How Do You Start A Daycare Center?
You love children. You feel young again when you’re in the company of energetic young people. You love their creativity and their honest view of the world. You wish you could spend more time with them. Well, why can’t you? Start a daycare center and spend your days teaching and learning in the company of some of the best people in the world. Before you do anything, work in a daycare center for a few months. Sometimes, what looks like the ideal job when you’re on the outside is a very different thing when you’re on the inside. You don’t want to put all your resources into launching a new business, only to discover that you really can’t deal with runny noses, wet pants, and tattle-tales. Learn everything you can about the administrative aspects of running a daycare center. Review your state’s regulations; learn what you must do to become licensed. Know how many children you can have in your care at one time, and the accepted adult to child ratio. It’s a lot of work and it’s probably very
