OK so...help me choose

[Sandbox Sally]

....so if I am not going to do crazy long days, would you:

A) Sign on a B/A 7 yo @ $100 per week but a 6:30 start?

OR

B) Sign on siblings who pay FT but are only there from noon onward @ $380 per week, but stay til 6 or 6:15 pm?

Discuss.

[Dreamalittledream]

....so if I am not going to do crazy long days, would you:

A) Sign on a B/A 7 yo @ $100 per week but a 6:30 start?

OR

B) Sign on siblings who pay FT but are only there from noon onward @ $380 per week, but stay til 6 or 6:15 pm?

Discuss.

. Money talks. I'd say B)! Tough having them in care that late though.

[Inspired by Reggio]

Ugg - neither appeal to me to be honest and I would keep interviewing and hope for option c) full time clients who need care within reasonable hours

[Momof4]

Ugg - neither appeal to me to be honest and I would keep interviewing and hope for option c) full time clients who need care within reasonable hours

This is my answer too. My hours are 7:30am to 5pm. I have a space to fill and had a phone call a few days ago for a 7am start and I said no thanks. I may have turned down a sure thing, but I know my limitations and how I burn out the fastest and I'm not a morning person. Right now all my families are here between 8am and 4:15 and I LOVE THAT!

[Skysue]

None of us know her area and if it's been a tough go filling spots. The economy is tough right now and sometimes we need to bend a tiny bit in order to make some money.

My question is are you a morning person? Will getting up early affect your day? My last kids are 5:30 pick up but if you don't have any other place to be i.e baseball, ballet... wih your other kids really what is an extra 1/2 hour, you can clean while the kids watch treehouse or a favouate video.

Also will you have your 7 year old in the summer? what is your gut telling you? What child is a better fit? Also will the sibling be napping?

To all the above posters who hate late days and early starts "IT"S NOT ABOUT YOU"LOL

[Inspired by Reggio]

None of us know her area and if it's been a tough go filling spots. The economy is tough right now and sometimes we need to bend a tiny bit in order to make some money...

This is true - ultimately what she is capable of and needs to do is her choice ... however when asked 'what would you do' my answer is I do not bend on my hours operation or fees for anyone

I know my limitations and have set my hours accordingly - as Momof4 mentioned in her post I know I would BURNOUT working 12 hour days cause I started to burnout working 10.5 days and it would ultimately affect my business and ability to attract and retain clients anyway because IMO when your burnt out you send out negative energy and people 'sense' that and it gets harder to sign on new clients - so I would be working long hours and still not full due to the burn out ... so if the option in my area was to either work those hours or not be able to make a viable income doing this I would honestly have to reflect on working outside the home in a normal 8 hour a day job

To be honest this is why I have set my business budget so that I only need to have three out of five of my spaces filled to 'be viable' so I can sit on open spaces waiting for the 'perfect fit' because income from my other two spaces goes into 'disposable income' aka savings, paying down our mortgage faster, hobbies, extras for the program above normal and other things that can be 'adjusted' as need be ... and honestly I would not have chosen to do this if I NEEDED to be full to be viable because it is not realistic in this industry - even when there is demand and your program is awesome there are those times between notice being given from a current client and time to interview and sign up a new client and transition them in where you have no income from a space

[Cocoon]

IT depends on how desperate you are interms of money. If money isn't an issue for a while at least then don't pick any of them and wait for the full timers. Hopefully they will come soon.

If it is an issue. I would take the B option and arrange your family's afternoons according to that.

Hope it helps.

[Crayola kiddies]

What time does the b and a leave in the evening? I would prefer to start earlier in the morning and have my evening for my own kids plus we eat dinner early so I have to feed the siblings dinner too which then cuts into the pay. Have you conducted all your interviews ? Are those the only choices ? Or are there more interviews to come... If you have more interviews then u wouldn't make a choice yet and wait to see what else there is too choose from. You don't want to pick the early one and find out everyone else wants late or visa versa. If your going strictly money wise then the sibs are the answer but I wouldn't want to work that late. Let's hope there are more choices

[Crayola kiddies]

I agree with Reggio but I didnt want to say it so im glad she did ... Sorry Reggio ! Sending filler up vibes with normal hours your way

[michellesmunchkins]

I don`t like either option myself lol. I don`t take before and or after school kids as they eat up a spot and the pay sucks. I hate having to make all the other kids go on school runs (if you have to do those). If I had to chose, I would pick a family with an early morning start and be done earlier in the day. I honestly can`t tell you how much I resent having kids here until 6pm. Totally makes our nights so stressful and then I have to feed them dinner because we need to eat before my kids can get to soccer and baseball. I honestly will NEVER EVER EVER allow another family to be here after 5:30pm and even that is pushing it as I would prefer 5 but its not easy to fill up here closing at 5.

If you can afford to (and I know we couldn`t which is why I took on the families that I did at the beginning) I would wait it out. JMO