Has anyone done this? (Well, I know people have, but..) I'm considering this. Tired of worrying about liability in my apartment & my stuff taking wear & tear. I'm thinking if I can find a daycare where I can bring my 3 yr old, that'd be great. We're considering preschool, so he may not be there FT. What kind of situations can I be aware of? Pros & Cons from center workers? Especially if you ran your own in-home & decided to work for someone else. I'd hope I could find a boss that would be awesome, but I've heard some of your stories about how directors don't listen to you. I only have 2 families right now, & one is possibly leaving for 9 mos after she gives birth. I, myself, am due in September. We need the money, so I'm thinking a daycare center would give me a steady paycheck, but I do like my families.. Need some advice/ideas. Thanks!
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I went the other direction..i worked in centers and then opened my home daycare (no kids of my own yet). I absolutely hated working in centers. i worked at a ymca, child time and goddard. I hated not having control over anything. I had so many other things i was forced to do (the way i had to display things on the wall, labeling the childrens items everyday, etc) that I barely had any time that was actually spent with the children. Also, classes were always being combined in order to send teachers home early which was frustrating. I never had time to do curriculum so i always ended up doing it on my time at home..And the worst part, one time i worked for someone who had never been in childcare before (like never worked in a classroom or anything) trying to tell me i was not allowed to get stressed because 12 2 yr olds by myself in a classroom where i wasn't allowed to have consequences for actions is totally easy
I could go on for days haha. as you can tell, i have not had good experiences.
Now, if you can find a smaller center that is individually owned with an owner/directer that has actually worked in childcare, then that could turn out to be really great!
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Originally posted by jenboo View PostI went the other direction..i worked in centers and then opened my home daycare (no kids of my own yet). I absolutely hated working in centers. i worked at a ymca, child time and goddard. I hated not having control over anything. I had so many other things i was forced to do (the way i had to display things on the wall, labeling the childrens items everyday, etc) that I barely had any time that was actually spent with the children. Also, classes were always being combined in order to send teachers home early which was frustrating. I never had time to do curriculum so i always ended up doing it on my time at home..And the worst part, one time i worked for someone who had never been in childcare before (like never worked in a classroom or anything) trying to tell me i was not allowed to get stressed because 12 2 yr olds by myself in a classroom where i wasn't allowed to have consequences for actions is totally easy
I could go on for days haha. as you can tell, i have not had good experiences.
Now, if you can find a smaller center that is individually owned with an owner/directer that has actually worked in childcare, then that could turn out to be really great!
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