Hi D. - I'm not sure how 'young' you want but I am 35 with a 5 year old son. We are planning to get pregnant again this year hopefully so the issue of child care has been on my mind. Currently our son is watched over by both sets of grandparents for the part of the day he is not in school - they trade off days during the week. This worked out great for 5 years but they are older now and we wouldn't expect them to take on a 2nd child - an infant - for us. Considering the older age of our parents also makes me consider the much younger age of your daughter as it relates to her being responsible for a daycare situation. Personally, no, I would not consider her as a daycare provider - whether I had an infant or a school-aged child. I wouldn't consider a person that age for an evening babysitter either. While 15 year olds can be very mature for their age I think this is much too young for her to be taking on the responsibility for other people's children for long periods of time. It is going to be hard enough for her with her own child although I'm sure she will get help and good advice from you. I was 30 when I had my son and it was still a shock - the responsibility, the forethought you have to have as a mom, the dedication, the sacrifice,etc. It is all worth it but still it is very difficult at the beginning to adjust. I would be very concerned with references, environment, safety, etc. but with her being so young that would trump the positive points and would weigh much heavier on my decision. Also, taking on daily, all day daycare responsibility for other children as a job is a commitment that would be very important to the parents of these children. If it didn't work out and/or she decided she couldn't/didn't want to handle it that would strongly affect these parents and their schedules. I'm sorry I can't be more positive in my response but I felt like you wanted people to be very honest. What about summer tutoring - would she be qualified/interested in doing something like that? She might make more money with much less responsibility and commitment involved with something like that. Best of luck to you all.