Bill 10 Update

[bright sparks]

Actually this bill won't effect me that much. My kids are older (they actually a babysitters for the daycare kids on weekends) and I never ever do 2 kids under the age of two. I think it's way too much to have so many kids under the age of 2. What I don't agree is that we are all being lumped together. Where I live the most you can charge is 35 dollars and good luck getting that. How can I get more when our community is not like Toronto. And I feel like those that live outside the Toronto area are being punished for the mistakes of some stupid stupid daycare providers. Why should we all suffer. And really this bill isn't going to stop people. On my buy and sell site, there is a lady advertising for daycare and she has 7 children in all her pics (she's older these are not her kid) I have reported her and she doesn't care.

My kids are older too and also babysit my current and past daycare kids too...make more money than me lol

Unfortunately depending on the area, some providers, in fact a lot of providers, do not have the luxury to opt to only care for 1 child under two because since full day kindergarten I have heard lots of providers say that the amount of enquiries for kids over 2 years has dropped dramatically. Obviously I know each individual decides what is within their comfort zone, or really just their preference, but I haven't had an enquiry for a child over 2 in more than 2 years, not a single one. So if I wasn't open to multiple under twos then I wouldn't make any money. Multiple under 2's is busy but I prefer to have them all at the same stage developmentally wise so within a few months of each other at the most. Makes programming much easier, although I've learnt over the years to make it work without to much trouble if I have a vast variance in ages, but also I like to get them all young because they are more likely to stay with me longer generally speaking and I can " train" them before those bad habits are instilled in them. I currently have a 3 1/2 yr old who was a families 2nd child. I had his sister for 3 years and she is in sk now and he came to me at 8 months. I've taken as young as 3 months. I had all my kids except him leave for school at the same time which for me was the only major downside but it's not like I couldn't plan for it. Biggest issue in my neighbourhood for filling those spots were the sudden influx of stay at home mums charging a good $15-$20 less per day, which no matter how good a program may be is hard to compete with. As for raising rates, once the bill is in place, demand for under two spots will shoot through the roof so then the rate will go up everywhere. It's nothing to do with Toronto and other major urban centres, it's simply supply and demand. When there is a mass shortage there will be a premium to pay, not because providers are abusing the parents situation, but because we will need to raise rates to make ends meet with the new ratio restrictions.