I do have a transportation authorization that the parents do sign but in all honesty I don't go anywhere with them. I have it in case there was that one in a million chance that I only had one child for the day and I could go to a beach or splash pad or museum or something like that. But when the parents sign on they know that we spend our days here cause I live in a rural area that would require transportation to go anywhere. so if parents want their child to go to play groups, library, parks, OEY Centers this is not the daycare for them cause I don't drive a bus. I book my own appts for evenings and weekends as well as swimming lessons ect. I don't volunteer at my kids schools, or go to parent teacher meetings ( do them over the phone or hubby goes) cause I work .... It would be no different if I worked in an office I wouldn't be taking days off to go see a school concert.
I think I am one of the rare people that is not doing this job for my children .... I'm doing it for me .... Because I enjoy this and I need to have an income and because any job I have had before netted me less money and then I had to pay daycare, gas, lunches, clothes, my time sitting in traffic, ect. I make more money now then I ever have and I don't have to pay daycare or anything else and my commute is 15 steps.... I can't wait till next sept cause my youngest will be heading off to full day jk and my daycare will finally be mine because my child challenges everyone of my parenting skills.