Talk Me Down ...

[LadyK8]

More money, more problems.

[Second Home]

I agree it can be annoying to have mixed age groups . But if I did not have them then I would never have any kids .
My s/a ers have to follow the same rules as the little ones .
When we play outside they even play a little with them but I can have separate play areas so they can play their older kid games . Inside the s/a kids have their own area to be able to play without the littles ones near them and also some games , toys for older kids that the littles do not play with .

[Lucy]

I agree it can be annoying to have mixed age groups . But if I did not have them then I would never have any kids .
My s/a ers have to follow the same rules as the little ones .
When we play outside they even play a little with them but I can have separate play areas so they can play their older kid games . Inside the s/a kids have their own area to be able to play without the littles ones near them and also some games , toys for older kids that the littles do not play with .

Yes, I did the separate areas when I've had mixed ages. Especially once Summer started. I moved things around so that the "big kids" would have their own space. The "little kids" weren't allowed over there. It worked out great.

[Laurel]

Honestly, there is nothing wrong with school aged kids.

Just so long as they aren't part of a mixed group child care setting geared mostly towards the younger kids.

THAT ^^ is where the insanity begins.

If you just have one age group it's a breeze.

The closer the age gap of your kids the easier they are.