Can I be a single parent and childmind?

[npg1]

Silly question I know but wondering how parents would feel if their childminder was single?

I am considering it, got a childcare qualification and quite fancy becoming one.

Why would it make a difference?

there are plently of single parents families out there these days so i wouldnt see a problem. my daughter actually use to attend a single childminder for a short period of time and it didnt even occur to me as a problem her being single.
i am a childminder and i work myself without my other half so makes no difference as to whether i have another half or not

ok excellent, thanks.

I wouldn't have a preference as there are advantages & disadvantages either way.

There are things that would be far more important than your marital status

Dd1s childminder was a single parent and FAB!

Agree with chipping in, other things are far far more important than marital status

Shouldn't make any difference from the parent's pov, you'll find some of the parents will be single too.

Some difficulties that might arise if you are a single parent, could be arranging childcare so you can access training. And getting your own children to/from birthday parties, after school clubs (swimming, cubs etc) can be hard to fit in around childminding commitments.

But for a single friend of mine, she could cope fine with it all except for the irregular income which makes it very difficult financially for a single person to keep out of debt. This was the only reason a she gave up - because she couldn't cope financially with the lapse in income between one mindee leaving and the next starting.

Some nurseries have notice periods of 2 months, you might want to consider having that in your contracts rather than the standard 4-6 weeks. And its worth making clear to parents that the notice period in your contracts is the bare minimum they are required to give, its much appreciated when they are able to give more.

Go on a preregistration meeting to find out more and help make your mind up. Good luck!

go for it, why not, even if a cm is married she usually doesnt involve her husband /partner anyway in the day to day running of things.

I run my business,cming, and hubbi runs his.. at least you save on one CRB check.. good luck anyway.