Forum: Daycare providers' experiences with parents

I am just curious as to what everyone would do if they did not do daycare in their home anymore? I am feeling the burnout lately and also...

So I recently terminated (for the first time ever) DCP who were not following my contract (constant lateness, non payment etc.) I contacted a mom who...

I have a child who is dropped off in am with food in hand. This child comes all different times of the day, but almost always comes with her...

So I got a phone call from my part time dcg's mom today. She was my last original client without a contract from almost a year ago. I had this dcg...

Today I was asked if the meat I used was kosher.. the family is not Jewish.

So, before I officially started my home daycare business, I took on a couple of my daughter's school friends last summer for a couple days a week...

DCG who's 3 stayed home Wednesday & Today because she'd been throwing up since Tuesday dinner-time. 1st - mom text me 20min before her due arrival...

We're looking for a Caucasian lady in a dayhome to care for our 1 year old girl from mon-fri. Early mornings are required between 6:00 and...

Hi, I recently terminated a child and gave a months notice. The mom calls me this morning and says that they will only use care until the 17th...

This has never happened to me before and I have been doing daycare now for 20 years! I have been doing Daycare to a sister and brother 3 years old...

Talked to a potential client who I didn't particularly like the sound of on the phone. I scheduled an interview anyway, both because I didn't have a...

Hi there guys, I have this mom whom I know is at home a few times a week either because she finishes at 3h00pm, because she did not have a shift...

So if anyone has seen my past few posts they have been about a family looking for care in Sept. I did some drop in care for them this summer but...

When I started my dayhome a year ago, I had a mom ask me to take care of her dcg before and afterschool and on pro-d-days, spring break, summer...