A family childcare provider continues the parent's role of caregiver,
    nurturer, comforter, and first teacher.  The provider is not just a baby-
    sitter.  A sitter comes into your home for a few hours.  You tell her
    what you want for your child.  A family daycare provider welcomes
    you and your child into her home.  She decides about meals,
    schedules and safety.  She organizes the children's activities.  She
    may ask for you ideas.  She will appreciate your family values and
    child rearing practices.  She is a professional and you can rely on
    her judgement. Working together as a team, you provide the best for
    your child. The provider is not a substitute for you.  You are the most
    important person in your child's life and the provider respects that.


    Here are just a few of the advantages of home childcare:


  • Your child receives individual attention.

  • There is structure with more flexibility than in a center.

  • There is less illness because there are fewer people in and out,which
    means fewer germs are spread to your child.

  • Your child is well cared for and taught by a trained childcare professional
    who is usually a mother as well.

  • Children have the opportunity to play with and learn with others in a  much
    smaller group than in a center.

  • Your child has the same caregiver all day, every day.  There is only one
    person who knows exactly what you child has done, activities,
    eaten, ect. throughout the day.
      
  • You  and your child are treated as part of the family in a childcare home
    rather than just being another number in a large center.
                 
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