Originally Posted by Second Home:
There are complaints coming in from parents who can't find care and don't believe it when providers are telling them that they don't have openings.
This is getting to be a really annoying trend.
I do take a lot of heat these days for not being able to create slots from thin air. The kids age out just as fast as they can. I am not cherry-picking or playing favorites.
By cutting our ratio (slots) in half, from 12 kids to 6 kids, they
created the first big drop in available slots and
doubled tuition overnight.
Childcare did not get more expensive, our earnings potential was cut in half. We had to do a market correction or go out of business. They love to blame childcare providers for the cost, though.