Hi,
Here’s an article I just found online about starting a home daycare:
Is Starting A Home Day Care Right For You?
Emily MacGregor
Starting a home daycare business is a good way to make extra
money, especially for stay at home moms. The start up costs are
low, it’s easy to promote a home daycare, and the money is good.
Because of today’s popularity with dual income families,
childcare providers are in high demand in many areas.
So what’s the downside? Is there a downside? Unfortunately the
answer is yes, there is a downside to any business venture, be
it child care, opening a restaurant or working from home in a
makeshift home office. The question that remains to be asked:
is starting a home daycare right for me?
In order to succeed at running a home daycare, the child care
provider must love children. This may seem like it should go
without saying, but unfortunately there are some people out
there who do it more for the money than for the children.
Success does not follow those who do not work with what they
love. The provider must also be very patient with children.
Even if you have your own children, somebody else’s child may
have habits, manners, and tantrums that can be extremely hard
to handle if you’re not prepared for it.
Taking care of many children at a time also ties you down to
your own home. Ideally, the day care provider will have the
means to take all of the children out on a little field trip
occasionally, but this is not always possible especially if you
are the sole provider of childcare for your home. It’s not
always the provider that’s affected by this. The spouse of the
provider must also understand that after being tied down to the
home for hours and days on end, the occasional break away from
the home can be re-energizing.
The daycare provider must be able to provide a loving,
stimulating environment for the children to flourish in. You
must provide a way for the children to have fun, learn, and to
socialize with other children. You must have toys, books and
supplies suitable for the ages of every child that you will be
taking care of. Having your own children that are approximately
the same age as the children that you are watching really helps
also. This way you will already have all of the toys, books,
and supplies and your own children will be able to socialize
with other children in their peer group.
One common mistake among daycare providers is that they don’t
look at the daycare as a business. It’s easy to overlook this
as you develop relationships with the children and their
parents. In order to have what it takes you have to be prepared
to possibly make some difficult business decisions, such as the
termination of child care services due to non payment from a
deadbeat parent. There are other considerations and roadblocks
such as state licensing requirements, supply expenses, and
taxes.
In the end, only you can decide whether starting a home day
care is right for you or not. With a dedicated, loving person
armed with the right information daycare can be a very
profitable, fun, and rewarding business.
About The Author: Emily MacGregor is an entrepreneur, writer,
and full time parent of 3 young children. Find out more about
starting a home daycare at http://www.jmsgo.com/daycare/
Talk soon,
Mary
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