Forum: Managing a daycare

I just started my home childcare business last fall and signed up with a Home childcare agency to get set up since i have no formal training for...

Does anyone use an excel spreadsheet for tracking expenses? If so, would you be willing to share the template? If not, what are people using to...

I've noticed that some home daycares state in their contracts that children cannot be in their care any longer than 9 hours a day. I was wondering...

I was asked if daycare providers are allowed to/interested in watching daycare kids for parent date nights- or for a weekend away?

Hi, How do you encourage parents to come pick up their children on time? Do you charge fees if they are often late? :huh:

Hello everyone, I posted this in caring for children but unfortunately did not get any responses... hoping to get some feedback. I am 5 months...

Does anybody charge for days a child is absent due to the death of a family member? Not just for a funeral day, but because the parents were off work...

Hey all...just looking for an opinion on my situation...Here goes my long post/venting session: I just left my corporate job to do home daycare...

Do you guys do first-come-first-serve? Or if you really like a family, how long will you wait between interview and contract signing? I don't want...

I have had two experiences since Sept where I interviewed with familes and then heard nothing back only to run into these parents again down the...

So I got a survey today from our school, asking if there was interest in a before and afterschool daycare program to be run at the school. If it...

I'm new to daycare and currently do not charge parents for my 3 weeks vacation time. What are other providers doing about this? I feel like it's not...

I recently took on a child whose mother used to run her own home daycare, but is now returning to the work force. How would you feel working for...