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What Is the Hardest Part of Owning a Child Care Business?

In the next 12 blog post, I am going to ask you some thought-provoking questions about being a Child Care Business Owner. In fact, my goal is to inspire you to give me your heart felt feedback about owning a childcare business. Most of all, your feedback will provide help me to write blog posts that will inspire you to grow and build a successful child care business.

A Real Story (What has been hard for me)

The photo that you see above is me painting the door in my preschool classroom. In fact, this photo was taking in the spring of 2021 and my dream of owning a center in Atlanta had come true. My husband and I were getting our Atlanta location ready to be licensed and it was an exciting time. However, the years before this location was filled with hard times and those hard times prepared us for the expansion in Atlanta.

I know first-hand that owning a childcare business can be tough at times and today I am going to share what has been the hardest part for me. Ready or not, here it comes:

  • When I became a home provider, the hardest part for me what dealing with complaining parents
  • Also, as a home provider, having a business in my home was hard for me, I felt like I was always at work
  • As a center owner, I initially struggles with learning how to select staff that was write for my center
  • In my first center, I struggled with managing a team and as a result of my lack of leadership, I had a high turnover.
  • As a multi-site owner, the hardest part was living 500 miles away from the center and trying to communicate my vision via zoom meeting and phone calls.

If you can relate to any of my business struggles above, let’s talk. What has been the hardest part of owning your childcare business: staffing, enrollment, finances, parents, or simply trying to do everything yourself?

Let’s Talk

I’ve shared my experience. Now I want to hear yours.

Dr. Shiketa Morgan

I’m Struggling with my Team…

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Introducing the Monday Child Care Business Boost

Running a child care business brings many daily responsibilities and challenges. During my 27 years as a child care business owner, I have read hundreds of books, attended countless training sessions, followed inspiring leaders, invested in business coaching, and drawn encouragement from people who had already achieved what I hoped to accomplish.

I know firsthand how important it is to stay inspired and motivated as you start, grow, and lead in your childcare business. That is why I have been inspired to send you a Child Care Business Boost every Monday—to encourage you to keep building the business of your dreams.

I’ve made the mistakes. I’ve learned the lessons. I’ve built the businesses. Now I want to help you build yours!

The subscribers of my blog will start receiving a weekly Monday Child Care Business Boost! In fact, as a subscriber of the Child Care Business Owner blog, you will receive a weekly Business Booster every Monday!

If you are already a subscriber, you don’t need to take any action, just look for your Monday Business Boost beginning on Monday October 19, 2026.

If you are seeing this post on social media or on my blog, simply subscribe to the Child Care Business Owner Weekly (by simply clicking the subscribe button on the right-hand corner of the Child Care Business Owner Institute blog) and you’re in!

Every Monday you can expect to see the following in your Child Care business booster:

💡 Business Tip:
One thing to improve this week.

📣 Enrollment Tip:
One way to attract families.

👩🏽‍💼 Leadership Tip:
One way to strengthen your team.

🙏🏽 Monday Encouragement:
A short, inspirational message from me.

📚 Resource:
A book, resource or tool that I recommend for you.

After reading your weekly Monday Child Care Business Boost, be sure to come back to the blog and tell me how the business boost has inspired you start, grow or lead in your childcare business.

-Dr. Shiketa Morgan

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