Does anyone only look after before/after school kids?

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I found the school age didn't pay enough because they could eat enough at afterschool snack to equal a preschoolers full lunch and still wanted to do activities like crafts, etc. I got where the only ones I took were friends of my own kids as they grew up or kids I had in care I kept some of them as new siblings joined us.

I actually found that my kids thrived on having the daycare kids here when they were little. Once they were into school it would have been nice to have some time off to do stuff in the school with them. One thing to look into is the demand for part time care. So you would have the kids all day but still have some days off so you could volunteer every Thursday or take a yoga class on Friday if you only had kids Mon-Wed. It would pay more than school age and leave your days free with your own kids so that you could get them from school and do acivities. Very important once they get into activities to get them, do homework, meals and still get to dance, music lessons, brownies, whatever.