Stop Working For So Cheap!!

[melilley]

In my state, you need a license to care for any unrelated children. There are many SAHM's and the like who do care for either less money or the same and also will provide care for more than the ratio if they were licensed. Some even advertise that they aren't licensed or advertise like they are and run a program. I wish there was a way to report these people! I have spent a lot of time and money in preparation to get licensed to open my in home daycare and those people should have to do the same! I agree to some extent on the need to have some post secondary eduction to have an in home daycare. I don't think you should have to have a degree (which I do have), but there are certificates, at least in my state, that you can obtain that demonstrate your competence in caring for children. And in order to be a lead in a center here, you have to have a minimum of a CDA and to be an infant or toddler lead you have to take a certain infant toddler class so why wouldn't you have to have at least something for in home providers? Or at least some kind of documented experience in working with children. One thing that my state does do is require in home providers to complete 10 hours of approved childcare courses a year in order to stay licensed, which I totally agree with! Sorry, I may be getting off track here in my post, I just had some things to say...
Anyways, back to the tuition fee, I agree, wait and they will come. The right families will see that what you offer is worth the money! And for the sake of argument (I've seen arguments on here from things people have misunderstood and I don't want that to happen here!) I'm not saying that if you charge less you are less of a provider, just some of us can't afford to charge less.

[melilley]

In my state, you need a license to care for any unrelated children. There are many SAHM's and the like who do care for either less money or the same and also will provide care for more than the ratio if they were licensed. Some even advertise that they aren't licensed or advertise like they are and run a program. I wish there was a way to report these people! I have spent a lot of time and money in preparation to get licensed to open my in home daycare and those people should have to do the same! I agree to some extent on the need to have some post secondary eduction to have an in home daycare. I don't think you should have to have a degree (which I do have), but there are certificates, at least in my state, that you can obtain that demonstrate your competence in caring for children. And in order to be a lead in a center here, you have to have a minimum of a CDA and to be an infant or toddler lead you have to take a certain infant toddler class so why wouldn't you have to have at least something for in home providers? Or at least some kind of documented experience in working with children. One thing that my state does do is require in home providers to complete 10 hours of approved childcare courses a year in order to stay licensed, which I totally agree with! Sorry, I may be getting off track here in my post, I just had some things to say...
Anyways, back to the tuition fee, I agree, wait and they will come. The right families will see that what you offer is worth the money! And for the sake of argument (I've seen arguments on here from things people have misunderstood and I don't want that to happen here!) I'm not saying that if you charge less you are less of a provider, just some of us can't afford to charge less.

I hope this post makes sense, I kept thinking of things to say and kept typing away...