I know some providers who I love and admire and are wonderful who have signs on their yard and on their van for their daycare for advertising, but I don't think I would ever want to do that. I say this because a woman who lived in the house next to me came over one day to ask about my daycare because she saw us outside all the time. Thankfully I was full and could tell her that I couldn't help her. She would NOT have been a good client.

I prefer a more distant relationship as well and want people to know that I am a businesswoman here. I did open my daycare in the first place because somebody was saving a space for my daughter and let her down by giving the space away which caused lightning to strike me to give me a new purpose in life. I hated my old job at a medical laboratory and this is the best thing that ever happened to me! I see that daycare provider occasionally but have no respect for her at all and she always acts as though she doesn't know me even though she knows me and my daughter and my grandson. People are so weird!

Anyway, my daughter was a wonderful client but I gave her a reduced rate and I'm making lots more money with my new clients since my grandson went to JK but I miss them terribly! But I can definitely see why people recommend NOT taking on friends, neighbours or relatives.