Misconception of Daycare...

[pfund2233]

What have you found to be a misconception to owning a daycare??

Mine is/was "Oh I'll get to have more time with my own kids". Yeah right!! I get to spend less time with them I think. I don't get to do the field trips and fun school stuff... one reason why I'm goning back to a job of 9-5 with paid vacations and I dont get then stanke eye for taking a day off!!

[mac60]

This is not what I think, but what I perceive others think.

Easy job and we sit on our butts.
Make lots of income doing not much....when in fact we put a good portion of our income right back into our business to run it.
Just because the last kid leaves at 5:15 does not mean that my daycare day is done.

[pfund2233]

This is not what I think, but what I perceive others think.

Easy job and we sit on our butts.
Make lots of income doing not much....when in fact we put a good portion of our income right back into our business to run it.
Just because the last kid leaves at 5:15 does not mean that my daycare day is done.

AGREE!!! I remember when I first stared doing this and my hubby and parents were like oh it can't be that hard... UGH!! Then one day hubby was ill and home from work and he seen first hand!! He never again said I had an "easy" job. :: And my parent's learned the same thing when they dropped in one day. I have kids from 530am-530pm then dinner and baths for my family and clean up... I go to bed MAYBE by 1030pm!!

[DCP]

LOL mac60!!

My husband used to think my job was easy - and did not understand why i was stressed half the time. On top of that i have three of my own!
He started having days off during the week and after the first full day here with the kids and listening to parents..he now hides or leaves the house LOL

I have not heard a thing about "how easy" my job is since!! And in fact..he helps more around the house when he is home!!

I started mine due to a money issue - daycare for two kids at once was insane! And my current position at a company would be cease within a year so I took the lay off and started this business.

There are many positives but so many negatives to this business..when I am feeling down and aggravated and start to think about stopping..I have to focus on the things that are great about it!

[lil angels]

Everyone else tells me oh you must be rich::::::. That's great money and I must really like being here to get my house hold stuff done all the time. Ya right some but not even close to all then I have to clean up after all these kids and parents.

[SunshineMama]

Common misconceptions:

That we always "have our hands full" and just sit back eating bon bon's with a bunch of rowdy kids running around uncontrollably.

That our job is easy.

That, just because we work from home, we can get more things done around our own house.

That we get to spend quality time during daycare hours with our own kids.

That we are not educated and can't do anything else.

That we are lucky to be able to do whatever we want, whenever we want.

That it's ok for SAHM'ss to bring their kids over for play-dates just because we are home

That it isn't a real job

[AfterSchoolMom]

When I first considered doing home childcare, I have to say that it never occurred to me that I'd have SO many problems with parents. I spent a lot of time thinking about potential issues with the kids, but parent issues never even crossed my mind!

[dave4him]

Oh i know im not planning to do this much longer, just untill i can get my own into school! I want to be a teacher but not for their age level

[cheerfuldom]

I never expected parents to be so rude, clueless or helpless.

My husband used to think that daycare would be just like being a SAHM.....ha ha, yeah right

[itlw8]

I never occured to me that I would still be doing this almost 30 years later. I planned to go back to work after the youngest went to school.

I started out with great mentors it made a big difference.

[SunshineMama]

When I first considered doing home childcare, I have to say that it never occurred to me that I'd have SO many problems with parents. I spent a lot of time thinking about potential issues with the kids, but parent issues never even crossed my mind!

This, exactly!

99% of my problems are with inconsiderate parents. The kids "get it" way faster than the parents

[jojosmommy]

Common misconceptions:

That we always "have our hands full" and just sit back eating bon bon's with a bunch of rowdy kids running around uncontrollably.

That our job is easy.

That, just because we work from home, we can get more things done around our own house.

That we get to spend quality time during daycare hours with our own kids.

That we are not educated and can't do anything else.

That we are lucky to be able to do whatever we want, whenever we want.

That it's ok for SAHM'ss to bring their kids over for play-dates just because we are home

That it isn't a real job

ALL of these! oh, and the you must make a ton of money! ::::::

[AfterSchoolMom]

A common parent misconception - that there's something wrong with you if you're doing daycare "for the money". Why is that a bad thing? I wouldn't do any other job just for the sheer joy of it! ::

[kayla]

When I first considered doing home childcare, I have to say that it never occurred to me that I'd have SO many problems with parents. I spent a lot of time thinking about potential issues with the kids, but parent issues never even crossed my mind!

I agree never in a million years did I think that I would have as much problems as I do with parents... maybe its jealousy??

[cheerfuldom]

I agree never in a million years did I think that I would have as much problems as I do with parents... maybe its jealousy??

maybe...I think a lot of parents just dont have any experience with kids whatsoever. They fly by the seat of their pants and are super permissive and unstructured OR read everything in sight and try to micromanage every second of every day. Its always nice to have parents that are mature, their life is well balanced, they don't go to either parenting extreme.

There are always a few that really are just very unhappy with the daycare situation, they are jealous and it has nothing to do with the particular daycare provider.