Selecting Child Care (Part 2)

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