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[quote=Anonymous]Great thread! I did just as a you are describing a year ago.

Here are my takeaways from my experience and speaking with other family childcare providers:
-It is OK to do this, not everyone will want it, but you don't need everyone to be your customer, just some people.
-Most family childcares take a few years to get to capacity, if they ever do. Is starting slow--even with less children than you stated--financially feasible?
-It is harder to take care of your child than other people's children in a group setting; they know your buttons (I am speaking from a beyond-infant perspective)
-A lot of family childcare providers start this way. Many stay on after their children go to school and make a lifelong profession out of it, others don't. It is all normal.
-It is going to be easier for YOU to have an employee; you could work up to it, even PT helps. Businesses with at least 1 employee have more stability anyways, and judging from this thread, the market seems to appreciate that. 
-It is easier to manage someone not related to you. Pay them above minimum wage and be nice to them.
-Administratively it will take time to get licensed, market, maintain your business, not to mention making sure your home is clean every single day for guests to walk right in. You need to calculate that into your cost/benefit.

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