycares. Most of my families have been by word of mouth from the 3 that initially started. I did advertise in the local advertisement circular and did get a two families that way.

aaaaahhhhhh...... finally someone that lives more in the boonies than I do!!!:::: My Wally World is only 20 mins away!!!

[Heidi]

I live not too far away from Country Gal, on the other side of a town of 300. So, it's pretty much the same over here, except we live a mile from a large lake, and there are no bluffs, just lots and lots of sand, scrub oaks, and jake pines.

I live in a subdivision, everyone has 1-3 acres, and there is no sidewalk. We walk right on the road over here....

[Countrygal]

LOL!

I have NO neighbors.....I'm the only house on a dirt road that is surrounded by 3000 acres of state land. The only cars that go by are my DC parents ::

My neighbors all have 4 legs and fur.

Our neighbor...now when I say neighbor, I mean MILES down the road.......is a weekender, and brings friends from the city in the summer. They are always amazed that we live this way...on purpose. ::

Last summer we all sat around a campfire one night and I had all I could do to hold it together. The women were all complaining about the bugs and scared out of their minds by the animal noises. Some of the men were too.

One got up to lock her car doors. She didn't want critters to crawl inside.

Not only was she shocked that we don't lock our doors, half the time the keys get left in the ignition. ::

You get the "BOONIES" award!!!!
ENJOY!!!happyface

[Sugar Magnolia]

Live in the suburbs, but center is smack in the middle of downtown. Rocks!