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[AmandaKDT]

33 Daiseys thank you so much for your reply! I love the advice and will definitely implement that and do my rate change the way you suggested. My age sells me every time. Parents had told me they love the fact that I am young and feel that I am able to keep up with all the children not just their own. No to say that someone who is 34 isn't as energetic (I started when I was 23). If you need anymore information as to how providers use their age while they are younger as a selling point someone else stated they did the same thing on the first page. Another selling point is the fact that I don't have any kids. They feel that I will give their children 100 percent of my attention and they don't worry about me giving most of my attention to my own child. Not to say all daycare provider do this, this is just was parents keep telling me so I use it you my advantage. My portfolio has my resume, cpr, first aid, police check, references, schedule, sample monthly news letter, menu, university letter of reference....things like that. The parents love it and it makes me look very organized and professional. While they are reading it gives me some time to interact wit their little ones one on one.

Another thing you can do is email the parents your policy handbook and menu ahead of time so they can read it over beforehand and come to the meeting prepared with any questions they have. I also have a bulletin board posted at my door that has my cpr certification, daily schedule and behaviour management plan on display. This leaves the parents free to engage in conversation and watch their child in the daycare space. I also have my binder of daycare information on hand so I can briefly review some of the important parts of my handbook in person and show them that I have a safety plan set up.

And, oh my goodness, 34 is not old! As a 34 year old with 2 kids I would know! My energy and capability to care for multiple children is just fine! Lol

[Emma H]

I thought the whole idea of a forum was to get help on whatever topic a care giver was needing help with. By definition a forum is a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. There is a difference between a forum and a conversation. The particular issue on this forum was the questions I was asking, not to have a debate about what someone considers a nanny because if I knew that I wouldn't have wasted my time posting my questions. I never said 34 was too old hence what I added at the end of that sentence.

MsBell are you in the Kitchener/Waterloo area?
I am in Kitchener and I feel like it's not the greatest part of Kitchener either. I do only charge 35 per day and get complaints how 35 is too expensive and that it's almost as much as rent. I hear this typically from majority of my families. I have seen that majority of daycare providers in Kitchener only charge 35 non organic but really do think for some people paying 5 extra dollars per day isn't worth it as some don't care for organic (which is fine it's not for everyone). When they complain I just get so confused because child care center in this area charge around 1400 for babies and 1000 for toddlers so I thought I was giving them a great deal lol

[bright sparks]

I thought the whole idea of a forum was to get help on whatever topic a care giver was needing help with. By definition a forum is a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged. There is a difference between a forum and a conversation. The particular issue on this forum was the questions I was asking, not to have a debate about what someone considers a nanny because if I knew that I wouldn't have wasted my time posting my questions.

You did get some answers pertaining to your particular enquiry though right? So because myself and others were not clear on an aspect of your post we weren't to ask for clarification and hold restraint to further enquire and learn about something? That seems a very unnatural form of dialoguing to me and not at all how this forum works and I imagine most others. It's a natural human characteristic to go off in other directions when in a dialogue. This is a pretty personal place where members become familiar and discuss multiple things. If a thread goes off on a massive tangent then generally, but not always, a member would start a new thread so as not to hijack a thread. That being said, it didn't happen in this case because of all the misunderstandings/misinterpreting of info that went on and members asking for further clarification. The discussion about the specifics on Nanny and what the title means was worth discussing if people learnt something from it which I certainly did. None of it was rude, it wasn't about right or wrong, it was about gaining new perspective and an appreciation and an understanding of how things aren't always as they may seem to one individual. I think that is exactly what a forum is about. This isn't a tech support forum with very impersonal specific answers. This is a place for a community of Childcare providers to share and learn and it seems only natural for that to mean sometimes going off topic.