Yes, but for you, that's legal, you are experienced, educated, and you follow your state's licensing regulations. Every provider I know of that operates illegally has way more kids than they can handle. They provide crap for meals, are stretched too thin, it's pretty chaotic, and they use guidance techniques that aren't exactly um..."best practices". Honestly, it's not usually the number kids a provider has-it's the whole dynamic.
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
I have 12 kids every day. Alone. By myself. Sometimes in the summer months I've had 14 with only myself and a 13 yr helper.
None of my parents have issues with that many kids and only one provider.