Home daycare with 12 kids

[momofnerds]

funny thing is that we are no different than teachers, why is it that some classes have 32 kids in their class and one teacher and yet we argue over 5 kids, really isn't any different (as a matter of fact school agers are even harder to deal with) and really these teachers don't have any special training with dealing with so many.

[playfelt]

I think too what it comes down to is a parent learns to manage multiple ages of kids when she cares for her own kids and sets her home up accordingly with the appropriate age toys, equipment, and presumably the more kids she has the bigger a house she has - hence more play space. It then becomes easier for her to integrate extra children into what she is already doing having gone through the teething, when a child is about to walk or start climbing stairs, etc. so ahead in recognizing safety issues then it is for someone with no kids and maybe some book learning from a course or two.

Yes some moms are frazzled with just their own kids but others thrive on it. I am one of those mom to 4 of my own and always had 5 daycare.

[5 Little Monkeys]

One of the differences between us and school teachers is that they have back up if needed or in case of an emergency.

Also, they are not "caring" for 32 children (ie. changing diapers, preparing food, helping eat etc) they are "teaching" them (ie. organized and structured teaching)