The Daycare Sisters

Home Daycare Is Loud Enough To Damage Your Hearing

Is the noise in your home daycare hurting your hearing? We're talking about how loud childcare really gets, hearing fatigue, earplugs and earmuffs, and what the studies s

A Dead Class Hamster? You Left Voicemail About It, Plus A Biting 18-Month-Old, & Private Parts.

Got a biter in your home daycare? We're answering your voicemails about an 18-month-old who bites, a child who exposed themselves to the other daycare kids, and a class h

You Left Voicemails About Illegal Daycares, Maternity Leave, And A $4,000 Licensing Requirement

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. We are tackling your home daycare questions in this latest episode. Get real advic

Providers tear each other down and our own families call this job babysitting

Dealing with daycare critics? We're answering your voicemails about cameras, the 'babysitting' label, and provider boundaries. Being an in-home daycare provider can feel

Burnout vs. Boundaries: How Small Favors Impact Your Daycare

Are small favors from parents impacting your daycare business? We are breaking down where to draw the line to protect your sanity. As home daycare providers, we often wa

Daycare Providers: To Camera or Not to Camera?

Thinking about installing cameras in daycare? We're breaking down the pros, cons, and reality for home providers. As home daycare providers, we constantly navigate the b

You Called Saying Fight The Correction Order, I'm Scared Of Retaliation

Should you fight a licensing correction order? We’re breaking down how to handle surprise inspections and daycare stress.Getting a licensing correction order can feel lik

Minnesota Lost Half Its Home Daycares Since 2010, After 30 Years We'd Leave Too If We Could

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Why are child care providers leaving the profession? We talk through a surprise co

You Left Voicemails, A New Daycare Teacher Feels She Messes Up Constantly, After 30 Years So Do We

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Brandee and Erin answer three voicemails: a brand new daycare teacher who feels li

I Lost 5 Daycare Kids in One Week. Same 50 hours, half the pay.

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. One of us lost five daycare kids in two weeks, four to kindergarten and one who on

After 30 Years In Home Daycare, The Comment That Finally Set Us Off

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Brandee and Erin posted a short clip asking parents to pick their kids up by closi

Bored School Agers, No Naps, And The Slow Build Of Summer Burnout

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Summer is supposed to be the break that fixes everything. It is not. Brandee and E

She Built A Duplex Daycare In Her Backyard And Filled Every Spot Opening Day

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Linda Hopkins has run a home daycare in Indiana for 26 years. She started on Hallo

Chatting About The New Minnesota Laws Part 2 — No More Microwaving Plastic Bottles Or Containers

For easier ways to listen: https://www.TheDaycareSisters.com Chatting About The New Minnesota Laws Part 2 — No More Microwaving Plastic Bottles Or Containers Leave us a

The New Minnesota Laws Part 1: Inside The 56 Pages That Change Home Daycare Next July

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Minnesota's family child care licensing standards are being rewritten, and the new

He Left Microsoft, She Left US Bank, Now They Run A Home Daycare Together (Oh, And He's In A Rock Band)

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. For the first time on the podcast, Brandee and Erin sit down with a husband and wi

Our First Daycare Parent Voicemail, And What She Noticed That Parents Never Say Out Loud

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. Our first voicemail from a daycare parent, plus three provider questions we did no

We talked to random providers at the NAFCC conference about running daycare out of their own homes

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. We brought a microphone to the NAFCC National Annual Conference in Chicago and sat

Inside our first national home daycare conference after 30 years as providers

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. We packed up the podcast and spent four days exhibiting at the NAFCC National Conf

How a social worker's phone call put a foster child in her home daycare

Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers. A 15 year home daycare provider shares what she wishes new providers knew: how to