FOr me one of the things is hours as a lot of daycares in my area don't open before 7 or even 7:30 but there are peope that need to be to work by 8:00 downtown and need to leave earlier. I will open as early as 6:30 but most of my kids come between 6:45 and 7:00. I figure hubby leaves at 6:20 to catch his bus to work and I have to be up so might as well start. The up side is that all the kids are gone between 4-4:30 too except for one child that I do the extra time with till closer to 5:00.

Parents like the amount of activities they see when they come into the playroom in terms of the variety. The assumption then is that the kids will have lots to do and they like seeing that there is stuff for all ages so they know what their child will grow into.

Parents comment on the fact I am set up for daycare as in I have a childsize table in the kitchen for instance and that they see that their child will be welcome in the home and that the daycare is central to the way the house is set up and not just an after thought that gets pulled out. I think what it does if give the parent peace of mind that this is my chosen profession and not just a tide me over kind of thing till something better comes along.