Provide Childcare for Shift Workers, Earn More
Make Money While You Sleep by Offering Overnight Childcare Daycare
Nov 16, 2009 Jennifer Harshman
Daycare centers’ usual hours of operation are 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and most parents work sometime during those hours. Daycare centers and individual childcare providers accommodate the needs of the majority. Anyone who works at times other than those hours may have a hard time finding childcare.
Business experts have long instructed potential entrepreneurs to follow Ruth Stafford Peale's advice to "Find a need and fill it," the American Bible Society reported in a news release February 7, 2008. Ruth Stafford Peale is the late wife of Norman Vincent Peale and cofounder of Guideposts. Potential daycare owners should consider doing something other than that which everyone else is doing. To wit: they should consider meeting an unmet need.
Meeting an unmet need could increase their chances of having their daycare slots filled at all times. A full client list is worth having, and having a waiting list is enviable.
Opportunity to Meet a Need Offering Childcare During Alternative Hours
Shift workers don’t have “regular office hours.” Depending on the company:
- First shift runs from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM, or from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Second shift runs from 2:00 to 10:00 PM, or from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Third shift runs from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, or from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
While daycare centers usually meet the needs of those who work 1st shift, they rarely meet the needs of those who work 2nd shift and 3rd shift. All-night daycare centers can be found in some metropolitan areas, but most overnight child care is given by a family member.
Daycare for 3rd Shift? Night Shift Workers Find it Difficult to Obtain Childcare
Not everyone has family on whom to rely. Single parents and others who must work shifts and do not have someone to help them with their children find themselves in a bind. They need alternative-hours childcare, and there aren’t many places to find it.
Shrewd in-home daycare providers will take advantage of this fact and offer care to shift workers. Providers don’t have to offer care to all three shifts, but might offer care to first-shift and second-shift workers, or to third-shift and daytime (1st shift and 9-to-5) workers.
Leaving Children Unattended is Dangerous; Supervision Prevents Problems
Leaving children at home unattended overnight puts the children in danger, even if the children are (or are supposed to be) sleeping. Providing overnight childcare offers shift workers a safe option. Overnight care does not require much effort on the part of the caregiver, and it gives the parents peace of mind.
Providing overnight care for children whose parents work the third shift could be an easy option for business owners who want to make more money. It can increase providers’ income without increasing their workloads. Readers might want to also read what overnight care looks like.
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