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consmom 07:15 PM 06-23-2016
Hi, I'm new here....first post.
Have any of you been a center director and run your own home day care (obviously not at the same time)? What did you like best? Why? What did you not like?
Have any of you been a center director and run your own home day care (obviously not at the same time)? What did you like best? Why? What did you not like?
Michael 10:49 PM 06-23-2016
Welcome to the forum! 
Unregistered 09:06 PM 06-24-2016
I've done both.
I left my child care home to open a center. I was a co-owner but I was the director.
I like family care much better and went back to it after two years.
For me family care was:
calmer, cozier, less hectic, less noisy, less work, and a happier place to be - for me and the kids.
I also made more money in family care. There was too much overhead with the center. This was a smaller center in a small town.
I opened the center because I did not like the isolation of in-home care. It also felt less professional to me.
When I went back to in-home I went out and taught half day preschool in a private preschool two afternoons a week. I loved it!
I left my child care home to open a center. I was a co-owner but I was the director.
I like family care much better and went back to it after two years.
For me family care was:
calmer, cozier, less hectic, less noisy, less work, and a happier place to be - for me and the kids.
I also made more money in family care. There was too much overhead with the center. This was a smaller center in a small town.
I opened the center because I did not like the isolation of in-home care. It also felt less professional to me.
When I went back to in-home I went out and taught half day preschool in a private preschool two afternoons a week. I loved it!
consmom 02:45 PM 06-25-2016
Thank for your input. I am weighing both options and have been thinking about all the things you mentioned in your post. Much appreciated.
Unregistered 07:32 PM 06-25-2016
I have my own very successful in-home. I thought about opening a center or being a center director. For me, it came down to money. I would be working longer hours for less money and more stress. So I'm still at home.