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How much do you pay for in-home care for an infant?
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Anonymous
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If the truth were to be known I think a vast majority of parents complain about daycare and day home policies. A lot of parents want care on their terms, and to only pay for the hours they use, not understanding that they pay for the spot not the hours. Parents want to call the shots and pay a pittance for it. Around here provider holidays can be paid or not paid. It's something parents need to consider before they even start looking for care and for God's sake don't expect your provider to adjust their policies to suit you. If the contract isn't something you can live with then don't sign up. Hire a nanny so you can be in control of how things are done if that's what you want to do!
$200/week would be generous here. The average is more like $150 - $175 but you pay for the spot, which means you pay 52 weeks of the year. Some providers offer 2 weeks of parent holidays that don't have to be paid as long as they are booked no less than 12 weeks in advance. So provider holidays are paid.. but the parents get a break on their own holidays as long as they follow the contract. |
Anonymous
| I pay $260 for M-Fri 7:30-5:30 in Arlington. My kid's not there all that time, but I pay the full $260. We pay for two weeks vacation for our provider. She never cancels due to illness and she is always there for us. She (and her assistants) care for 9 kids year round. She earns her two weeks paid vacation. |
Anonymous
Now YOU are a dream come true for any daycare provider. Your provider is lucky to have you as a partner in rearing wonderful, beautiful children! 
Judy Trickett |
Anonymous
Is paying the weekly charge all it takes to be a great partner for an in-home provider? |
Anonymous
No question. |
Anonymous
So, as long as a parent pays, its ok if they bitch and moan the whole week about everything? |
Anonymous
| I would like to chime in here and just say that the parents griping about prices and policies need to keep in mind that your provider should be very important to you and she should be treated with respect and gratitude! She is the person who is nurturing and educating your child when you aren't there to do it. She is the one who kisses boo-boos and reads books to your child while you work. She is the one who will snuggle with your little one and show them how loved they are. We don't do our jobs because we want to get rich, we do it because we love it. Remember that the next time that you are complaining about your daycare's cost or complaining because your provider is charging for holidays or vacations or sick days. Your provider is helping to shape the person that your child will be in the future and you can't put a price on that. |
Anonymous
Paying on time is a good start. Besides, if you can't even PAY on time we would no longer have a business relationship anyway so I couldn't care less what you "bitch" about all week. It astonishes me that parents like you sit in my living room and go on and on ab out how this is such an important decision who you have caring for your child. But the minute you don't like one little policy we are suddenly the devil incarnate. You would bregrudge the person who cares for your CHILD what she is due as per the contract YOU signed and agreed upo?? Yep, not saying much for how much importance you put into the care and concern of your child. Because having an atititude like yours will only result in one thing - your child going from provider to provider because mommy or daddy were too selfish to take anyting but their own demands into acount.l Geesh, how lucky for your child. I find you rude and arrogant and no doubt so does/will your provider. |
Anonymous
| Oh and to add. The post above is that of Judy Trickett. |
Anonymous
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You go girl!!
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Anonymous
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Wow.
So those of us who devote 60+ hours/week to the care of children don't deserve a week or 2 of vacation? yeah, I could not charge for my holidays and vacation time, but my daily rate would reflect that change. EVERY time I've given parents the option to switch to paying by the day and have factored in the paid vacation, sick time, holidays etc into the daily rate, they've opted for my normal weekly rate. EVERY time. When you pay say the cable bill, do you argue about not paying for Monday thru Friday from 7 am -6 pm because you don't use it? no. Do you refuse to pay your taxes because you don't have a child in the public schools? no. Someone running a daycare is not the same as every other "service provider" out there. Do those of you who think they are equal think your daycare provider is no more important than a mechanic or a "maid"?? By the way, as I post this all 8 of my daycare kids are sleeping. My assistant is sitting on the couch next to me, and the kids craft project for the afternoon is ready for them to enjoy when they awake.... |
Anonymous
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And don't forget that on top of our 2 weeks vacation (whether or not we get paid for it), we also get a 2 hr break each day to sit around and do nothing!! Nothing besides cleaning up and getting ready for the next activity, preparing for the next day, maybe grabbing a bite to eat, or even something as exciting as using the washroom with out being screamed at.
J&JMum792 |
Anonymous
My children are not in an in-home day care so I dont have a provider who is as bitter as you. I pay for my childcare on time and in full every week. It is certainly the parents pergoative to like or dislike certain policies. I was just remarking that you seem to think that ability to pay is the only quality that a parent needs to have and this seems rather short-sighted, as there are plenty of people able to pay that I would not want as a client and I would put many other qualities at the top of my list, in addition to ability to pay. You sound incredibly bitter and I would never place my children with someone who has as much hostility as you express. |
Anonymous
It's not the ability to pay on time (all parents have that ability) but the actual paying on time that makes the difference. If you can't pay on time is shows a genuine lack of respect for your daycare provider, and no one wants to work with someone who doesn't respect them, their policies and their procedures. Without mutual respect (and trust me if you don't pay on time your provider won't respect you either) nothing else matters as the relationship won't work. Tara. (aka: busylady) |
Anonymous
If you look WAAAAYYY up, you will likely see that the parent said that her DCP EARNED her 2 weeks....meaning she appreciates what she does and KNOWS that 2 weeks is something her DCP is deserving of....I personally think that is why Judy was saying that she'd love to have her. NEWS FLASH! Almost ALL DCP are bitter about one parent or another in their care. There are so many parents out there who do not value their provider for what they are worth. I am an intelligent person, I work 55 business hours per week (not including clean-up, prep, etc.), I go to school as well, I run another business on the side, I am a mother....and people have the NERVE to think I make easy money?? That I am not DESERVING of paid time off? I work DAMN hard. My parents would break down and cry if they knew how hard I worked! I am putting paid vacation into my contract next year. This year I added paid sick days. I am worth it. Mist of my parents take their vaca when I do...so they can pay me while they are off....because their employer pays them....and I deserve it. |