What Is “Negligence”? It is a Failure to Satisfy a Legal Duty

What child care providers need to know about negligence.

Deal With Peanut Allergy Issues in Your Parent Contract

More than one child care professional has lost sleep over worrying about what happens if a child in their care with a peanut allergy accidentally eats a peanut treat? It is a legitimate worry for many reasons. Peanut allergies are among the most common and most dangerous food allergies. A tiny exposure to peanuts can [...]

Effective Use of Late Pick Up Fees: Why a Flat Fee Works Best

Are you using late pick up charges efficiently? If you are using the $1 per minute formula, you may want to rethink your approach. Does it make sense to charge a $3 late fee for a parent who shows up 3 minutes late? From my point of view, the answer is probably not. The $1 [...]

Child Care Times Welcomes Coach Rossnina!

This blog is pleased to announce we have a new contributor and author, Rossnina Dort, who has ten years experience working with county child care agencies in California. She promises to write, tweet, and RSS push as much useful content as she can find. “I finally can publish my experience and training to help others [...]

Creating a Privacy Policy Can Increase Parent Confidence in Your Business

How Child Care Providers Should Create a Privacy Policy.

President Obama Proposes Increase in Child Care Tax Credit

Obama plans to increase child care tx credit to help parents pay for day care.

Your Landlord Cannot Prevent a Family Child Care Business

California law prohibits landlords from restricting or preventing a family child care provider business.

Proposition 1D Will Hurt Preschools and Early Learning Development

California’s Prop 1D Will Hurt Preschools and child care providers. We don’t need a Constitutional Amendment to under the Children and Families First Act of 1998.

Links and Info From Early Learning Conference April 25, 2009

On April 25, 2009, we did a training seminar at the 15th Annual Early Learning Conference (ELDP) sponsored by www.CoCokids.org on Free and Easy Ways to Promote Your Business On Line at the Mt Diablo Valley Community College. Here are the links from that training for your use: www.Twitter.com Twitter is a great and free [...]

List Your Center On Web Directories To Promote Your Business

There are many web sites out there that are directories of child care providers (centers, programs and schools).  Many of them allow child care providers to list their business for free, and some allow people to review the programs. Getting listed on web directories is a great, free and EZ way to promote you business [...]