The Ontario Network of Home Child Care Provider Groups Guiding Principles
We believe that:
- Children are important and their care and well being are a shared societal responsibility.
- Children are entitled to care that promotes their healthy social, emotional, physical and cognitive development so they can reach their full potential as individuals and as a member of society.
- Home childcare should have standards that promote quality care for children.
- Home childcare is an integral component of a comprehensive child care system.
- Parent should have acess to a range of affordable home childcare servicest hat respond to their diverse and changing family needs.
- The quality of home childcare is enhanced when all those involved work in partnership.
- The quality of home childcare is enhanced when care providers and parents have access to information, resources and support.
- All care providers and parents are entitled to access to information, resources and support.
- The work of home childcare providers must be recognized and valued.
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