Question About Daycare In A Parent's Home

[Julia]

I have been asked by a parent to provide daycare for her 2 kids in her home over the summer. She has a few friends who also want me to provide daycare for their children for 4 hours/day, 3 days/week. But all the children (4-5 kids total) would be at this first person's home.

The kids are between 3-4 years old, and I would like to use a preschool curriculum with them. I live in Kansas. Is this allowed without needing a daycare license?

Thank you for your help,
Julia

[Blackcat31]

Here is a link to your states licensing requirements and agency contact info.

https://www.daycare.com/kansas/

HTH

[Angelsj]

Outside of licensing, I would urge you to rethink this idea. What if one of the other kids breaks the first person's kids' toys? Who would be responsible?

What if it is their high end flat screen TV? No matter how wonderful the friendship now, you are placing yourself in the middle of what could be pretty nasty if something goes wrong.

[Unregistered]

Would this not make you a nanny then?

[choirlady76]

Could it be possible they cone to your hone since it involves children from two families.

[momofboys]

Would this not make you a nanny then?

This, of course. No need to be licensed as a nanny. You simply charge more for the convenience of being at the parents' home.

Most nannies in my area command well over $10/hr - for a group with 4-5 kids I would suggest $14-15/hr. I would still do a contract so you can go over everything & put in writing about concerns that a pp mentioned above.

[MarinaVanessa]

This, of course. No need to be licensed as a nanny. You simply charge more for the convenience of being at the parents' home.

Yep, no license needed. Most nannies in my area command well over $10/hr - for a group with 4-5 kids I would suggest $14-15/hr. I would still do a contract so you can go over everything & put in writing about concerns that a pp mentioned above.

I live in CA and this is how it works in my state. If you do child care in the persons home then you are either a Nanny or a babysitter (nanny if you do this regularly or babysitter if it's not regular for the family). Babysitters get paid $7-$10 in my area and nanny's get $10-$15, a little more for additional kids) and no need for a license.

[Julia]

Thanks for the help, everyone! I hadn't thought of myself as a "nanny," but it does make sense. I've contacted the state about it and indeed I can do that without needing to go through licensing procedures.

Thanks again,
Julia

[Julia]

After contacting the state and being told that I did not need a license to be a nanny, I got another call from them. I was told that I can be a nanny only to the kids whose home I was going to. I cannot provide care for other kids in that one person's home. She would need to get a license in order for me to care for her kids and her friends kids in her home.

[Blackcat31]

After contacting the state and being told that I did not need a license to be a nanny, I got another call from them. I was told that I can be a nanny only to the kids whose home I was going to. I cannot provide care for other kids in that one person's home. She would need to get a license in order for me to care for her kids and her friends kids in her home.

I did wonder about that as I always thought nanny was caring for ONE family's children and when you mentioned other kids coming over to be cared for as well....I did question the rules for being a nanny then.

Thanks for the update.

I suppose that means you will need to be licensed no matter WHERE you provide care if the care is for more than one family's children and on a regular basis then?

I hope getting a license is not too difficult in your state if that is the route you are planning to go.

Good luck with whatever decision or direction you choose.