What do You all do With Those DCK's When They turn School Aged?

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  • mrsp'slilpeeps
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • May 2011
    • 607

    What do You all do With Those DCK's When They turn School Aged?

    What I mean by that is, if you all dont do SA kids where do they go when they get older?

    Do you tell the parents, sorry when they turn such n such an age they have to go?

    My kids cant stay at home alone till 12yrs. so what do the parents do?
  • Blackcat31
    • Oct 2010
    • 36124

    #2
    We are over run in my community with after school and school age programs.

    Our YMCA does Edu-care which is an after school program that is at each elementary school and runs from 3-6 pm. The YMCA also does a school age summer camp type program.

    We have LOTS of options for SA kids here.

    We also have no laws saying when a child can stay home alone after I think 9 yrs. It is still up to the parents to make that decison here.

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    • JenNJ
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Jun 2010
      • 1212

      #3
      I have no idea what parents do. I don't care, they aren't my kids. I do care until 5 or K. After that, its on the parent. Most seem to do an afterschool program or the Y.

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      • AnneCordelia
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jul 2011
        • 816

        #4
        Our local school has a before/after program for $12/day. I can't compete with that! LOL.

        I don't particularly enjoy the SA crowd so I don't offer that care anyway. I don't tell parents that...but when the time comes that they are registering for kindy is when I tell them that I don't provide care for SAers.

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        • Greenplasticwateringcans
          Daycare.com Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 151

          #5
          Originally posted by mrsp'slilpeeps
          What I mean by that is, if you all dont do SA kids where do they go when they get older?

          Do you tell the parents, sorry when they turn such n such an age they have to go?

          My kids cant stay at home alone till 12yrs. so what do the parents do?
          Before and after school care if the school has it.

          Local rec centers offer school aged care.

          Some daycares only take school agers.

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          • daycare
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            • Feb 2011
            • 16259

            #6
            mine age out. I don't do SA....so they get replaced

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            • DCMom
              Advanced Daycare.com Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 871

              #7
              I used to keep them until the youngest sibling hit the first day of kindy; starting in Sept I am not keeping them beyond day 1 of school. I have two school age spots, but I will keep those for the pre-kinder kids.

              My families have all been made aware so they can plan ahead for after school programs, etc,

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              • mrsp'slilpeeps
                Advanced Daycare.com Member
                • May 2011
                • 607

                #8
                I cant fathom having to tell the parents that their kids have to go to someone else because the kids are too old to stay here.

                I thought that's what running a daycare was all about, careing for your kids until such time that they are old enough to stay home or parents move on.

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                • daycare
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                  • Feb 2011
                  • 16259

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mrsp'slilpeeps
                  I cant fathom having to tell the parents that their kids have to go to someone else because the kids are too old to stay here.

                  I thought that's what running a daycare was all about, careing for your kids until such time that they are old enough to stay home or parents move on.
                  School agers don't work with my program. I teach preschool....I do the same thing the preschools do, Give a graduation, say good-bye as they move on to big boy school and give them the number to the before and after school program.

                  do you have SA and preschool ages mixed together? I did it once and will never again. Within 3 days all of my preschoolers were repeating everything the 6 year old SA said. This is lame, I'm bored, you're stupid, I don't have to if I don't want to. I don't have to listen to you, you are not my mother. ALL of my littles picked up on it and were repeating it. Thank god it was only for 3 weeks and they left after that....They wanted to come back and I said no thankyou....

                  YOu have to realize that we can only do what works for us and our group. If we know we can't handle something then I feel it is right that we let that child move on. Regardless of the childs age....

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                  • Greenplasticwateringcans
                    Daycare.com Member
                    • Feb 2012
                    • 151

                    #10
                    Originally posted by mrsp'slilpeeps
                    I cant fathom having to tell the parents that their kids have to go to someone else because the kids are too old to stay here.

                    I thought that's what running a daycare was all about, careing for your kids until such time that they are old enough to stay home or parents move on.
                    Not for my program and bank account.

                    If I took school agers permanently it would be at a cost loss to me of 66%.

                    I let people who want to and can properly care for school agers do that job. Win win for everyone.

                    ......I'll have to bookmark my reply for when I have someone ask me to take their schools ager for a few days this summer

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                    • DCMom
                      Advanced Daycare.com Member
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 871

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Greenplasticwateringcans
                      Some daycares only take school agers.
                      I've often thought it be fun to do this, especially when my kids WERE the SA's, . But how do you make a living during the school year? I've never been able to figure out a way to make it work.

                      It's not schoolagers I don't like necessarily...it's the mix of them with the littles. Just a group of 5-9 or so would be kinda fun.

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                      • Country Kids
                        Nature Lover
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 5051

                        #12
                        I can only have 10 children totally, only 6 can be preschoolers. If I didn't fill those other 4 spots with sa, I would lose out on money. It takes me 1.5 hours a day to make what a full time child would bring by watching 4 schoolagers-its worth it to me.
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                        • nannyde
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                          • Mar 2010
                          • 7320

                          #13
                          Originally posted by mrsp'slilpeeps
                          I cant fathom having to tell the parents that their kids have to go to someone else because the kids are too old to stay here.

                          I thought that's what running a daycare was all about, careing for your kids until such time that they are old enough to stay home or parents move on.
                          For me ageing out is when they no longer need a nap. That can happen as infants, toddlers, preK, or school agers.
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                          • DCMom
                            Advanced Daycare.com Member
                            • Jul 2008
                            • 871

                            #14
                            Originally posted by mrsp'slilpeeps
                            I cant fathom having to tell the parents that their kids have to go to someone else because the kids are too old to stay here.

                            I thought that's what running a daycare was all about, careing for your kids until such time that they are old enough to stay home or parents move on.
                            I've done daycare for 20+ years and I used to feel this way. However, in the last few years something happens to those kids when they go to school...they come come back mouthy, antsy and disrespectful. I'm painting with a broad brush here because there are one or two of my SA's that I would keep but for the most part I'm not sorry to see them go. And I've had these kids since infancy.

                            It kind of makes me sad that it's come to this for me, but I can't do it any longer.

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                            • mrsp'slilpeeps
                              Advanced Daycare.com Member
                              • May 2011
                              • 607

                              #15
                              So what do you do when you have siblings and one is sa and the other is prek or k?

                              Keep one and not the other?

                              Makes no sence to me.:confused:

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