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Originally Posted by QualiTcare
i recently got out of the daycare business...
before i told the parents, i searched craigslist to see if i could help them find a new provider when i broke the news.
i had one parent who had two kids - but i only kept one of them cus she couldn't afford both.
i was keeping the ONE child for $250 a week - and this girl i found on facebook said she would keep TWO kids for $100 a week!!!
she was paying me 250 cus she had a few days where the hours were odd and we agreed on that price. but still - this other girl was willing to do the same job/hours for TWO kids for less than half than i kept the one.
it IS crazy that ppl will watch kids for nothing. i think ppl who will do that are desperate and uneducated - in fact, the are BROKE and can't or don't want to get a job.
that's JMO though.
i recently got out of the daycare business...
before i told the parents, i searched craigslist to see if i could help them find a new provider when i broke the news.
i had one parent who had two kids - but i only kept one of them cus she couldn't afford both.
i was keeping the ONE child for $250 a week - and this girl i found on facebook said she would keep TWO kids for $100 a week!!!
she was paying me 250 cus she had a few days where the hours were odd and we agreed on that price. but still - this other girl was willing to do the same job/hours for TWO kids for less than half than i kept the one.
it IS crazy that ppl will watch kids for nothing. i think ppl who will do that are desperate and uneducated - in fact, the are BROKE and can't or don't want to get a job.
that's JMO though.
Doing day care for a cheap(er) rate does not = uneducated. Making blanket statements in regards to someones education (especially if you do not know said persons) is quite unbecoming.
I charge $50.00 per week per kid..does that make me uneducated? No. There are a plethora of reasons someone would do day care cheap. While some of them may be lazy with no education, it does not mean ALL people who charge significantly below the national average are uneducated.
Statements, such as the ones quoted, are one of the primary reasons so many of these threads turn into witch fests. It leaves a rather sour taste in my mouth, in all honesty.
I have seen quite a few that have lost there job from the recession and now are doing daycare. Great for them but for me who has dreamed of doing this for quite a while its depressing(I am willing to quit my good paying job, trade in my nice new car for an older van, give away my pitbull) to do something I love.) I guess in a few months when I open I hope my background as a nurse will help me get clients but I cant charge that cheap, no way no how.
wish me luck! 
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