Originally Posted by momof4inpink
I would NOT, I like you was approached by a local mom, that her girl same age as mine went to the same school etc.. I too thought hey why not, she seems fine. Mom was willing to pay decent $. Defently needed the extra $. However I like you, was not and did not want to do before or afterschool care. I prefer the younger toddler age, they are all on the same routine.
I soon regreted fully taking this dcg on even though it was only an hour and a half everyday. She was not the best child after she got comfortable with her souroundings, and she defently did not know how to behave around the babies and toddlers in my care, despight her mothers statement that she was. To the point of grabbing toys out of the little ones hands so she could play with it. I eventually made her and my daughter play in my daughters room to avoid the younger children. Pro-d-days were horrible, and holidays. It was way more work trying to keep the older ones in check with behaviour and noise. She had become a bad influence on my daughter's as well. And just recently she gave me 2 weeks notice to pull her daughter out for the entire month of August with not paying, and expects me to care for her again in September,lets just say she will be getting a surprise when I give her 2 weeks notice that I wont continue care this September.
Of course this was my experience with doing something simular to you, however you may have better luck. In the end for me, I never made any extra $ with all the extras food and crafts and activities that I had, and it was more stress than it was worth.