Please help, unable to find definition for unrelated children

[Inspired by Reggio]

The intent of that wording is to ensure that someone who has 8 children of their OWN in the home ... aka all the children are of common parentage meaning they ALL share either a mother / father in common either by birth or legal guardianship ... does not require a license to operate a day nursery

So basically you can care for as many children of your OWN as you want and the government does not care ... but if you want to operate a BUSINESS and care for children who are not YOUR children .... than you may only have 5 additional children in your care as they are not off common parentage to YOU .... so if you have two daycare siblings in care they count as TWO spaces being occupied out of your FIVE. If you have your niece, your grandchild, your cousins even through 'related' to you in a manner they are not of common parentage to YOU and are there fore 'unrelated' in this context ... so yes they too count!

My best advice is to not take our word for it ~ call the Ministry of Education and ASK to speak to someone in the childcare regulation office and get the correct intent and interpretation of this directly from them ~ and make sure to ask for their reply in WRITING so you have written proof of what they tell you you may do because sadly they all interpret the bloody act differently themselves ~ but if you have it in writing on government stationary that you were directed you could or could not do something your ass is covered