Have you done child care before? Do you have the required training to be director or would you have to hire a director? Do you have the credentials to be a lead teacher? How long does it take to get licensed in DC? You will have to pay rent on a center until you are licensed. It gets expensive fast.

I love family child care! I've owned a large center and worked in a few centers. They are not for me! I love the coziness and relative calm of FCC in comparison to centers. Cons of FCC are isolation, if you don't have dedicated space your house gets taken over, longer hours, etc.

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