I am all for regulation of childcare. I am even all for licencing of private dayhomes, but what I am NOT in favor of is being an agency daycare. If you look at a lot of the "recommendations " given most of them suggest that every private provider should become licensed and then governed by an agency therefor making the agency more money. (They usually take about 35% of the daily fee). And the kicker is... most of these recommendations have been written by agencies.

I myself run a private in home childcare. I do this because I want to work for myself and not have to pay anyone (the agency) for things that I can do myself. I write my own lesson plans, I provide new good quality equipment, I provide great high quality food, I provide all of my own craft materials, I find my own clients, I write my own policies and I set my own hours. i dont [U]need[U] an agency... so why pay them?

BTW In Ontario... even when you are with a licensed agency the dayhome itself is NOT licensed, only the agency is licensed.