The Daycare Sisters
By The Daycare Sisters
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Episodes: 57
Description
Running a home daycare is isolating, exhausting, and a lot harder than anyone admits, especially when you can’t afford to quit.
The Daycare Sisters Podcast, hosted by two sisters with 30+ years of real in-home daycare experience, says the things you think but never say out loud so you can stop beating yourself up and feel less alone in this job.
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I Lost 5 Daycare Kids in One Week. Same 50 hours, half the pay.
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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After 30 Years In Home Daycare, The Comment That Finally Set Us Off
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Bored School Agers, No Naps, And The Slow Build Of Summer Burnout
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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She Built A Duplex Daycare In Her Backyard And Filled Every Spot Opening Day
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Chatting About The New Minnesota Laws Part 2 — No More Microwaving Plastic Bottles Or Containers
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The New Minnesota Laws Part 1: Inside The 56 Pages That Change Home Daycare Next July
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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He Left Microsoft, She Left US Bank, Now They Run A Home Daycare Together (Oh, And He's In A Rock Band)
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Our First Daycare Parent Voicemail, And What She Noticed That Parents Never Say Out Loud
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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We talked to random providers at the NAFCC conference about running daycare out of their own homes
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Inside our first national home daycare conference after 30 years as providers
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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How a social worker's phone call put a foster child in her home daycare
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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"Enforce Your Policy" Doesn't Work When You Can't Afford to Lose Families
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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After 15 Years in Child Care Centers, She Turned Her Townhouse Basement Into a Daycare
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Real Providers, Real Voicemails: Overstimulation, Hitting, and One Tough Termination
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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After 4 years as a director, she reopened the home daycare she once quit
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Starting a Home Daycare? Nobody Knows What They're Doing
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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She Had a Law Degree in England. Now She Runs an Infant-Only Daycare in New Orleans.
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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I Am Not As Good Of A Provider As I Used To Be
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Running a Home Daycare with Twins
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Our Hysterectomies: Endometriosis, Prolapse, and The Doctors Who Don't Believe Us
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Running a Legally Unlicensed Home Daycare
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Weaning Naps, Saying Goodbye, and Summer Plans in Family Child Care
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Reggio Emilia at Home: Why Kids Don't Know They're Learning
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The Mix That Multiplies Your Daycare Workload
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Australia vs. U.S. Home Daycare: Licensing, Rules & Daily Life
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May 28, 2026 |
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20 Episodes In: Why We Started the Daycare Sisters Podcast #selfinductance
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May 25, 2026 |
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Running a Licensed Home Daycare in Her Basement
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May 21, 2026 |
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She Started Her Daycare in 1998
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May 18, 2026 |
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Continuing Her Mom’s Home Daycare Legacy
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May 14, 2026 |
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Why Parents Need to Search Early for Infant Care
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May 11, 2026 |
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Starting a Home Daycare from Scratch After Leaving Corporate America
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May 07, 2026 |
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New Daycare Providers: How to Find Your First Families
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May 04, 2026 |
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From Teacher Burnout to Home Daycare Owner
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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In-Home Daycare vs Child Care Centers
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Burnt Out Police Officer Starts a Home Daycare & Finds Balance Again
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Maternity Leave Discussion Continued… Won’t You Please Join the Discussion?
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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In-Home Daycare Advocacy with Alexis
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Daycare Tweeners: The Almost-Kindergarten Crew That Will Test You
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Baby’s First Week at Daycare
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Leaving Teaching to Run a Home Daycare Business with Anne
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Why Running a Daycare With Your Own Kids Is Harder Than You Think
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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From Bad Daycare Experience to Running One with Jacque
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Dosing and Dropping in Daycare
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Fighting Cancer & Building Community with Katrina
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Daycare Interview Red Flags
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Homeschooling in Home Daycare with Beth!
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Play-Based Home Daycare with Dara
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Elopement Behavior in Home Daycare
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Non-Nappers in Home Daycare | Ep 9
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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When Licensing Gets Complicated | Ep. 8
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Toddler Biting & Valentine’s Chaos | Daycare Sisters Ep. 6
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Handling Difficult Parents, Boundaries & Time Off in Home Daycare | Daycare Sisters Ep. 6
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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What Running a Home Daycare Does to Your Health
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Home Daycare Start Up Expenses.
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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The Daycare Sisters - Episode 3
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The Reality of Home Daycare Isolation
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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The Daycare Sisters - Episode 1, Introducing ourselves
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Jan 05, 2026 |