Providing Daycare For Neighbors

[sharlan]

Would you provide daycare for a close neighbor?

My policy is if I can see your house from my sidewalk, the answer is no.

It would irritate me to walk out to get the mail and see your car in the driveway. If the kids see that Mommy/Daddy is home, they want to be there, too.

[Pammie]

Nope.
No neighbors.
No relatives.

[Crazy8]

definitely not if it was someone I knew.... might consider if it was someone in my development that I didn't know at all. And you are right about not being able to see their house.

[daysofelijah]

I like the idea of if you can see their home, no. I have done daycare for 3 close neighbors. It is very irritating to know that the dad gets home at 3:00 nearly every day, but no one comes to pick up until my exact closing (if not late) or that one parent stays home to do yard work or clean or paint, etc.

I know they're paying me whatever they are doing so I generally am not bothered by it, but when I can look out my window and SEE that they are home and not coming to get their kids, it's irritating.

[sharlan]

It's not so much that the parents are home doing whatever, it's that the kids see and start crying and whining.

I don't have a problem when my parents tell me in the morning that they're sick or they're going to do a home project. They're paying me to watch their kids.

[TBird]

I've had the neighbor's nephew all summer and will get their daughter in the fall. I don't have any problem with it as long as we're not friends.......it's strictly biz.

It's true though....the nephew whined and cried every time we passed the house to get to the park (mom is usually home...she just sends him to learn & interact with other children. I could care less who's home as long as I get paid on time). I just continued to ignore the whining and he finally stopped one day, never to whine again!

[CheekyChick]

I watch a neighbors child and it's worked out great. I don't care if they are home, working, sleeping, etc. I just care that I get paid on time and I always do.

[mom2many]

I had a dck that lived down the street. Parents were both teachers and home by 4 pm, but wouldn't come get their child till I closed at 6 pm. I'd see dcd's car in the driveway and wonder why he wasn't here to come get his child...then one day it was 15 minutes past my closing and he still wasn't here. After making numerous calls, I found out that he'd taken his "normal" afternoon nap and had not heard the alarm he'd set or his phone when I'd called! Soon after that I termed the family when I had my 2nd child saying, "Sorry I don't have room anymore."
I learned my lesson...no more neighbors!

[littlemissmuffet]

Never. I have neighbors ask at least once a month too - and it is so NEVER gonna happen!

No neighbors.
No friends.
No family.

[MommyMuffin]

I have a dck who is a neighbor. My advice is do not do it.
The reason is; I have buisness decisions to make and I dont want to worry about having hard feeling with a neighbor. I dont want to be concerned about taking my kids for a walk and a disgruntle former daycare parent a few houses away is outside watering their lawn giving me the stink eye.

This did not happen, I am just saying.

My situation is: I have a neighbor dck and I need to make room for a sibling of a dcb in my care. I had to think long and hard about it because I didnt want to hurt feelings. But, I have to make a buisness decision and I need to keep the other dcks to make money. So I will be letting the neighbor dck go and I am not looking forward to the stink eye.

So, I would say dont do it.

[nannyde]

No neighbors
No friends
NO family
No family, neighbors, or friends of dcp's

"six degrees of separation" is best

[SimpleMom]

Nope. Did that once and will never do it again.

[Country Kids]

[QUOTE=nannyde;130306]No neighbors
No friends
NO family
No family, neighbors, or friends of dcp's



Have you ever started taking care of children then find out the parents are friends in your chiddcare or a cousin or somehow know each other?

[nannyde]

[QUOTE=Country Kids;130311]

No neighbors
No friends
NO family
No family, neighbors, or friends of dcp's



Have you ever started taking care of children then find out the parents are friends in your chiddcare or a cousin or somehow know each other?

Oh yes

Once with former bff's
Once with neighbors

and it didn't make me no money....

[CheekyChick]

Out of curiosity, why do many providers (here) shy away from enrolling a friend/family member of a child they currently care for? I am full with 16 and
have a rather long wait list. I doubt I would stay full if it weren't for referrals.