Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
Another question for people to answer please is the definition of school age. The problem we are having here in Ontario with the rule changes is that children enter care at age 1 because of year long maternity leave and start school at 3 3/4 (ie if a child turns 4 before the end of December they can start school that September so youngest would be 4 months shy of turning 4 when starting school). That is only a 2-3 year window for children needing full time care. The schools also offer a large amount of before and after care for school age children. The more you restrict the available pool of children the harder it is to maintain career status in childcare.
Wow, the children go to school sometimes before the age of 4?! That's rediculous, no wonder you Ontario daycare providers are getting so up in arms. Here the children start kindergarten at the age of 5.