Venting! time to get rid of part time families!

[Monday 2 Friday Mama]

I agree - it sounds like a very fair deal. I'm not sure why this woman is kvetching. =( I've been asked about before and after school care and I've always turned it down. It just doesn't pay the bills, and frankly it's a lot of work for very little pay. Until the regulations are changed, (caregivers are only allowed to mind a maximum of 5 children) and we are allowed to distinguish between full time/part time/before and after school care I will try my best to only have full time children in my care - it makes the most economic sense.

[Inspired by Reggio]

I agree - it sounds like a very fair deal. I'm not sure why this woman is kvetching. =( I've been asked about before and after school care and I've always turned it down. It just doesn't pay the bills, and frankly it's a lot of work for very little pay. Until the regulations are changed, (caregivers are only allowed to mind a maximum of 5 children) and we are allowed to distinguish between full time/part time/before and after school care I will try my best to only have full time children in my care - it makes the most economic sense.

You can have more than 5 families on your roster ~ you can just never have more than 5 children in attendance ... I started out with a licensed agency so had to follow their rules with age groupings but I had 1 full time child and 8 children sharing my remaining four spaces on a consistent part time schedule so they never over lapped ... it was a PITA but it was legal here in Ontario anyway

The challenge with 'before and after school' IME is that most of THEM also want full day care on PD, March break and summer closures so than yes THEY take up a full time space than ... but other than that you can have a child coming Monday / Wednesday / Friday and share a space with someone coming Tuesday / Thursday and you can have a child coming 7 am - noon and a school age kid one come 3 - 6 if they do not need PD or non school coverage ~ just as long as their hours are never overlapping.