Provider over ratio - what are the consequences?

[sunnydays]

The rule is you can only have 5 DAYCARE children, so if the other children in your mommy group are with their parents, they don't count in that number and it is legal. You could invite another mother over with her own kids and you would be fine and legal.

Hey everyone, I am new to the forum, and a Daycare provider in Guelph. I understand the rule about not having play dates with other providers, but what about mommy groups..do they factor in or is it play dates in general?

[apples and bananas]

The rule is you can only have 5 DAYCARE children, so if the other children in your mommy group are with their parents, they don't count in that number and it is legal. You could invite another mother over with her own kids and you would be fine and legal.

Sunny days, this is what I've always thought, but I've heard differences of opinions on this. Is this the case? Can anyone else confirm or does any one else interpret this the same way?

I have my step children here during the summer and am stressing over what to do with them as they technically make me "over limit" But their dad will be here, so maybe I won't be over limit?

[Robin Taylor]

Thank you all

[Rachael]

Sunny days, this is what I've always thought, but I've heard differences of opinions on this. Is this the case? Can anyone else confirm or does any one else interpret this the same way?

I have my step children here during the summer and am stressing over what to do with them as they technically make me "over limit" But their dad will be here, so maybe I won't be over limit?

That isn't how it works in Nova Scotia.

The NS day care regulations state "no more than 6 children including the carer's own if younger than 12 years".

Now it's slightly different depending on if registered or not.

The easiest way to explain is for an unregistered carer, it boils down to no more than 6 children per address. It doesn't matter if there is another adult in the house. The limit is 6 - period. In the instance where your step children are there over the summer, if you were in NS, and if those step children are younger than 12, then they would be included in the day care numbers.

However, if you are a registered provider, providing that your step children were being cared for by another adult in another part of the house and had no interaction with the day care, then you would likely get away with it since they aren't permanent residents in the house and could be considered visitors.