Need Your Help!!!! Daycare Issue in My Neighborhood

[Unregistered]

It's really only less than 7 children minus her 5 children,3 can come from 1 family

I understand you'd like to solve the cars going in out of the neighborhood, but in reality, it shouldn't be a problem if they've done everything that is legal. Remember, as the economy shifts downward, more people might need to work from home, I think letting everyone have that option (rather than not) helps everyone in the long run. Who knows, maybe you'll be next to loose your income and might need to figure out a way to work, even if it might be from home. It's a small home daycare and they won't be able to get a facility license. A woman can naturally have 12 children or more either by birthing them herself. A couple could easily do foster childcare in a home. I think there is over 7000 children without a home in WA state and the numbers are probably climbing with the economy going south. Just remember most families take 3 or 4 day weekend holidays, kids do get sick and who really knows if she will take care of 12 kids (she will need to get them first and then keep them as clients). If she has 12 child ratio and has 5 kids of her own, then your ONLY talking about her maybe taking care of 7 or less children that aren't her own and sometimes they can be 3 from one family and 2 from another so as you see, the number of car ration just came down tremendously by doing first grade math. Thanks for your time....

[Cat Herder]

We are trying to stop this from happening and need your help.

Um, you read the forum name, right?? :confused:

what has already happened:
codes is up to date, passed fire inspection, passed codes inspection, had meeting with neghiboorhood but since so many protesting had to reschedule, had second meeting but due to the outrage had to reschedule, have a final meeting coming up

Well dang those civil rights.

I think your best course of action would be to be more tolerant of the world around you.

Sorry.



A three year old thread???? I can't believe I fell for that....::::::::

Blah...where is my coffee????

[Cat Herder]

I have the same situation in my neighbor hood, but only worse. Dealing with traffic, people parking in my driveway, rude parents speeding in and out of my street. Constant noise, people idling there diesel trucks for 5-10 minutes, the whole situation is a nuisance. If someone wants to have a large daycare, then it's not appropriate in a neighborhood. They should get a facility in a commercially zoned area. I feel for the person dealing with this issue. People talk big when it's not going on next door to them!

If they are parking in your driveway or speeding through your streets give your neighbor a call. Be polite first. Give her a chance to fix it.

I would be on my clients like white on rice for that.

I ADORE my neighbors and would not tolerate my clients going onto their property, speeding through our neighborhood or disrespecting them in any way.

I love the kids and pets from around the neighborhood as well....so the speeding thing would cause me to terminate services for any client who did that. It is part of their contract and I ENFORCE my contract.

The diesel thing is necessary, though. Multiple engine stops and starts are a big no-no with them. It wears them down unnecessarily. Is 10 minutes really too long to tolerate that?? :confused:

[Unregistered]

Neighborhood daycare

I have a neighbor that opened a daycare right next door. They start delivering the children at 6am and the last is picked up by 6pm. The problem I have is not the parking but how loud they are dropping off the children and it is not the children that are loud. The parents need to realize that this isa a neighborhood and some people do not need to be wooken up at 6am. I have tried to communicate with the neighbors and they DO NOT speak english so it is difficult.
I have no problem with the day care. It is well run and they have the correct number of children and the children seem happy but I have a huge issue with the noise in the am.
I do not want to contact the police for this but this does not seem to fair to me.
What would you do if you could not communicate with this neighbor and you just want them to keep it down in the morning?

[SunshineMama]

hello at all, wont get into specifics of location names or anything. Here is what is going on:

a new neighbor moved into neighbor about 7 months ago, (this is a close neighborhood with most residients being there 30+ years) the person who just moved in wants to start a daycare. The whole negihborhood is protesting it and does no want it to happen. We are trying to stop this from happening and need your help.

so far the person has been approved for 12 children day care, person passed the fire inspection as well and codes inspection. We also check with codes and they have permits for daycare and for the building they have built for the day care. The person already has 5 kids of her own and only one of them is by the person she is currently with. This would not be a safe envorminet for the kids.

The street is a small street and alot of times there is cars parked on both sides of road allwoing only one lane of traffic. one neighbor owns a contruction busniess and he often brings home large contrction items for short periods which no one has a problem with but with that and all the cars it is hard to get thourgh sometimes and if we add 12 new cars would be nightmare.

what can we do to not allow this to happen in our neighboorhood?

what has already happened:
codes is up to date, passed fire inspection, passed codes inspection, had meeting with neghiboorhood but since so many protesting had to reschedule, had second meeting but due to the outrage had to reschedule, have a final meeting coming up

any help would be great and sorry about spelling was in hurry

Sorry to put this bluntly but: What is wrong with you?

Why would you want to stop someone from starting a legal business to support their family?

This is like a bad episode of "mean girls" from high school.

Mind your own business and stop ganging up on your new neighbor. I am under 30 and the youngest in my neighborhood, and started a daycare similar to your new neighbor because I NEED to support my family. My daycare kids don't effect anyone in my neighborhood at all.

