Unlicensed... Own Children.. Summer

[Blackcat31]

Okay! Thank you for all of your input! I finally got a call back from the state for clarification. They said that my children do not count in my counts.. yay! One less headache!

How old are your children and what state are you in?

[lflick]

I am in WI. My kids are school age (except 1 who is 4 months old). The older 4 are at their dads every other week so I was wondering how that would affect my capacity. The state said related/resident children, any age, are not counted towards the 3 that I can provide care for. I have been up in the air about licensing, and still kind of am, because I do not wish to have a large group of children rather a small group to help supplement lost income when I decided to not return to my job in health care. I would like to keep the option open to have a larger group in the future so I didn't want to overstep any boundaries initially.

[Blackcat31]

I am in WI. My kids are school age (except 1 who is 4 months old). The older 4 are at their dads every other week so I was wondering how that would affect my capacity. The state said related/resident children, any age, are not counted towards the 3 that I can provide care for. I have been up in the air about licensing, and still kind of am, because I do not wish to have a large group of children rather a small group to help supplement lost income when I decided to not return to my job in health care. I would like to keep the option open to have a larger group in the future so I didn't want to overstep any boundaries initially.

I was just curious because I thought I remembered that you were in Wisconsin and according to their guidelines (https://www.daycare.com/wisconsin/) the providers own children DO count in ratios UNLESS they are under age 7.

(scroll down to the area where it says Provider/Child Ratio)

I wish we didn't have to count our own children. I see their point but still, sometimes it makes no sense.