Forum: Managing a daycare

I just read this on-line. Interesting for sure but I wonder what this means for the future of day care providers and if we will all have to be...

Today, one of the parents of a child i watch came by (I watch her son during school holidays like summer vacation, march break and Christmas break)....

I live in a co-op and the co-op's by-laws state that I cannot care for more than 5 children including my own. This is apparently an old rule from...

I have a spot open for Nov and I am experiencing a dry spell. For my Sept spots (I had 2) I had 15 families on my wait list and interviewed 6 of...

Hi everyone! I will open a Dayhome on January 2015, when should I start advertising? I am in SE Calgary and plan to put ads in the community...

Hello, I have a parent ask for receipts for childcare however my daycare software print them out at the end of the year and I also find if they...

Hi Everyone! I've been a reader for 3+ yrs, now time to become a poster! :yes: So my worst nightmare of being a dayhome provider has arrived!! It...

I am closing my daycare and I'm wondering if anyone does, or would do, a goodbye gift. I feel like I should do something, but I don't want to...

So to start....I have facebook, however, after I sign up a family I block both the parents so that they can not see my fb postings and activity. I...

Just wondering what everybody's hours of operation are?

Just wanted to let you know about a costco experiment I tried. I was on the fence about buying a $55 membership, but heard great things about...

I always wondered what would happen if all my clients decided to pay by cheque one payday. I'd have no income until I knew all the cheques cleared!

So I have recently read a post from a self employed parent (Chiropractor, I think) upset that she has to pay her DCP for stats when her DCP is...

Just got an email from a lady who's supposed to start her 1 year old with me in 2 weeks. Her job placement got changed to a different town so she was...