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Straight answers for the people who run small childcare programs
Every post here answers one question a daycare owner actually asks — written by owners who run a program every day.
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How to handle late tuition payments at a home daycare
A calm, three-step approach — a written policy, an automatic reminder, and one conversation script that keeps families on your side.
What to include in a daily report parents will actually read
Meals, naps, diapers, one photo, and one sentence about the child’s day. Everything else is noise.
Staying within ratio when families arrive early or pick up late
A simple arrival window, a shared calendar, and a rule for what happens at minute one.
How to move every family to online tuition payments in one month
Announce a date, set up autopay on day one, and give the two holdouts a reason to switch.
When to hire your first assistant — and what to ask in the interview
The enrollment number that makes an assistant pay for herself, and six interview questions that predict reliability.
Twelve rainy-day activities for a mixed-age group
Low-prep, low-mess ideas that work when you have a one-year-old and a four-year-old in the same room.
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