A Little Annoyed

[Cat Herder]

Cat you should repost that article as a new thread. I think everyone should read that. Sorry, I get pretty stirred up by illegal daycares.

I tagged it under "Illegal Providers" so it will come up anytime someone searches that term on here or a search engine..

I hope I correctly gave the author credit... I tried to do it the right way but am never really sure...

I felt fewer would actually read it with just a link... I know I am guilty of it from time to time, myself.

[MommyMuffin]

omg stop turning in all the women who are not registered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe you , not the op but the women who thinks its best to shut down a sahm whos only income is providing care for others with better rates. Have you thought about how the sahms take care of their family!!!!!!!!!! Get a better way to compete instead of being so vandictive towards other. If their not abusing the children then who cares. Only people who arnt as good as the sahm thats who....

Illegal is ILLEGAL!!

[Sugar Magnolia]

Illegal is ILLEGAL!!

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But she's a SAHM! (Sniff) She has the RIGHT to do as she pleases because she needs the money (sniff). And I'm sure she's better educated and trained as you vindictive, licensed, legal operators, who "arnt". And I'm sure she's cheaper out of the goodness of her heart, not at all because she's illegal. Booohoooo awww let's have a pity party.... (Sorry, sarcasm comes pretty easily to me when people like 'unregistered' try to defend illegal child care). Yes, blood still boiling!

[morgan24]

( Sarcasm:
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But she's a SAHM! (Sniff) She has the RIGHT to do as she pleases because she needs the money (sniff). And I'm sure she's better educated and trained as you vindictive, licensed, legal operators, who "arnt". And I'm sure she's cheaper out of the goodness of her heart, not at all because she's illegal. Booohoooo awww let's have a pity party.... (Sorry, sarcasm comes pretty easily to me when people like 'unregistered' try to defend illegal child care). Yes, blood still boiling!

I love sarcasm...Lol

[TBird]

WOW CAT...THANK YOU!!!

I can see "live & let live" but the least this lady could do is keep her numbers down to the licensed amount...9 DCK's without a license is just BRAZEN!!! Either way, it's illegal and getting turned in is the chance she takes.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I love sarcasm...Lol

Sorry Morgan, didn't mean to hijack your thread. I do hope you get some kids. Its not fair the illegal daycare has more business BECAUSE they are cheap and illegal. Its a shame. Another idea: does your local paper have a section where you can list "community events"? Its usually free to list an event. Something like "Fully licensed home daycare is having an open house! Free kids crafts for children while parents tour facility, get policy information and learn about the program. Half price tuition for the first week if you enroll during the Open House. Saturday from 10am to noon" Just a thought. I am having one of these Open House events this saturday.

[Lucy]

omg stop turning in all the women who are not registered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe you , not the op but the women who thinks its best to shut down a sahm whos only income is providing care for others with better rates. Have you thought about how the sahms take care of their family!!!!!!!!!! Get a better way to compete instead of being so vandictive towards other. If their not abusing the children then who cares. Only people who arnt as good as the sahm thats who....

Naturally you posted as Unregistered.

You said if they're not abusing the children, who cares. Well, how do we KNOW whether they're abusing the children, neglecting the childrens' needs, providing an unsafe environment, not feeding them healthy foods, taking in too many and thereby stretching herself too far to adequately care for them, taking too many infants at one time, inviting possibly unsavory guests into the home, etc., etc., etc..... How do we know ANY of that if she is not registered and inspected?? If the OP had said it was LEGAL in her state to provide services without being registered, that would be a different story. She said registration is a requirement. Therefore, this unlicensed person is committing a crime. To top it off, she is taking business away from those who went through the proper channels, spent the time in classes, took CPR & First Aid, had their home inspected many times over, and paid all the fees to be legally registered. YOU BET I'D TURN HER IN!!!!

[morgan24]

Sorry Morgan, didn't mean to hijack your thread. I do hope you get some kids. Its not fair the illegal daycare has more business BECAUSE they are cheap and illegal. Its a shame. Another idea: does your local paper have a section where you can list "community events"? Its usually free to list an event. Something like "Fully licensed home daycare is having an open house! Free kids crafts for children while parents tour facility, get policy information and learn about the program. Half price tuition for the first week if you enroll during the Open House. Saturday from 10am to noon" Just a thought. I am having one of these Open House events this saturday.

You didn't hijack my thread. I feel the same way. I'm in a small town and know this person. She was one of my daughters friends when they were in school. The one advantage that I forgot to mention is that in the town next to mine is a providers association and a couple of the providers here are members and they will mention it to the president of the association and she will turn them in. Works to my benefit because my name never has to come into it. I can't belong to this association because I live in the wrong county.

Are you in a small town? Let me know how your Open House goes. I have never had to do anything like that.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I'm in a medium sized city, but my center is right in downtown and next door to an elementary school. I am hoping for a busy open house, my enrollment is down. I'm glad you can avoid an awkward situation and report the illegal lady without getting involved. I'd be more than annoyed if I were you. Hey, I don't begrudge competition, as long as its FAIR. its hard to compete with illegal.

[MG&Lsmom]

I know exactly how you feel! Last week both my dcks gave notice. I'm hoping that one returns quickly. She may only be out for a month when DCD's training starts again. The other is a come and go kid. He'll be FT for weeks, then not come for weeks. Now she's saying it'll be only occasional if they both have to work and I have a spot. Which it looks like I will.

I did get an email last night, interviewed them tonight. Hoping they will sign on.

Good luck to you!

ps. love the open house idea! I had thrown that around back in Jan/Feb.

[busymomof2]

I know how you feel. It's tough here in the central valley of California. We have one of the highest unemployment rates. Unlicensed daycares ran by SAHM are all around me. I am a SAHM of two with a daycare but I am LICENSED. They charge about $15 a day. It's tough on me because I charge double that. I refuse to take care of kids for prac free. $15 day is nothing when you think about having to feed the kids meals & snacks and doing activities with them. I'm starting to get calls and parents really like my preschool program ...something the others don't offer. Let's see if any of these calls/interviews result in enrollments. Otherwise, I might have to look for work and a daycare for my kids...nightmare.