How much do you pay for daycare on your child????

Question

And how old are they???? Does your daycare/sitter charge if you take a day off and decide to keep your child with you????

Just wondering because I run a small daycare out of my home and some of my clients want to try and take adavantage of me, trying to get me to not charge on the days they decide to keep them. I try telling them how they would like it if their boss called and said don't come to work today and o by the way your not getting payed for it and you have no choice in the matter just get over it!!!! I'm sure they would not like it very much.

Answer 1

Two daughters (2 & 3). We pay my lovely retired mom a flat $200 week for care.

Prior to my mother, regardless of vacation, holiday or whatever, the daycare charged the same amount owed at the beginning of the week.

Just a piece of advice - maybe you should do a little contract or something. You are a legitimate business and should be treated as such.

Answer 2

I sent my 9 yr old to a daycare facility. Kinda like kinder care,
but it was actually ALOT better.
The rate for 1 child 5 days a week was $165
Then there was field trips and activities every week
for an add'l $20
Also if I left her there longer than 10 hrs a day, I was
charged an add'l $5 - $10 per day.
My weekly charge was $200 - 250 per week and they
did not give you ANY credit for days off. If you signed
up for 5 days, whether she went all 5 or not, you paid
for them.

You are offering a service to the parents, as long as your
fees are comparable to other at home daycares, you should
not offer a credit, because the child did not show up on a
certain day. You still had food, heat and activities for that
child. I looked at alot of daycare's in Michigan and the
at home ones usually ran about $100 - $180 per week
that was 5 days from 7:00 am - 6:00 pm, but there was
no trips to playland, the park, the mall or anything.

Hope this helped....

Answer 3

confident and no. the reason that daycare centers make mum and dad pay even while the youngster isn't there is that staffing relies on the an prolonged time/style of the youngsters interior the gang. In Michigan, one greater instructor is needed for each 4-9 toddlers interior the gang reckoning on the age of the youngest new child. in the adventure that your new child does no longer come and meaning one much less team member could have been required, the daycare nonetheless has to pay that team member. it would value to lots for a center to could take the cost each time a new child became into no longer able to attend. That being mentioned, many centers understand that a new child could be absent sometimes. it may actually be interior the coverage which you won at enrollment no count number if there are any unfastened ill days obtainable or if fee may be waived if the daycare is reported nicely previous to a scarcity. Day care centers at the instant are not doing this to make a income. instructors and administration are regularly very underpaid for what they're doing. that's barely a employer count number. you have adequate earnings to pay for the fees.

Answer 4

I was charged a flat fee of 95 dollars a week for part time for my 2 year old when I was taking a class. Even if I didnt take him to daycare on a certain day , the money was still payed. I had to pay 75 dollars for a down payment type yearly thing, which I didnt get back(I only had my son there for 4 weeks. ) I had to pay my 95 dollars ahead of time every Friday so he could come the next week.

Answer 5

My child is 24 months and we pay $123/week and we have to pay for her even when she is not attending because she is occupying a slot which otherwise would have been filled up by some other kid. So in this regard I think you need to have the parents sign a contract with you saying that they will pay you even if the child doesnot attend the day care due to any reason. Or else you could have a drop in system where parents could bring in their children after making an appointment.

Answer 6

My 4 year old is in a licensed daycare centre full time. Their rates for his age is $18.80 per day - 5 days a week. If a holiday happens during that week you still pay for 5 days a week. If your child is in a centre full time then they depend on full time rates, which is understandable.
In a home daycare, the rate for his age is $16.40 per day with the same rules.
In both the above situations lunch and snacks are provided and have to follow the Canada Food Guide.

Answer 7

With my childcare provider there is no charge to keep the children at home as long as
1) They are sick and contagious or
2) I give 24 hrs notice they will not be in

I pay $50 a day for a two yr old and a 1 yr old, and this does not cover the meals or special trips (to indoor gym, library etc)
I hope this helps

Answer 8

$30 per day per child, ages 1 and 2. We signed a contract also that states days,times they will be there that we pay for, and also the number of ours and their sick days, vacation days, holidays, etc.
So we would be charged if we keep them. Make sure you have a contract in place.
We also are required to pre-pay for the week. Do this, and they are probably less likely to miss a day.

Answer 9

We are so lucky that my mother-in-law was already retired and begging to watch our daughter before she was even born. We pay her $200 per month.

You have every right to charge for the days that the parents unexpectedly keep their children home with them. How are you supposed to budget if you don't know how many kids you are going to have on any given day (let alone, how many meals to prepare ahead of time and what activities to plan)? I agree with another poster that you should have the parents sign a contract. That way it will all be spelled out and the parents will know what to expect and what is expected of them.

Answer 10

I pay $95 a week for my three year-old. I pay when she isn't there because that's her sitter's income and she depends on it, whether I keep her home or not. I've worked in childcare facilities and it's the same way.
I do not pay when the sitter is sick/on vacation. I also pay "the big" holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving.