| A home daycare could be the perfect solution not | | | | you if you would like a guaranteed check for your |
| only for you as a stay at home mom, but for | | | | services, as you can be paid by the state to care |
| your children by providing early social | | | | for children from low income families. |
| development and built-in playmates. It's also helpful | | | | The upside to starting a daycare is that you will |
| for stressed out moms in the workforce by | | | | be able to continue as a stay at home mom and |
| giving them a more personal, flexible alternative to | | | | not have to miss out on your own children's first |
| commercial daycare centers. | | | | years! You can also find other at home jobs to do |
| Many moms have to find a child-care solution. | | | | in your spare time to make more supplemental |
| Most employers look on a woman with kids as a | | | | income. |
| bad hiring risk, and of course will not be | | | | There is a downside too, of course. Realize that it |
| sympathetic if the daycare closes before the | | | | won't always be easy. There will be sick kids, |
| mom's shift ends or her little one is not being well | | | | crazy days when your house is left in a disastrous |
| treated. As for time off if the baby is sick and | | | | mess, and those parents who decide that their |
| the daycare bans them for a week - forget it. | | | | dry cleaning bill comes before their childcare tab. |
| A home daycare could be the answer these | | | | This last is perhaps the hardest to deal with - and |
| mothers are looking for, customarily offering an | | | | you must take a firm hand to nip such behavior in |
| environment that has less children and more | | | | the bud. Make it clear in a kind but definitive way |
| personal attention. They also will get to know you | | | | that you need to be paid on time, every time, or |
| well, and feel more comfortable knowing their | | | | you will be unable to watch the child. |
| child is well cared for. | | | | If you draw up a clear document of your policies, |
| Before you start a daycare, however, you should | | | | and make sure you each get a signed copy, you |
| make sure you can meet the standards in place | | | | can head off a world of potential hurt, so protect |
| where you live. Every state has rules and | | | | yourself from as much unpleasantness as you can |
| regulations, and you want to make sure you | | | | by making the rules very plain from day one. |
| follow the law. | | | | Hopefully your home daycare will prosper and you |
| You have the option of deciding what age children | | | | will have a great relationship with the children and |
| you will accept, and how much you will charge - | | | | parents alike. Then you will have found a perfect |
| although there may be set standards if you | | | | way to supplement your income without ever |
| decide to qualify as a state provider. This can help | | | | leaving your home! |