Friday Poll! How Long Have You Been in Business?

[Lyss]

I searched to see if there was a post about this (I'm sure there is) but I couldn't find one.

So how long have you been in business?

[Country Kids]

17 years coming up-

Boy how the childcare industry has changed in that time.

[AnneCordelia]

This is my third year in business.

[mom2many]

Almost 27 years! Boy does time fly...I cannot believe it's been this long! It's so rewarding and I love what I do! I simply cannot imagine my life doing anything else.

[crazydaycarelady]

This is my 22nd year!

[Springdaze]

9 years for me. very hard to believe!

[Sunchimes]

2 years and 2 weeks.

[rmc20021]

This is my second time around...first time I was licensed for 5 years while my youngest two were preschoolers. I went back to daycare when I got custody of my grandkids so I could be available to them when they weren't in school...plus the fact I wanted to work for myself.

[Orie]

I have had a home day care 2 different times in my career. I started my first day care 18 years ago when my daughter was a baby. When she went to kindergarten, I took a 6 years off and worked part time in the evenings. This allowed me to still be home with my youngest while he was a preschooler, while also being able to volunteer for things at my older kids schools. I really didn't think I would go back into day care. When the time came that I knew I should really be working full time, days, I decided to give day care a try again.
The first time I did day care, I liked it, but it was hard some days when my own children were younger and needed my attention, and didn't like sharing their mom with others. Now that my children are almost grown, I have to say that I love doing day care again. So nice to still have little ones around during the day, while having time for my teenagers after school. I don't have to worry about my kids being jealous of having to share their Mom.
I have been doing day care for 7 years now on my second time around, with a total of 12 years of having a day care.

[williams2008]

This is my 2nd year!

[GoodKarma]

I started in 1989. That makes me old - ish

[daycarediva]

It will be 8 years for me this summer!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

1 year for me! I opened last March.

[Brooksie]

I've only been open since Spetember. Kudo's to any one who had been doing it 5+ because Sheeewwweeee this job is demanding! happyface

[Texasjeepgirl]

I opened in August 1992 as a REGISTERED FAMILY HOME.
Switched to LICENSED HOME in 2001.