I think too one of the reasons they are enforcing the two caregivers and only 5 children is because some caregivers have been skirting the rules and they had tried to crack down on it except it was "legal" to do it - one of those letter of the law/spirit of the law things. I know of several cases where one caregiver had her 5 kids arrive to her house and then she immediately took them over to a friend's house and they hung out for the whole day or at least till after lunch and ready for naptime. Then they would go back to the caregiver's house for pick up. What this skirted was the not being able to have 2 caregivers and 10 kids in one house. Because she officially had her own daycare and children arrived and left from there she met the rules. So by banning playdates they have effectively put an end to that practice of sharing the teaching duties in one house.