Husbands home during dc hours.

[playfelt]

I talk about my hubby in the interview because if I was really sick he would be the back up since someone has to be here to look after our own daughter. He actually retired last week after 40 years in the military so is here all day. Maybe he will get another job and maybe not - a few resumes out but we want to just enjoy a couple weeks of less stress. I love having him here to do simple things like put the other baby in their highchair or hand out the cups as I fill them. The rest of the time he worries about our own daughter and basically stays out of the way.

I have had the question in interviews and to me it is a red flag in the sense that as someone mentioned this is my house and my family lives here and your child is invited to spend their days with us and that includes all of us including my son who now lives in Calgary or my mom who comes in the summer and stays for 6 weeks. If the family is that unsure then a daycare centre may be a better suggestion for them. I get that it is an issue but other than asking who else is home all day that is as far as it should matter.

[ebhappydc]

Prior to one of my dcks coming to my daycare, his mom went early to pick him up and someone she never met was looking after the daycare while the provider was picking up other kids from school....she was quite upset. When she came here, i told her as i do at every interview about everyone that comes in contact with my daycare.... that i have grown children who live at home and my husband is home sometimes for lunch. They have their backgrounds done, but i was still worried as i have 2 teenage boys 13, and 18, and 16 yrdaugh. I'm surprised when parents dont' ask about them during interview as i advertise that i am mother of older children. I'm lucky though because my 18 yr old son is lifeguard/swim instructor at the city pool where the parents see him working and he's a medical first responder volunteer so i actually feel safer when he's around. my daughter is already a piano teacher so i think it helps relax parents. i honestly thought it would be a problem when my boys became teens, but it hasn't.

[flowerchild]

this is my house and my family lives here and your child is invited to spend their days with us and that includes all of us

This.

I can understand asking who will be in the home during the day or who your child may come in contact with. If someone was making an issue over the fact that my husband may be around occasionally on his days off or whatnot then my daycare is not the place for them. This is his home.

I have my husband listed in my contract as one of my backup care providers in the event I have to be out of the house for a personal appointment or to take the kids to an appointment. I also offer new families the chance to meet him before signing on. Usually he's been around for the interviews, so it's not an issue. He's had a police check as well.