Would you put your child in daycare? why or why not?

I would if I really had to. Luckily for me, my mom babysits in her home for a few children in her neighbourhood, so my daughter goes over there when I'm at work. I like that London gets to play with the other kids, but she still gets to not be in a setting where there's tons of kids and not enough people to watch them.

I would be afraid to put my child in there. Too many stories. If possible, I rather raise my own child. If you must work, then I suppose you have no choice and you must do a lot of homework.

No I wouldn't./ I didn't have children for someone else to take care of...I'm very lucky I get to stay home and raise my four wonderful children.

Basically, I don't have a job, therefore, I will not put my daughter in daycare. It's better to teach her at home, instead.

I have two boys and both of them were on daycare. I had to put my oldest one on daycare because I had a job and could not stop working. When I had my second son, I was not working so I had decided not to put him in daycare. My second son was born 2 and a half months early, and by the time he was one, his doctors told me that the best thing I could do was put him in daycare because it would be good for his social life and also to gain physical strenght. Of course, I didn't send my kids to the first daycare I visited. I must have been to at least 20 interviews before making up my mind.

I would put my daughter in daycare for the interaction with other children. But I do agree with you that you have to do your homework. I worked in the daycare business for a couple years. You need to visit unexpectedly and get names of other parents who have their kids in the daycare and call them. I know in Florida there's a website you can go to that will tell you all the inspection results for all the daycares in Florida.

i think after marrigae i'll never put my children into day cares

Both of my children are in daycare, but I did alot of interviews before I decided where they were going. They both love their sitter and she loves them.

i agree with you. my son is only 1 and i wouldnt put him in daycare until he was able enough to tell me whats going on. i had a babysitter who abused me so im VERY careful of who i let watch my son, which is mostly just me and my hubby, since we dont live close to any family

no, i quit working because i was working to pay for daycare, so i quit so i could stay home with my kids, i wouldn't want anyone else to watch them, i don't trust any1!

i never had the need for it it was my children to look after and i wasn`t going to miss out on anything they were only young for a short time

No, I would not put any of my children in daycare, and never have, I have 3 children and I have been home for all of them. They do drive you crazy, but there is good and bad in every circumstance. I just believe if you have the children, you should raise the children, and be their for them as long as possible! And another point is, why would anybody go back to work, just so that they could make money to pay the daycare provider.