I live in a little town that is expanding too fast to keep up with itself (thanks to oil) and while most things can be found after about an hours drive, there are several things we still lack. One of those is a place for children’s activities. I would like to open a place that has a variety of parent-child and child only activites, one that will also serve as a meeting place for parent meets (such as la leche, diaper free baby, attachment parenting groups, whatever we have a need for) and demonstrations (learn to use a baby sling etc) I already have everything planned out in my head, except for how to get the money to get started. Personal life, I don’t exactly have money to put down, and i’m young so I don’t know how to get the bank to even give me a second look. What can I do to make this happen? One thing I have considered is starting with offering the classes to groups who hire me (church, daycares etc.) but I’m not sure how to go about that, either.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/diaper_free_b…

Please make sure you read the article to the end. What disturbs me most are these two things:
His mother took the diaper-less tot to a tree in the yard, held him in a squatting position and made a gentle hissing sound — prompting the infant to relieve himself on cue before he rushed back to play.
And then this:
Isis Arnesen, 33, of Boston, has a 14-week-old daughter, Lucia, who is diaper-free. She said it can be awkward to explain the process to people, such as when she helped Lucia relieve herself in a sink at a public restroom.
What are these people thinking? I mean, 3 years old is too old being diaper-free but starting from birth? And don’t forget – not all “must go now” can be accommodated, that means clean-up big time.
And why does it have to be the yard or the sink???? If you have to teach them, teach the the right way – A TOILET!!!!
I am just speechless. What do you think?