I agree treeholm, I think the "home like" setting is very important and that is what I have also. The kids love when my hubby comes home from work early afternoons and my daughter from school as the kids will rush to the door to greet them. What really irks me is how some people will put out a few toys and buy a highchair and then think they are "equal" to other providers whom have reconstructed basements or rooms and have invested a lot of sweat and financial equity to their daycare as well as professional development and then call themselves a daycare and expect to charge the same rate.