Dear Editor:
RE: Please reconsider, March 21.
Sue Mckenzie suggested in her letter to the editor that daycare providers are “doing it for a pay cheque, period.”
I was insulted to read that. I am a home daycare provider and I am not in it for a pay cheque only!
I provide high-quality home daycare because I truly love working with young children. It has always been my passion. To have my own home daycare was always a dream and I am so happy that for the last 11 years I have been able to provide a warm, loving and caring environment for children.
I know the children in my care inside out because I have very strong bonds with the children and their families. They become my extended families.
I have children who have gone off to school but still request to come back and spend a day with me because they miss being here. I have stayed in contact with families even after their children go off to school because I love those kids and miss them like crazy when they go to school.
I am very proud of my daycare. I work very hard to provide a loving space where children learn and grow. I know my families do not regret using me as their childcare provider because they know I love their children.
I will also say, I was a single teen parent so I had to use daycare for my son so I could finish high school and then go to college. What would your suggestion be to people in that situation? Stay home, not have a job to support their child, not continue their education so they could put food on the table, pay rent and clothe their children?
I found your letter highly insulting to those of us who have dedicated their lives to caring for children and to suggest people shouldn’t have children if they cant stay home with them?
I know I speak for many of the amazing providers in our area; to suggest we do this to only make money, you are way off the mark there.
Kathy Veniez,
Blue-Skye Childcare