Would you do anything about this

[Sandbox Sally]

I might - it depends on whether I felt she had everything under control. A friend of my sis in law was reported a couple of towns over, and they came to her house and threatened a 20k dollar fine if she was still over ratio when they did another surprise visit. So, those are the consequences.

I'd want to be absolutely CERTAIN that she IS over ratio, though. I will soon look as though I am over, but I won't be. I have three kids of my own, plus three toddlers, and four school aged daycare kids. Thing is, of my four school aged daycare kids, two are over ten years old. Basically, I am going to have nine/ten kids here every day this summer, but will be working legally. I'd be incredibly pissed off if someone came to my door accusing me of doing otherwise. Just a thought.

[gramma]

I might - it depends on whether I felt she had everything under control. A friend of my sis in law was reported a couple of towns over, and they came to her house and threatened a 20k dollar fine if she was still over ratio when they did another surprise visit. So, those are the consequences.

I'd want to be absolutely CERTAIN that she IS over ratio, though. I will soon look as though I am over, but I won't be. I have three kids of my own, plus three toddlers, and four school aged daycare kids. Thing is, of my four school aged daycare kids, two are over ten years old. Basically, I am going to have nine/ten kids here every day this summer, but will be working legally. I'd be incredibly pissed off if someone came to my door accusing me of doing otherwise. Just a thought.

I dont know the person but i've had calls from people looking for care who appear to be coming from the same provider. all the stories are the same. my first issue is of course safety, the second is that its providers who dont follow rules that make it difficult for all of us to convince parents that private home daycare is the way to go.
I know tha tyou can have kids over the age of 10 as well as kids under but if you have 5 kids under 10 plus kids over 10 which is legal how do you get insurance? I dont know of any company that will insure over 5 kids. i guess technically its none of my business but it bothers me just the same. i'm not generally a tattletale for the most part i think everyone has to live with the consequences of the decisions they make. thanks for the replies