anyone own or run a daycare?

[alien77721]

Probably your wives of course. My wife is thinking about quitting her teacher job and start a day care in our rent house. Anybody done anything like this? Bad or good idea? Advice?

[cosmiccowboy]

I'd wait a few months and see what the fallout is from that Houston fire. Lawmakers have a bad habit of passing stupid and excessive laws and regulations in a knee jerk reaction to a tragedy like that one recently. If they do, they will especially pick on small daycares run out of residential properties.

[raiderelkhunter]

I will be watching this as my wife is about ready to quit teaching as well and mentioned this.....

[dawgkllr]

Rule number 1. You cant duct tape them to the tree when they misbehave.
Rule number 2. a thin layer of siran wrap between the skin/ clothing and duct tape hides all residue of duct tape.

Good luck, your wife must be a very patient woman.

[TxAg]

Have you checked into how much insurance is for that kind of thing?

[Atfulldraw]

first question is, does you lease allow you to run a business out of your house?

[Coach W]

My wifes family has ran one for a long time 4 generations.

They make good money but its one bid headache after another.

I would say she better love kids more than anything else if shes gonna do it.

Headaches are not only parents but government agencies and all that are attached to kids these days like CPS. Wellfare programs. and so on and so forth.

If she has more than the alloted number of kids shes got to be licensed. Then if she gets more kids she needs another liscensed care giver. It is a bunch of red tape to own one.

They work crazy long days for availability reasons. They have to be there before the first parent arrives as he goes to his am job and have to be there as the last parent leaves from their shift job. Hours are set at like 7 am to 5pm but if a parent doesnt come to pick up a kiddo till 9pm then you gotta stay there of course.

Time off is wierd too. Most people want a full time year round day care. That means summers and most vacations excluding the big ones: thanksgiving, x-mas, and new years. So if they want to do something as a family they have to give the parents a month or two in advance to close down the center for a week so the parents can have somewhere else to take their kids.

Thats just my insight. One hunter looking in, I dont have much to do with it.

[alien77721]

Thanks coach. Ill let me wide read

[Mayhem]

good friend of mine owns one, he makes really good money and doesnt seem to have any major problems. he has alot of time to deer hunt, i know this cause we hunt the same lease.