HeyJaredThe Daycare Sisters
Running a home daycare is isolating, exhausting, and a lot harder than anyone admits, especially when you can’t afford to quit.
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You Called Saying Fight The Correction Order, I'm Scared Of Retaliation (opens the original)
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Should you fight a licensing correction order? We’re breaking down how to handle surprise inspections and daycare stress.Getting a licensing correction order can feel like a direct hit to your confidence, especially when you’re already an isolated home daycare provider. We’re talking through the reality of visits that flag things that have passed for years, and whether it’s actually worth the fight to push back.Whether you’re dealing with provider burnout or just trying to navigate the complex w
Minnesota Lost Half Its Home Daycares Since 2010, After 30 Years We'd Leave Too If We Could (opens the original)
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Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Why are child care providers leaving the profession? We talk through a surprise correction order for paper clips and bobby pins, licensing cuts, empty enrollment spots, and whether we'd quit if we could. If you run a home daycare or family child care program and feel the pressure building, you're not alone. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:30 Our week and how one kid changes the whole group 04:00 Sick week and a diaper
You Left Voicemails, A New Daycare Teacher Feels She Messes Up Constantly, After 30 Years So Do We (opens the original)
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Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Brandee and Erin answer three voicemails: a brand new daycare teacher who feels like she makes mistakes over and over, a Massachusetts provider comparing her playground and infant supervision rules to Minnesota's new ones, and a preschool teacher with a three year old who calmly flips and throws furniture. If you run a home daycare, work in a center, or you are in your first months with kids, this one covers m
I Lost 5 Daycare Kids in One Week. Same 50 hours, half the pay. (opens the original)
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Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. One of us lost five daycare kids in two weeks, four to kindergarten and one who only comes in summer, and almost half her income went with them. Same hours, longer days, smaller paycheck. This episode is what we actually do when that happens. If you run a home daycare or family child care program, this one is about planning for the next enrollment drop before it lands: saving while you are full, building a thr
After 30 Years In Home Daycare, The Comment That Finally Set Us Off (opens the original)
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Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Brandee and Erin posted a short clip asking parents to pick their kids up by closing time. The comments turned into an argument between providers and parents. In this episode they read through what people actually said and talk about what respect looks like at the end of a daycare day. If you run a home daycare or a family child care program, this one covers closing time boundaries, late pickup, communication
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