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| Quality Family Child Care |
| A family childcare provider continues the parental role of caregiver, nurturer, comforter, and first teacher. The provider is not just a babysitter. A sitter comes into your home for a few hours. You tell him or her what you want for your child. A childcare provider welcomes you and your child into her home. She plans meals, schedules, and developmentally appropriate activities in a safe, family environment. She will respect your family values and child rearing practices. She is a professional and you can rely on her judgement. Working together as a team, you will 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 a few of the advantages of home care: * Your child receives individual attention and you receive specific feedback. * There is structure with more flexibility than in a centre. * There are fewer illnesses because there are fewer people in and out, which means fewer germs are spread to your child. * Your child is cared for by a trained professional who is a mother as well. * Children have an opportunity to play with children of all ages, learning from the older ones and teaching the younger ones, in a much smaller group than in a centre. * Your child has the same caregiver all day, every day. This means there is one person who knows exactly what your child has done, eaten, etc. throughout the day. * It is possible for your child to remain with the same provider for a number of years. * A quality childcare home may cost a bit more than a childcare centre, but the lower number of children, quality of care and consistency of the caregiver makes the difference in price more understandable. * You and your child are treated as part of the family in a childcare home rather than being just another number in a large centre. |
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