Home daycare with 12 kids

[AmandaKDT]

I agree with you Judy. Parents need to be held accountable as well. I can't imagine being a parent and dropping my child off somewhere where they are "hoarding" children. Unfortunately, some parents don't do their research and don't even know the laws. Or they ask the dcp and the dcp tells them a lie and the parent doesn't check the facts. I have had parents and friends ask me what the laws are here (MB) and are shocked when I tell them. Quite a few have told me that they were told by other dcp's that it's 5.

Here in MB, we are allowed 4 including your own children. I wish that they would increase the number to 5 or 6 but I don't think that will happen. Like you said, illegal daycare's will continue to operate. I'm not sure about elsewhere but here, if a dcp is found to have too many children all that happens is they are made to call the parents immediately and all need to be picked up asap. The dcp can open again as long as they stick to the 4 child rule and/or take the steps to become licensed. Their is no real consequence to running over the limit other than the parents are without dc as of the next day. (and of course the potential risk of injury increases with the larger amount of children)

Yeah, I tried to report some providers over their allowed numbers last summer and found it to be a very frustrating procedure. I didn't know their home address, but knew that they went to the same park every single day with their large crews (there were 3 providers well over their limits) and nothing would be done since all the government agency would do is send them a letter to tell them to stop. There is no real consquence to keep people from breaking the law, and most parents do not seem to know the law.

[superfun]

Yeah, I tried to report some providers over their allowed numbers last summer and found it to be a very frustrating procedure. I didn't know their home address, but knew that they went to the same park every single day with their large crews (there were 3 providers well over their limits) and nothing would be done since all the government agency would do is send them a letter to tell them to stop. There is no real consquence to keep people from breaking the law, and most parents do not seem to know the law.

I know of a few daycares that go over their numbers, and it's frustrating. It's too bad there isn't a better system for home daycares.
Personally, I couldn't do it. I know I could have gotten away with it, because parents around here really don't care if you're following the rules. However, I really wouldn't feel good about it. I don't want to worry about parents being able to hold that over your head if they got angry about something. I don't want to worry that something terrible might happen, and it happened in an illegal situation. Too much worry for me, I would much rather make less money, but do it legally.