HELPP!!! My moms thinking to close her home daycare…
Heyy everyone so I’m in a bit of a dilemma. My mom’s thinking to close her home daycare and I don’t know what to do. For some context she started running her licensed home daycare around March-April of last year. Since then she only has 2 kids; one is 10 months and the other one is around 16 months. My mom’s charging I think 285$ from the parents. The daycare rate in my area is 350$-385$. So she’s also under charging.
She did have a toddler enrolled for 3ish weeks. The parents received a scholarship voucher for a daycare center and she left. One of the infants parent has told my mom that they’re also looking for a more affordable daycare since they can’t afford hers. The daycares hours are 7am - 5:30pm BUT one of the parents often picks up their kid around 6.
So basically my mom’s working around 50 hours or more a week and barely making over 2000$. I’m not sure what I can do in this situation. I feel so bad for her she started this daycare with so many hopes and now she’s thinking to close it.
We’ve tried Winnie, we have a Google business page, we tried Facebook groups, we tried flyers, we have our page up on daycare.com, and wonder-school… Do you guys have any idea what she should do in this situation? We’re located in Maryland, PG county.