[SunshineMama]

I have a neighbor that opened a daycare right next door. They start delivering the children at 6am and the last is picked up by 6pm. The problem I have is not the parking but how loud they are dropping off the children and it is not the children that are loud. The parents need to realize that this isa a neighborhood and some people do not need to be wooken up at 6am. I have tried to communicate with the neighbors and they DO NOT speak english so it is difficult.
I have no problem with the day care. It is well run and they have the correct number of children and the children seem happy but I have a huge issue with the noise in the am.
I do not want to contact the police for this but this does not seem to fair to me.
What would you do if you could not communicate with this neighbor and you just want them to keep it down in the morning?

Write them an anonymous letter and put it in their mailbox, asking them to tell their parents to keep quiet early morning hours. If they are operating a business in America I am sure they speak english.

I don't have this problem, all of my daycare parents are repectful in the morning.

[SilverSabre25]

Sorry to put this bluntly but: What is wrong with you?

Why would you want to stop someone from starting a legal business to support their family?

This is like a bad episode of "mean girls" from high school.

Mind your own business and stop ganging up on your new neighbor. I am under 30 and the youngest in my neighborhood, and started a daycare similar to your new neighbor because I NEED to support my family. My daycare kids don't effect anyone in my neighborhood at all.

check the date; this thread is 3.5 years old.

[CheekyChick]

So far the person has been approved for 12 children day care, person passed the fire inspection as well and codes inspection. We also check with codes and they have permits for daycare and for the building they have built for the day care.

It sounds like she's doing it the right way.

The person already has 5 kids of her own and only one of them is by the person she is currently with. This would not be a safe envorminet for the kids.

Why in the world would this not be a safe environment for the kids? She has every right to have children with different fathers.

The street is a small street and alot of times there is cars parked on both sides of road allwoing only one lane of traffic. one neighbor owns a contruction busniess and he often brings home large contrction items for short periods which no one has a problem with but with that and all the cars it is hard to get thourgh sometimes and if we add 12 new cars would be nightmare.

I live on a residential street and have about 16 parents dropping off and picking up their children on a daily basis. Never is there more than 3 or 4 cars at one time and it is only for a few minutes per parent. It's not as if the 12 cars will be parked on the street the entire day!!! No offense, but I am thankful I have wonderful neighbors who are sweet and support my business. One family even lets our little ones pick pumpkins in the fall. I feel sorry for this woman that she has to deal with neighbors who are so unfriendly.

What can we do to not allow this to happen in our neighboorhood?

Why would you want to prevent another human being from making a living and feeding her children? With all due respect, that just sounds selfish and mean.

Codes is up to date, passed fire inspection, passed codes inspection, had meeting with neghiboorhood but since so many protesting had to reschedule, had second meeting but due to the outrage had to reschedule, have a final meeting coming up
any help would be great.

Again, it seems like she has put a great deal of effort into starting her business. For you and your neighbors to try to stop her from doing that would be spiteful and unnecessary.

[wdmmom]

About the only thing you can do is to find out if the city has a noise ordinance and the hours it is in effect.

I had a neighbor that loved trimming his hedges at 530am! It only took one call. Noise ordinance was in effect until 7am. He didn't do that again!

I really don't know how much noise you are dealing with at 6am but if it's car doors slamming, it's probably something you're going to have to deal with. Perhaps sleeping with noise filtering drapes, sleeping with the windows closed, etc.

This woman is supporting her family and trying to run a business. I'm sure she doesn't even realize she is upsetting you!

[SunshineMama]

check the date; this thread is 3.5 years old.

Haha- Got me!

[Unregistered]

Disagree

Okay, guys. I disagree with the inappropriate comments made regarding the lady running the daycare, but I must AGREE with the fact that a neighborhood is no place for a daycare. I live in a neighborhood with a daycare and I am about to use my own money to fight getting the day care out. The parents speed through the neighborhood and even when asked nicely to have respect for neighbors, we are yelled at either by the operator of daycare or by its patrons. Our children cannot play outside due to the traffic. I try to walk in the mornings and have almost been ran over. I am all for everyone making a living but I have to say if you are going to run a business, it should be in a commercial area, not a neighborhood. Period.

[Chipmunk]

Complain to your municipality to get sidewalks put in. The road is for CARS, not for people. Not for kids playing, or people walking.

Perhaps you're being treated with the same attitude you have shown. I don't condone yelling at the neighbors, of course, that is extreme, but you can call the police if you have consistent problems with noise or harassment.

If you have small children and you need daycare, would your rather they be in a home setting in a neighborhood, or a strip mall? I mean, come on. Yes it's a business, but it's a HOME-BASED business.

[daycare]

this is a super old post from 2008????

[Chipmunk]

There's a new post from a new person upset about a different neighborhood daycare in the post above mine, number 41.