In home daycare or daycare center?

United States
June 7, 2008 8:48pm CST
Which would/did you prefer for your children, and why?
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cjgrooms
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
8 Jun 08
With my girls (grown now) i had Mrs. Patterson. She had a home daycare. The girls loved her and she taught them their abc's and to sing in German and they loved her. My Mother lived with us after i had my boys so they stayed home with her. I probably wouldn't place my child in a daycare if i could come up with an alternative. The reason? I don't trust them to pay attention to the children because of not enough staff and i wouldn't want them to pick up every bug that blew through.
Lavender_Breeze
@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
8 Jun 08
It is wonderful to find a loving, caring person to watch over our kiddos. And the German...what a cool thing for them to learn! I, myself, work in a daycare. I teach Pre-K. My kids (both my own and those in my class) mean the world to me.
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cjgrooms
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
8 Jun 08
That's great, but a lot of daycares are understaffed and overcrowded. If people can find one that isn't then that would be the one to put your child in.
Lavender_Breeze
@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
8 Jun 08
Oh I agree with you on the understaffing. I actually have a co-teacher with me in my class. We break our class into two even smaller groups for our curriculum work. I, unfortunately, had a bad experience with my daughter in a home daycare. Either way, daycare or home daycare, there are good ones and bad ones. It is imperative to do plenty of research on anyplace you are considering for childcare. I'm glad you got the best for you and yours!
Gemmygirl1
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
9 Jun 08
Well being a stay at home Mum, i kind of don't have a need for day care but i guess both would have it's advantages. Inhome daycare i would imagine would be a smaller group of children so that would mean better supervision & more 1 on 1 time but a day care centre would be likely to have more people to supervise the additional children, they'd be better set up with things for kids to do (since the governments pay for equipment & so on) & the people running them are fully experiences & qualified in all aspects of childhood development. I guess, i'd probably be more inclined to go with the daycare centre if i had to pick 1 of the 2, i think it would make me feel more secure & comfortable. Plus, here in Australia, in-home daycare is more for people who cant work in centres (lack of jobs) - not just anyone can take on other people's kids either without having certain qualifications.
Gemmygirl1
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
10 Jun 08
It is odd how things vary so much in different countries :) I guess here we just class your 'in-home' day care as a baby sitter - more or less but i also don't think we require any training to have more than a couple of kids. There's a lady down the road who watched a few kids at a time & as far as i know, she's just a normal lady making some extra money. It could be why here, i'd rather use the government style daycare centres - being that they all have to have completed courses, have first aid certificates & so on - but it might be different if i lived there!
Lavender_Breeze
@Lavender_Breeze (373)
• United States
9 Jun 08
It's interesting to hear a point of view from someone from another country. In our location (Texas, U.S.), we are required to have at least 15 hours of training every year. And we get specialized training in our age groups each year on top of that through our company. Thanks for your response!
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