My question is: does anyone know if there is a problem taking care of children privately in a home you do not live in? We have recently purchased a home and we intend to rent out the upstairs, but I was thinking of using the basement suite to care for children instead of renting that space. I previously ran an accredited dayhome from my residence, but due to its location I was only able to get 2 part time children. It was a VERY high quality dayhome and yet parents were still not willing to go out of their way to use my dayhome. The new home is in a much more central area and I would expect more success, however I will not be able to register with an agency as one of the current regulations for licensed family dayhomes is that the home must be the provider's primary living residence. I cant find anything about this in the wishy washy private regulations on the Alberta Gov. website. Edmonton based, Help?