I agree with JerseyGirl. There are many great providers around. I've been a daycare provider also for the last 7 years and have never had to have my children in daycare. The best daycare provider I ever met was my sister. She also taught me everything I needed to know when I started doing daycare. She was an ECE teacher who stayed at home with her kids and ran a home daycare. She was great with kids and truely enjoyed working with them. Her kids are teenagers now and she currently works as an ECE teacher for the every day full day kindergarten program.