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Anonymous wrote:If she has been a homemaker for the past 20 years, how does she still have children at home who need constant supervision?

Not the OP, but my sister had a similar story. Her first husband was not abusive, but they had no children. They married young, she became a homemaker. They divorced and she married again, to the abusive jerk. A few years in, my niece was born. My sister stayed too long in the abusive marriage because of my niece. But when my niece was about 8, my sister finally got out of the house and took her daughter with her. After the divorce, they finally got a childcare agreement.

But my sister had been a homemaker for 20 years by the time she fled the second marriage.

This type of story is unfortunately, not that unusual.

Thanks for sharing. What did your sister end up doing for employment?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can she open a child-care center in her home?

NP. This is a great idea but I believe in MD she will need to get a license. Probably do-able, though, and I could also be wrong about that.

This will be a good option. But, you do need to be licensed and there is a process that can take several months to even get started. She’ll need to take training courses and have the home inspected and licensed prior to accepting any kids. I would say once she is 3/4 of the way through she should start interviewing for clients, but she cannot take any prior. She might be looking at 3 to 4 months. She will need to take a take care orientation class before even starting the process. But if she’s willing to do all of this, that this would be a great opportunity for her. I wish her all the best!!

Here is how she can get started:

https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/child-care-providers/licensing

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can she open a child-care center in her home?

NP. This is a great idea but I believe in MD she will need to get a license. Probably do-able, though, and I could also be wrong about that.

This will be a good option. But, you do need to be licensed and there is a process that can take several months to even get started. She’ll need to take training courses and have the home inspected and licensed prior to accepting any kids. I would say once she is 3/4 of the way through she should start interviewing for clients, but she cannot take any prior. She might be looking at 3 to 4 months. She will need to take a take care orientation class before even starting the process. But if she’s willing to do all of this, that this would be a great opportunity for her. I wish her all the best!!

I agree that there are many jobs at schools. She can start as an assistant, paid monitor (like lunch or recess monitor) or office support staff. She can work on getting training and move to a paraeducator or try to get teaching credentials to get into teaching.

As pointed out, this is ideal because she will be working the same hours that her children are in school and she will not need childcare. One of the perks in many school districts, if you live in the district, even if you are not zoned or the school where you work, you can request your child go to the school where you work out-of-bounds. Many school systems will allow your children to be enrolled in the school you work, specifically to help with the childcare and transportation issue. I happen to know about four different teachers in three different MD school districts who do or have done this.

Anonymous wrote:If she has been a homemaker for the past 20 years, how does she still have children at home who need constant supervision?

Not the OP, but my sister had a similar story. Her first husband was not abusive, but they had no children. They married young, she became a homemaker. They divorced and she married again, to the abusive jerk. A few years in, my niece was born. My sister stayed too long in the abusive marriage because of my niece. But when my niece was about 8, my sister finally got out of the house and took her daughter with her. After the divorce, they finally got a childcare agreement.

But my sister had been a homemaker for 20 years by the time she fled the second marriage.

This type of story is unfortunately, not that unusual.

Para educator, part time nanny,

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Anonymous wrote:What did she do for work until age 33?

I'd also like to know this?

Any college?

You mentioned that she got married very young, and that she's been out of the workforce for 20 years, but she's also 53... so what did she do prior to 33?

childcare and babysitting. No college degrees.