Sibling Discount

[cheerfuldom]

I dont offer a sibling discount. I also have never taken care of siblings in my daycare before and I feel that is a main reason why. Still, i would rather not take the risk of having too many kids from one family because I only take 4 kids at a time right now.

[momma2girls]

I used to do a $25.00 a week discount on the 2nd child. I stopped this about 3 yrs. ago. I do still give a $10.00 a week discount. There are only a few of us around here that give any sort of sibling disc. at all.

[Mydaycare]

I'm in az and most providers in my area offer a discount for siblings and I do too. But reading all the replies I see a lot of good points that I will star explaining to the new parents.

[Ann B.]

I would never ever ever offer a discount simply because you are bringing more than one child of yours to my daycare. The state dictates to me how many children I can care for at any one given time. That in turn dictates to me just how much money I can reasonably expect to make. If you have 3 children and you would like to enroll them with me I am more than happy to care for you child but why should I give a discount? If you take your children to the doctor or dentist do you get a discount because you brought more than one to them? I think not. Makes no sense to me to discount my hard earned service I provide!

[Countrygal]

I do not give a sibling discount. I opted INSTEAD to give a prepay discount. I figured if I gave both I might as well watch the kids for free!

So, if the family pays on the first for the entire month, I give them a 25 dollar discount, which amounts to about 15 cents per hour for the second child. I felt that was fair, because paying ahead is more beneficial to both parties.

[Lucy]

I quote a slightly higher price, then say "but I give a sibling discount, so your price will be X", which just happens to be my regular price. Win/Win

[Creek]

I don't offer a sibling discount, and never will. My care would not be discounted for an additional child - be it a sibling; so my rate will not go down either. A space is a space. I have two siblings right now, the parents had no issue, and never even asked for a sibling discount. One of my other families will be placing their 12m old with me in 3 weeks - no discount there either.

[Christian Mother]

I would never ever ever offer a discount simply because you are bringing more than one child of yours to my daycare. The state dictates to me how many children I can care for at any one given time. That in turn dictates to me just how much money I can reasonably expect to make. If you have 3 children and you would like to enroll them with me I am more than happy to care for you child but why should I give a discount? If you take your children to the doctor or dentist do you get a discount because you brought more than one to them? I think not. Makes no sense to me to discount my hard earned service I provide!

This exactly!! No sibling discounts here.

[3girls]

So, if the family pays on the first for the entire month, I give them a 25 dollar discount, which amounts to about 15 cents per hour for the second child. I felt that was fair, because paying ahead is more beneficial to both parties.

This is what I do too. I love getting paid monthly Way less stress for me and less trying to skip out on payments because of absences. The other discount I offer is for servicemen/women.

[dEHmom]

I would recommend not doing a discount. I actually could almost see there would be an additional fee to siblings instead of reduced. They are more of a liability of you losing your income. If they leave, you are sitting on more empty spaces.

I would simply say, that you cannot offer discounts on multiple spaces, as you are limited to the number of spaces, and they are using the space no matter what.