Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia:
Jeep and Black cat, I opened a center. I did not do home daycare,.started with a center, glad I did. My house is glad I did too, and so are my own children. My husband and I operate it together, I am the Director. I am a big advocate of small centers, not a fan of overly large centers. We have one staffer. I think parents like small, mom and pop places. Small group size, family like atmosphere and personalized care are my biggest selling pointed. My center is also multi age approach, so I am not much different than a large family daycare. The center license is a big help though. More rules and regs, more training required, more inspections, more "stars program" work, more screenings, more EXPENSIVE OVERHEAD. But parents do give those things weight. Pm me anytime!
See that is where I am already....."a large family child care" so really in my state being licensed as a center really doesn't give me anything more (besides kids and more rules) and I like small too as I don't think I could deal with 80-100+ kids....kwim?
I would like to be the director of a center that large though....I just don't want to be the sole owner of one that large. Does that make sense?
I already have the separate building but it is a home and set up as one (sort of). It is a small home so I can't have more kids than I already have so changing my license from Family Child Care to Center care has no real advantages for me if I stay here...which I kind of have to as I have a mortgage
Selling isn't really an option as we all know how bad the market is so....here I will stay until I run out of enthusiasm and or energy or until I win the lottery!
