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Grandpa in the Daycare
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I assist my wife in her home daycare. We are licensed to care for 6 children. This blog will comment on the day to day challenges and joys of this responsibility. Each child is unique, an individual whose development is my wife's charge. She allows me to help.
Recent Posts
“Kids Say the Darndest Things”
“Kids Say the Darndest Things” was a family hit hosted by Art Linkletter, and co-hosted by Bill Cosby in the latter part of the 90’s. Art Linkletter had demonstrated the popularity of such an endeavor almost twenty years earlier in his popula...
Home Daycare Must Be Registered
Childcare appears to be an easy solution for generating income. Naively many believe that a love for children, some space, and a few kids is all that is needed to begin this enterprise. It is not that simple. Linda had worked in larger licensed day c...
It’s a Boy Thing
It is Monday already. We know the week is going to be quieter than usual. Little Man’s mom called last evening with the news that he will not be here all week. When his temperature spiked at 105 degrees over the weekend, a quick trip to emergen...
The Gang’s All Here
Let me introduce you to the gang. Six little people, each so different, yet each needing the same things. No matter what the personality or background each needs approval and a feeling of being loved. Linda has accepted the awesome responsibilit...
Quiet Thursday for a Change
Well, there was no chance to play outside today. It has rained all day long; in fact this is the second day in three that torrents have fallen. In a daycare this can spell disaster or it can be a blessing. Today it was a blessing. The littl...
Swine Flu
We heard so much about this stuff earlier this year. With all the publicity real fear set in for some of us. Then it happened. A healthy athletic preteen child in South Carolina died within a week of showing symptoms. But do not be ov...

