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[michellesmunchkins]

Cocoon, I'm in Oshawa Ontario. There are literally hundreds of other home daycare providers in the nearby area...well I should rephrase that...there are hundreds of stay at home Mom's who only charge $20/day to take in kids. I charge $35 because I used to work as a special education teacher and feel I should make more than someone without any qualifications or the formal education I spent 5 years in college getting. Its very frustrating to have people call and say oh we found someone cheaper...when really they just found someone who wants to stay home with their kids. I'm not knocking stay at home Mom's at all, just frustrating that parents can't see the difference between a 'real' home daycare program and someone just wanting to be home 'babysitting'. I worked hard on my programming but don't feel compensated enough financially for the hours that I work but can't increase my feels because everyone will just to with Jane Doe down the street for $20

[Spixie33]

Cocoon, I'm in Oshawa Ontario. There are literally hundreds of other home daycare providers in the nearby area...well I should rephrase that...there are hundreds of stay at home Mom's who only charge $20/day to take in kids. I charge $35 because I used to work as a special education teacher and feel I should make more than someone without any qualifications or the formal education I spent 5 years in college getting. Its very frustrating to have people call and say oh we found someone cheaper...when really they just found someone who wants to stay home with their kids. I'm not knocking stay at home Mom's at all, just frustrating that parents can't see the difference between a 'real' home daycare program and someone just wanting to be home 'babysitting'. I worked hard on my programming but don't feel compensated enough financially for the hours that I work but can't increase my feels because everyone will just to with Jane Doe down the street for $20

I think outside of Toronto and Ottawa you see prices around $25-$35 as standard and depending on what they offer for your child. Oshawa is a suburb of Toronto - a far one and prices in the suburbs are lower
People actually in Toronto or Ottawa seem to make quite a bit more even though we all work just as hard. I am also north of the GTA and when I first started here people were charging between $21-$33. I have just seen more ads raise their price to $35 (halleluliah) these past few months where $35 is now starting to be more standard. I am not sure how even a SAHM makes much on $20 a day. Once you factor in food, your time/hours, and craft supplies and daycare equipment etc there isn't much left to take to the bank at that rate.

[lunademiel]

Cocoon, I'm in Oshawa Ontario. There are literally hundreds of other home daycare providers in the nearby area...well I should rephrase that...there are hundreds of stay at home Mom's who only charge $20/day to take in kids. I charge $35 because I used to work as a special education teacher and feel I should make more than someone without any qualifications or the formal education I spent 5 years in college getting. Its very frustrating to have people call and say oh we found someone cheaper...when really they just found someone who wants to stay home with their kids. I'm not knocking stay at home Mom's at all, just frustrating that parents can't see the difference between a 'real' home daycare program and someone just wanting to be home 'babysitting'. I worked hard on my programming but don't feel compensated enough financially for the hours that I work but can't increase my feels because everyone will just to with Jane Doe down the street for $20

I can completely understand how you feel but I must say as a SAHM I need to defend us just a little bit. I am trying very very hard to make sure these kids get the as much education as I can give them. I spend hours on the computer on my evenings to learn as much as I can without the same sort of resources I would love to get from college training (can't afford it). I want these kids to have everything I want my own kids to have in respect to learning, healthy food, exercise, and most importantly LOVE! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely think someone with the credentials SHOULD get paid more and the right parents will pay you more, AND most importantly appreciate you more. Those are the type of parents you want to have!

[KingstonMom]

I can completely understand how you feel but I must say as a SAHM I need to defend us just a little bit. I am trying very very hard to make sure these kids get the as much education as I can give them. I spend hours on the computer on my evenings to learn as much as I can without the same sort of resources I would love to get from college training (can't afford it). I want these kids to have everything I want my own kids to have in respect to learning, healthy food, exercise, and most importantly LOVE! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely think someone with the credentials SHOULD get paid more and the right parents will pay you more, AND most importantly appreciate you more. Those are the type of parents you want to have!

I have no college education, and the only work experience I have is in teh banking industry for 6 years I have LOs of my own. As long as you think you are worth the extra money to spend your time with others kids, then ask for it! I started out alot cheaper just to get the experience and then after 8 months, I bumped my daily rate up $5/day and all my parents signed happily!

I also agree, that maybe ECE providers have formal training, all of us know how to LOVE and CARE for a child.

[playfelt]

I have no college education, and the only work experience I have is in
I also agree, that maybe ECE providers have formal training, all of us know how to LOVE and CARE for a child.

And those that have ECE have theoretical experience as well as some observation in daycare centres but they still have to spend the hours in the evening and weekends finding the same activities and resources to make learning materials - those aren't given out in class.