The Radio show I was on...

[superfun]

5LM, so far I've scheduled all my visits, but that was leading up to getting my license. Now I am supposed to have 3 unscheduled visits, and 1 scheduled. The scheduled one is when it is time to renew my license each year.

[Cadillac]

I do take issue though with the use of the wording "unlicensed" in general. It implies that there is such a thing as a licensed home daycare provider which lends false hope and reassurance to parents. There is no licensing. If you register with an agency, they are licensed not the individual and they do not regulate beyond ratios and to regulate requires them to be present on a regular basis to make sure each and every registered provider is sticking to their rules. This would include not only scheduled regular visits but also regular unannounced drop ins. I still wouldn't call this licensed daycare though, simply regulated daycare. To be licensed, such as trades are, there is a minimum requirement of training and hours required prior to being licensed to do your job. To license home daycare providers like this is ridiculous as people's experience comes from many different backgrounds, some with little to no experience quite often, who still manage to do a more than adequate job of caring for children, but licensing tells the general public that we have proven our ability to do the job which even upon signing up with an agency is not a requirement. Police checks and CPR training show you have been trained in that area and have no criminal record but are not a way to prove competence.

Opinion noted: I just rather say unliscenced than unregulated which indicates that there are NO rules for us. Simply a difference in wording opinon but im sure we are after the same cause

[Cadillac]

oh! ad Sparks:

The radio station called me and asked for the interview after browsing my website.

[AmandaKDT]

5LM, so far I've scheduled all my visits, but that was leading up to getting my license. Now I am supposed to have 3 unscheduled visits, and 1 scheduled. The scheduled one is when it is time to renew my license each year.

I didn't know you were licensed, congrats! It is such an involved process to get the licensing completed. I have been licensed for just under a year now and will be having my scheduled meeting to renew my license very soon.

[superfun]

I didn't know you were licensed, congrats! It is such an involved process to get the licensing completed. I have been licensed for just under a year now and will be having my scheduled meeting to renew my license very soon.

Thanks! I've only been licensed for about 5 weeks. I agree, it is quite the process. I think I am really very lucky that I got a coordinator that I work really well with. She is very much to the point. I liked that I could ask a question, and I got a straightforward answer. I've met other coordinators at the orientation, and I am so thankful that I didn't end up with a different one. Some of them don't seem to be clear on some of the important questions. So the process was lengthy, but it was never confusing or overwhelming.

[bright sparks]

Opinion noted: I just rather say unliscenced than unregulated which indicates that there are NO rules for us. Simply a difference in wording opinon but im sure we are after the same cause

It bothers me whenever it's used but not specifically by you. I understand what you are saying and for sure we are for the same cause. I don't think unregulated is a term to be used either, although the entire home daycare industry is unregulated by the government apart from the number of children outlined in the DNA....at least in ontario anyway. I think that there should be some information booklets given out in the new baby package outlining the difference between private home daycare, agency home daycare and daycare centre. That way a parent can be legitimately well informed with the facts and make a decision based on this not on the scaremongering of the media and the bad mouthing from the GP who either have had a bad experience or spread rumours without any sort of reliable source.

[Cadillac]

well said and agreed

I think that we have more time than they want us to think though, being an election year, no one will want to ruffle too many feathers. hopefully people will start with the studies I've been privy to hearing about. might even be in one! EXCITING! Then we can show them that we ARE the HIGHEST in quality

[superfun]

It bothers me whenever it's used but not specifically by you. I understand what you are saying and for sure we are for the same cause. I don't think unregulated is a term to be used either, although the entire home daycare industry is unregulated by the government apart from the number of children outlined in the DNA....at least in ontario anyway. I think that there should be some information booklets given out in the new baby package outlining the difference between private home daycare, agency home daycare and daycare centre. That way a parent can be legitimately well informed with the facts and make a decision based on this not on the scaremongering of the media and the bad mouthing from the GP who either have had a bad experience or spread rumours without any sort of reliable source.

That's a really good idea! Good thinking.