kh1214
01-30-2012, 06:32 PM
Today I received an e-mail inquiry asking me about my credentials for being a daycare provider. Asking me about whether I had the educational background or had worked in a daycare center. I have not worked in a center and replied with that and I do not have an educational background like ECE but I have experiences non the less from my family as well as the other provider I work with. This is the reply I recieved:
hi thank you for your quick reply. i am looking for care for our child who will be one come may. the reason i ask about working in daycare settings is because my sister is a director of many programs in bc. that includes overseeing home programs. there is i difference in care provided with someone who actually has a ece diploma/education/experiences. we do not wish to have a nanny or stay at home mom. i also do not understand the need for two providers with only four children unless you are caring for special needs children. we do appreciate the home program atmosphere as a center unless run by appropriate persons is not as nurturing as one would hope. but with that being said, we do like the persons to be educated just the same. the persons in her home programs she oversees do have their eces and have a system a little more indepth than the programs providers have to register here with. eventually the same will be expected here which through my searches will be a good thing for parents needing quality care. just to ad to my inquisitions, if neither of you worked in a center then how do you propose that a center is less personal? again, my sister oversees both ;)
thanks for your time ladies
In the reply to them from their first e-mail I never said centers were less personal I said "We prefer private home-based childcare as it provides a more 1 on 1 environment especially with two providers." What I mean by this is we have two providers to 5 children, one goes to the bus on a rainy day the other stays inside with the kids.
I have not replied to this e-mail I was stunned at this response and found it very rude. How would you handle a parent like this? My impression is they have not/never had any intention on going with a home daycare they want a center...which is fine but why bother sending me a message and then lecturing me on my credentials?
hi thank you for your quick reply. i am looking for care for our child who will be one come may. the reason i ask about working in daycare settings is because my sister is a director of many programs in bc. that includes overseeing home programs. there is i difference in care provided with someone who actually has a ece diploma/education/experiences. we do not wish to have a nanny or stay at home mom. i also do not understand the need for two providers with only four children unless you are caring for special needs children. we do appreciate the home program atmosphere as a center unless run by appropriate persons is not as nurturing as one would hope. but with that being said, we do like the persons to be educated just the same. the persons in her home programs she oversees do have their eces and have a system a little more indepth than the programs providers have to register here with. eventually the same will be expected here which through my searches will be a good thing for parents needing quality care. just to ad to my inquisitions, if neither of you worked in a center then how do you propose that a center is less personal? again, my sister oversees both ;)
thanks for your time ladies
In the reply to them from their first e-mail I never said centers were less personal I said "We prefer private home-based childcare as it provides a more 1 on 1 environment especially with two providers." What I mean by this is we have two providers to 5 children, one goes to the bus on a rainy day the other stays inside with the kids.
I have not replied to this e-mail I was stunned at this response and found it very rude. How would you handle a parent like this? My impression is they have not/never had any intention on going with a home daycare they want a center...which is fine but why bother sending me a message and then lecturing me on my credentials?