Does it get better?

[Crayola kiddies]

I agree I have to look at the pros and cons and decide which one comes out on top ..... and so far daycare comes out on top. I have no degree so min wage it is for me .... when you factor in b and a care for 3 kids and gas for the commute there wouldn't be much if anything left over... I like my commute and I like all the deductions at tax time. I like my 2.5 hour break in the aft that I can prep my dinner, fold laundry, or just sit on my ass and surf the web. im here for my kids if they need to stay home sick and not have to either take a day off or scramble to find someone. I am much happier since my youngest has gone to full day jk cause he was a handful. I do what I want when I want and no body to answer to but me. I close earlier now then when I did in my first year and that really helps and I don't need business attire just my jeans and an old tshirt. the cons are I have to open early in order to stay full cause I live in a small town and parents need the time to get to work, and I would prefer to sleep a bit longer, I find parents coddle their kids too much nowadays and they tend to be helpless whiny little creatures. I am stuck here all day and would love to have the freedom to just pop off to the store, if my kids have something going on at school I have to get my mil to come and watch the daycare kids and that's not always an easy feat .....I have to book really far in advance. I feel guilty about closing so I rarely do, in 4 years I have never taken a sick day and only 2 personal days ...I am taking another personal day next Friday.

I have altered my policy book to change the things that made me the most unhappy.....I now close earlier, have three weeks paid holidays (actually all 52 weeks are paid unless I close for a sick day then they get to deduct the days I close) and 5 paid personal days, I tightened up my sickness policy, and these things have made daycare much more tolerable,,,,,,,,plu s my boss rocks!!!!!!!