i agree with the others...neither option sounds very good to me...that daycare sounds very unsafe...i manage a state-licensed childcare program for elementary students during the school years and i have to meet all those licensing requirements...one thing i wanted to mention, parents and relatives (approved by the parent of course) as well as state child protective staff and foster families are encouraged and allowed to visit our program whenever they want to...we encourage parental (and others) involvement and love it when someone "drops by" to see their child....because me and my staff know these people, we don't stop them or ask to check their ID every time they show up....i can see how, to someone else, it might look like we have "unknown strangers" wandering in and out....however no one can take a child from our program and leave with them unless we have specific permission from their parent/guardian (unless it's by court order - yes we have ALOT of foster situations)
during the summer months, i do childcare at home for some of the students that i see during the winter months at work...i only take a few, typically the ones who won't function well in the extra-large summer program setting that my work offers....i dont work summers for work, though, as i have a 10-month contract, not 12-month...i am not licensed for home childcare, it's not worth the time and hassle when i'm only open 2 months out of the year...i am an approved provider for the native corporation here, who provides childcare assistance for low-income native families, and another families pay me full price without assistance for themselves
i chose not to do home childcare full time because i want my raises at work, i am paid very well at work, i want my retirement 401(k), i want my health insurance for me and my kids, i want to be around adult co-workers and i want the professional growth that comes with conferences etc at my work
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