How do you handle before-and-after-school kids overlap?

[betsy]

Some wee ones have older siblings who go to school. Do B&A kids under 10 years of age count in the ratio allowed by DNA? If so, that means lesser income. How do you handle that?

I was with an agency for a short time and they gave me three siblings with behavioral problems (been kicked out from other providers) - since they were stuck, they turned a blind eye even when they knew I was going over the ratio. There was about 2 hours after school that I had more than 5 children under 10.

[playfelt]

The ratio applies and they would need to be included in the five. That is one of the reasons it is hard to get a provider to take a school age child unless they are doing it to be a friend to one of their own children.

[Momof4]

That's a good story about the LICENCED agency though! They are supposed to be so much better than us! And the media calls us illegal! Sorry, had to say it!

[playfelt]

The agency I worked for in Alberta (Calgary) was allowed to put me over if they felt I was able to handle it. Because of my teaching background and experience I often got the child whose caregiver was sick. I was also often over in age ratio with more than 2 under two - ie those times when the one child I had would be 2 in a couple months and would be an under 3 at that point.

Mind you this was back years ago before regulations became the be all and end all rather than strong suggestions.

[betsy]

That's a good story about the LICENCED agency though! They are supposed to be so much better than us! And the media calls us illegal! Sorry, had to say it!

That's the big thing nowadays: tarnish everyone with the same brush to promote a political agenda.

Notice the innuendo that children do not learn anything from unlicensed daycares.

It all boils down to this: They want a universal daycare and they'll try everything to push for it.

They're willing to ignore the fact that a lot of providers will become "unemployed" should they be forced to close down their business.