Ontario Caregivers - daycare announcement due today

[treeholm]

Yup, this is stressful for sure. I feel that ethically, I need to let my parents know they need to keep an eye on this issue, but knowing that I will close if it passes, they really need to find alternate care as soon as they can... which would not be good for me. But if they find out through the media and not through me, I'll look dishonest... sigh...

[Fun&care]

Yup, this is stressful for sure. I feel that ethically, I need to let my parents know they need to keep an eye on this issue, but knowing that I will close if it passes, they really need to find alternate care as soon as they can... which would not be good for me. But if they find out through the media and not through me, I'll look dishonest... sigh...

I think that they would have a hard time finding care elsewhere anyways though. I've already told my dcp about it...I'm thinking that since my daughter will be 3 and I will have a 2 year old, a 16 month old and a 12 month old plus my 6 year old son I will be ok? Or am I missing something here? Either way I think you should tell them and put the emphasis on urging the government to rethink this. Also do you all think that this is going to come into effect that soon? The gov works slow and even their definition of fast most consider pretty slow. I read in one article that they would have a database where you can look up providers who've have complaints by fall 2014 so if it takes them that long to do that...I dunno...

[bright sparks]

I'm trying to be optimistic today as yesterday was very stressful and sitting worrying isn't productive. It would appear that we originally thought it was the 3 under 3 but the act clearly states no more than 2under2. Yes this is still a huge issue but at least it's opened up spots for children 2 and older..it's not much but it is something. Unfortunately for those dcp's in concentrated areas it just means it will be a "buyers market" if you know what I mean. There will be heavy competition for these children as most providers will have two spots open for this age group giving the parents so many choices which is a good thing for them but very competitive for us providers. Those offering a specialty such as organic etc will already be under financial strain from the new age ratios so keeping this up in order to have an edge, obviously only if a parent finds this important, will be difficult. I am really going to have to see if I can live on three full timers. That's another thing too....what are your thoughts on taking full versus part time kids when this comes into effect. It can be difficult enough to fill opposite days so when we are already restricted with ages and numbers do we want to run the risk of having days open in the younger age groups?

[Artsand crafts]

what are your thoughts on taking full versus part time kids when this comes into effect. It can be difficult enough to fill opposite days so when we are already restricted with ages and numbers do we want to run the risk of having days open in the younger age groups?

I currently don't do part time since since our spaces are limited and there are plenty of 12mo full time kids, but now I will consider getting part time kids over 3 yo since this is the age that starts to get difficult to get. I will never accept an under 2 part time and I am thinking on increasing the fee on that age bracket since those spots will become premium