As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Deborah Sexton of Debbie’s Daycare in Lincoln, NE.
OwnADaycare: When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business?
Deborah Sexton: I started my daycare when my granddaughter was born, and I had 3 surgeries in one year. The time had come to follow my dream.
OwnADaycare: What is the best bit of advice that you can give a new child care business owner?
Deborah Sexton: Advice: Have a contract, renew every year, and remember it’s a business not a place to make friends. When you start treating families as friends they tend to take advantage of you. It’s business first.
OwnADaycare: What characteristics or qualifications do you have that have contributed to your success?
Deborah Sexton: Being a grandmother, and experience in raising my own children. Nothing can replace experience. Education is a plus. This state requires 12 hours of education, but since I’m currently doing daycare on weekends for Air Guards I’m required to have 24 hours of credit.
OwnADaycare: How does your daycare business stretch a dollar?
Deborah Sexton: I watch every penny, I shop for toys and supplies at the goodwill and Salvation Army, and I never turned down when a parent offers things they don’t want of need.
OwnADaycare: What types of things does your daycare business do to encourage parental involvement?
Deborah Sexton: I send emails out every month to parents on what is happening at daycare, plus I post a sign on my door of all the upcoming events. I invite and encourage them to come along with us when we have an outing.
Bio: Deborah Sexton has run her daycare business out of her home for over 7 yrs now.Her husband, bless his soul, has been a God send. He helps out with the kids every day after his own job. The Sextons decided this together, and consider this a family business. Deborah’s daycare is mostly from referrals, from other families that have come here in the past. The main thing Deborah has learned is honesty, no matter how bad you think it could be. Always be honest with parents and hopefully they will be honest with you.
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