How much do you pay a daycare to watch your child? Do u have to be a certified "child watcher"? other info?

Answer 1

You don't have to be 'certified' if you run child care out of your home, but you do have to follow certain regulations, such as...you must have 2 exits from your home, a bed or sleeping arrangements for each child etc...and you probably can't deduct food and other expenses from taxes if you're not licensed. If you ARE licensed, you can get government money for food and toys and supplies etc...but you have to have a home inspection, and take several classes on infant and adult CPR, recognition of child abuse, recognition of communicable disease and things like that.

Answer 2

I have 3 daughters, 12,10,4, and have always been a working mom, so my daycare experience is vast. I currently pay $570 a month for full time care of my 4 year old. If your income is at a certain level, even if you don't qualify for assistance like food stamps or welfare, you may qualify for daycare assistance. It's worth checking out with your local social services. The amount you will pay for daycare is going to vary from home settings to Daycare Centers. You will usually pay more for the Center, but my experience has been that you are better off in a Center as oppossed to a home environment.
Here's why, Home day care providers are not held to the same standards as Centers. Home Day Care providers do not necessarily have to be certified, and frankly do not necessarily have to abid by any rules in some states. Some will even tell you that they are certified, and then when you pay the money to do the research they arent. If you find that you have a problem with your provider, it can be awkard to fix. i.e. If you are angry at the lady watching your child for some reason, you want to be open and tell her, but then your going to leave your child with her after telling her she did something wrong? That makes for a very uncomfortable feeling, at very least. On the other hand, Centers are very closely regulated, and continuously inspected. If you find a problem in the center with a teacher, you simply talk to the director, and it gets addressed without retribution on you. Additionally, you can file an anoymous complaint with social services about a Center at any time to get them inspected, or to handle what ever your issue is. Many Centers, these days even have video equipment in the classrooms, so you can observe your child interacting with the teacher and other children without your child even knowing you are there.
In all cases, when it comes to child care, my advice is always, do your research, ask lots of questions, be very picky, and drop in for suprise visits. You will probably have to do a little looking to find the right place for your child, but it's absolutly worth the time you invest. Good Luck

Answer 3

In a daycare centre we pay in australia, depending on the area we live in, roughly $10-40 an hour per child.
I have a friend who was an inhome child care minder and she got paid rougly $15-20 per hour

Answer 4

i have a certified home day care taking care of my daughter. Th ewoman who runs it is absolutely fabulous. We live in the Bay Area of California where cost of living is probabl higest in the country other than NYC....I pay $50 a day for 3 days a wekk / $600 a month. It is $45 a day when she starts going full time next month. I have found that home day care is less expensive than most day care centers and your children are not as likely to get sick.

Answer 5

This is a daycare site with links to individual states llicensiing and regulations.

Answer 6

My mother in law watches our 2 kids for 50 bucks a week. I buy breakfast, lunch, snacks, milk and juice.