Seeking Roomate that LIKES/LOVES kids!?
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Don't do it here, we're all freaks.
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Get some roommates and move out! If you don't know anyone who is looking for a roommate, put an ad in your college paper or the local paper, and make sure you thoroughly interview anyone who responds. Good luck!
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go to ( www.gifts.com/ and take the personilty quiz for ur roomates. This should be able to help you.
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call other babysitters in the area and check their rates for a comparison. i know some people who vary their rates depending on how many kids, how the kids act, and how often they'll be babysitting (perhaps giving a bit of a discounted rate for sitting on a regular basis).  you can negotiate with the parents as well as some might already have decided what they're willing and able to pay.
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oh come on, collage rocks!  Just pick a good theme and let the kids go wild!
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Look into NetNanny (http://www.netnanny.com)
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http://www.craigslist.com has lots of room for rent opportunities, but they tend to be for major metropolitan areas only.  See what they have for the area you live and stat from there.\n\nAlso, check out if there is a local women's shelter that can help you out - they often have resources to help women get out of abusive situations.\n\nIf there is a college in or near your town, visit it's student center and look for a bulletin board for roommate wanted ads.  Community colleges and grad schools will tend to have more adult students looking for roommates and thus might be a more accomodating to your kid.  Plus, you're a lot less likely to end up in an apartment with parties keeping you and your daughter up all night.\n\nAlso, make sure your coworkers know your situation.  It might be uncomfortable to bring up, but you'd be surprised how supporting people can be.  If people know you're looking, you'll find that there are very high chances that a friend of a friend is in a similar situation.\n\nHope this helps!
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if you'll be my roomates
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i bet just because you approve of them makes them both happy :oD if they havnt moved in yet get them something they might need around the house. and the photo album sounds like a good idea. i wanted to make a letter and leave a photo of me for any children i might have in the future. i think that would be cool
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Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living quarters
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Hello,\n\nI think that the best way to approach these people may be to go through the management of the apartments.  Upscale or not, no one likes flyers on their door or car.  This way you can work something out with the mngr to perhaps slip it into their boxes or for them to be kept on the counter in the mngt office. (perhaps you can give them a discount for your services or a free coupon - one time only in exchange for their help)\n\nAnother optrion you may consider could be and errand service....this way you can still be with your kids on your "off" time, but also be making extra money.  Im a single parent too, I have a f/t job and the fact that I will have to forfeit seeing them in the evenings and weekends is why I am starting my own business as welland not getting a second job.\n\nThe errands could be, cooking dinner, picking up dry cleaning, walking their dog, grocery shopping or gift shopping or getting their cars washed for them.  Kind of a Gal Friday situation.\n\nBest of luck to you.
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get a room for kids and get teens to babysit them so that parents can come and not have sitter issues
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as soon as possible, id say at the latest age 8, a young lady should have her own space and room! i would have been embaressed to bring friends over too if i shared space with my brother
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To Baby-Girls apartment
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You might consider offering your guests "kid friendly rooms or packages" like pack and go cribs for rent, or toy box in the room (yard sales, just whatever, kids like toys, it don't matter if they're new, they're like a quarter apiece, just make sure the cleaning crew gets 'em good with disinfectant) maybe have a decent selection of kid's movies for rent (pawn shops are awesome for this, very cheap movies usually, and a lot of the times, they let you make sure they work right or let you retrun them) Even if you only offer these things in a few rooms, you'll have one up on the competition, because I've never been to done before.
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Relax, it won't be easy but there are good guys out there who are interested in dating a woman like you.  When I was single, I had no problem with dating a woman who had kids.  The key is to be picky and always put your kids first.  Unfortunately there are a lot of bad people out there who will try to prey on you and your kids so don't put up with any crap and don't settle for anyone less than what your looking for.
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I've had issues with a preschool my kids went to for a few months about a year ago.  \n\nThe school was basically two large rooms, separated by age using partitions, instead of actual walls and doors.  What made this LOTS of fun is that my oldest (who was 3 1/2 at the time) and my youngest (who had just turned two) were in different classes, but could often see each other running around their individual classes.  Every time Colin (the little one) saw Cameron (the older one) in passing, he'd start up crying again.  Apparently, he was in a perpetual state of separation anxiety.\n\nThis same school, in Colin's class, did virtually nothing "learning".  They would play, nap, etc., but there was no circle time, no active learning experiences.  Basically, his "class" was just supervised play, or babysitting.  \n\nCameron's class, however, I think was TOO advanced.  At 3 1/2 years old, his class had journals.  They would have reading time (which I normally would have no problem with, but no one seemed to notice that he was just glancing through one book after another, instead of someone working with him).\n\nThe final thing, though, was when Cameron's teacher called Child Protective Services because he had a scrape on his face.  She had not been there in the morning, when we told his morning teacher we had taken him to a park and he fell down, so she called in this "unexplained injury".  The total communication breakdown this evidenced kind of sealed our decision to change schools.  After the change, both of the kids just started learning A LOT, and we noticed major changes in them.\n\nI think there are some major things to look for to decide if your child is in a "good" school.\n\n1. Does the school encourage you to visit, call or ask questions?  My kids' current school has one woman working in the office, and she knows us all by name.  We were encouraged to visit before enrolling the kids, and we can visit or come up there at any time.  They were also very understanding when I called every morning about an hour after drop off for about a month, just to make sure the kids were okay.\n\n2.  Are the classrooms spacious?  Are there potties closeby (for potty-training kids, having bathrooms for 1-2 classes is GREAT)?  Does each child have his or her own storage space (cubbies or lockers)?  Is there natural light (I like that there are big picture windows in my kids' classrooms)?  Is there a playground with safe, fun equipment?  Is there a covered area outside for play on lightly rainy days (this isn't always there, but there's a big back porch where the kids play, and is covered with chalk drawings, on rainy, but not storming, days).\n\n3.  Are the children there clean, and do they seem to be comfortable and happy?  Do the teachers interact with them on a child-friendly level?\n\n4.  After you enroll your child, does he seem happy in the evenings?  If asked, will he tell you things he learned, and what he did that day?  Does he seem to like his teachers?  After a while, does drop off get easier?\n\nIt's important to remember that, even for a child who LOVES his school, his teachers, his friends, drop-off is NOT a foolproof way to find out if he is happy.  My 3-year-old plays happily throughout the day, and he's just crazy about Miss Paula, but when I drop him off, he cries and cries.  I've asked occasionally, and been told that I'm probably not even out of the parking lot before he's happily playing with his friends, listening to a story, or telling Miss Paula about what he did the night before.  This is VERY normal for young kids, and for slightly older kids who are naturally shy, VERY attached, or who are going through some major changes (for example, if your child is being put in daycare/preschool because the parents split up, he moves out of the house with Momma, and Momma, who has always been home with him, has to go to work, all parts of