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Choosing the Right Child Care: Weighing Your Options for Family, Work, and Values

In this second part of our child care selection series, Mia Godorov explores various child care options based on values and finances. From relying on relatives and neighbors to hiring nannies or enrolling children in centers, each choice presents its unique advantages and disadvantages. Discover the pros and cons of family child care homes, playgroups, and various types of centers, including nonprofit and employer-sponsored options. This comprehensive guide will help you make informed decisions that align with your commitments to work, community, and family.

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Choosing the Right Child Care: Weighing Your Options for Family, Work, and Values

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  1. Selecting Child Care (Part 2) Mia Godorov

  2. Deciding Based on: -Values -Finances Their commitments to: -Work -Community -Family

  3. Types • Relatives and Neighbors: Advantage: Little or No pay at all to the sitter Disadvantage: Different standards/rules • Nannies and Au Pairs: Advantage: Trained and gives personal attention and available at all times Disadvantage: Must interview, trust issues.

  4. Continued • Family Child Care Homes: Advantage: Provide a honey environment for child. Disadvantage: Lack of structured, enriching activities. • Play Groups: Advantage: Take turns watching the baby with other parents. Disadvantage: One parent might disagree with another parents method.

  5. Child Care Centers Advantages: • Convenient hours • Provides planned learning activities Disadvantages: • Contact with other children/sickness • Shy child feel lost in group care

  6. Six Sponsors • Nonprofit Centers: run by organization. Volunteers and donations accepted. • Government-Sponsored Center: Funded by state or federal government. • Employer- Sponsored Centers: Offer child care to the employees of businesses. • School-Sponsored Centers: Future child care workers practice with hands on learning activities • Franchise Operations: Managed by a central organization that sets standards and oversees their operations • Privately Owned Centers: May be run by people with previous experience in child care or teaching. Flexible depending on parents needs.

  7. Works cited • Hildebrand, Verna. Parenting Rewards & Responsibilites. New York: Glenco McGraw-Hill, 2000. Print

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