So Frustrating! Other Provider's false advertizing

[sunnydays]

I also don't claim to offer a preschool program...or any particular "program" to be honest, but I absolutely believe that I offer quality care. I care for, feed, clean, keep safe and entertain the kids and I also include lots of learning activities (structured and unstructured) into our days. That is my idea of quality care and the parents who have signed with me seem to agree. I do not have a curriculum as a school would because I am not a school...I am a home daycare...and the kids feel like they are at home when they are with me (hopefully). I take mainly 1 and 2 year olds, but if I had a group of 3 year olds I would do more crafts, more preschool type activities, etc...I am not sure I would call it a program still...but I would call it quality care. Different strokes for different folks.

Not to be rude but isn't quality care ensuring the kids are fed, safe and free of hurting one self and others. If you have a quality program what makes hers not quality? How do you know how much she is influencing those kids? I don’t claim to have a pre-school program either due to the fact that I don’t have schooling to back it up. What is a piece of paper anyway? Teaching kids and getting through to them is a special gift and not everyone has, even those with degrees.

[MamaMel]

I don't think stating she offers "quality care" is claiming anything that isn't a regular standard of what we do. No one is going to say they offer "less then adequate" care!

I think if she were to stat that she offers "a fully accredited preschool program", and then doesn't, that there is something to complain about in that.

I as well feel your frustration though, there is a dayhome close to here, who charges significantly less than what I charge, is very close in location, and her ad shows all the things that she does with the kids, and sounds fantastic. I know it is not so, because my son attended her dayhome prior to me opening my own. And he was horribly mistreated. But rest assured, I have two kids in my dayhome now that are both familiar with this lady. One had actually attended there for a week, and one interviewed and opted not to take their child there.

So like the other have all said, don't worry about what she's doing, just keep doing a good job, and provide the childcare that children deserve! We are rewarded not only from the parents, but by having happy children in our dayhomes!