Own a Daycare Blog » ways http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Child Care – Positive Ways to Deal with Guilt http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/child-care-positive-ways-to-deal-with-guilt http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/child-care-positive-ways-to-deal-with-guilt#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:05:51 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=767 Related posts:]]> Some parents, especially mothers, often feel a sense of guilt when they have to leave their child in day care centers. Those parents have no choice but to support their family financially so they have to work rigorously out of necessity. As a result, they make the very hard decision to leave their child in day care centers, outside their home, away from them at the time of their work. Because of these inevitable circumstances, many parents, especially mothers, can’t help but to feel guilty for leaving their children in the hands of childcare providers. Here are some approaches parents can follow to avoid feeling guilty:

Always keep in mind that it’s for your own child’s sake. The first thing that you should realize as a parent is that bringing your child/children to daycare is the best decision for you as a working parent and for your baby who needs attention and care. Disregard the old belief that babies should be taken care of only by their mothers until they become toddlers. This maybe true but because of financial needs, you as a parent still have to work and earn income for your family. Thus, do not feel guilty if you have to leave you child to child care providers. Without a doubt, children need attention, love, and care by their parents but babies can still form relationships and attain those emotional needs even with other people who sincerely care for them. As long as the child care giver gives much attention and quality day care for your child, you can be assured that your child will be happy with the company of other children in day care centers where he could learn self-control, language skills and social skills.

Choose day care center wisely. Since you would be putting the care and security of your child in the hands of ‘strangers,’ it is important to choose carefully which day care center you will place your baby into. Make sure that the child care center you selected is highly reputable in giving child care and it has no any record of child abuses. Choosing the right day care center for your child is critical since this is where your child will learn communication skills, social skills through playing with other kids, and basic skills in math and English. Make sure that in day care your child has enjoyable and fun experiences.

Find some balance. You can make up for the time you leave your child in day care through slowing down the process of getting your child ready in the morning. While preparing for your breakfast, try to build much closer relationship with your child through talking to him, telling him short stories, and by just hugging and frequently kissing him while telling him how much you love him. Explain to him why you need to send him in day care and why you need to work. Tell him all the nice things he will learn and experience in day care. If he loves to sing, then sing with him. Also, tell him jokes as you both of you laugh together.

When it’s your time to drop your child off to the day care center, give him something that is special for him, like his comfort food or his favorite stuffed toy. It will not only make your child happy but it will also give him a sense of security while he is in the day care center.

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]]> http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/child-care-positive-ways-to-deal-with-guilt/feed 0 Ways to Help You Make Quality Child Care Decision-Making http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/ways-to-help-you-make-quality-child-care-decision-making http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/ways-to-help-you-make-quality-child-care-decision-making#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:36:26 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=485 Related posts:]]> There are five ways to help you decide on a child care center of high quality.

1. Starting looking early for a center for child care center will be helpful since it takes ample time to be able to find the right option, whether you are counting into child care in other person’s home or a commercial daycare center.

2. Making calls to seek for information on child care and for child care options in your place that will fit your demands and needs. Child care experts and centers with Child care Resource and Referral Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) in your locality can give reliable and adequate information. The latter can also help regarding the requirements for licensing in your area, complaints and licensing violations, and programs on financial assistance and qualifications for it.

3. Visiting the child care centers under consideration and seek for quality indicators. The guidelines in finding the indicators include the following:
• Know the adult-to-child ratio because it is important for your child. Every child has a ratio limit according to his or her age, that is, younger children need smaller adult-to-child ratio specifically not exceeding 1:4. In addition, older children like four-year-olds can make it with 1:10.
• Find out for the group size aside from adult-to-child ratio. Consider the group size that will be more safe and calm for your child. Which of the two following examples, which have similar adult-to-child ratio, is better: a group consisting of twenty three-year olds with four adults or a group of ten three-year olds with two adults?
• Seek for the qualifications involving special training in handling children from the caregivers of the child care center because such qualifications will be helpful for your child’s learning. Also, ask if the caregivers attend skills improvement activities like workshops.
• Inquire about the length of stay of caregivers have spent at the center and how long they have been rendering their service. Transitions from one caregiver to another bring about difficulties for the child and also wastes up the time for his or her learning.
• Make sure that the child care center has their accreditation from nationally distinguished bodies in the field like the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

4. Choosing wisely from your child care options by remembering the important details obtained about each center including the advantages and disadvantages of choosing them.

5. Preparing for the new start since the partnership between you and the child care provider has just started. Some elements necessary for staying immersed with the care of your child and for showing how concerned you are with his or her learning includes the following.
• regular checks about the learning process of the child
• volunteering for the center when you have your free time
• allotting time for important occasions like birthdays
• joining special child care center events

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]]> http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/ways-to-help-you-make-quality-child-care-decision-making/feed 0 Managing Your Daycare Center In Three Ways http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/managing-your-daycare-center-in-three-ways http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/managing-your-daycare-center-in-three-ways#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:56:25 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=178 Related posts:]]> Opening your own home daycare center can get a lot of work. It would actually depend on your skills, hard work, and determination. It must provide a service that clients – most especially parents, are satisfied with your services. In starting one, you need to have a strategic plan to achieve those goals.

Before you plan ahead, know your customers first. Parents have different kinds of needs for their child and it is a must that you know their expectations. Know what they want for their child and jot them down in a piece of paper. Through those ideas, you can come up with your own program that will meet both the parent’s and the children’s needs.

For a first timer, it is very natural to be very nervous. However, in order to overcome this nervousness, you need to straighten your act together and toughen it out. Simply ask the parents some questions on what kind of day care center they want for their kids. Aside from that, develop a series of inquiries and try to identify what the parents might need. These include the type of services they might want to be added, the operating hours for the convenience of working parents, the location, the program curriculum that they might want to add, and lastly, the safety of the children.

Of course, opening your own child day care center does not mean that you are practically safe. Take note that there is still competition around you. To further divulge yourself in this kind of business, know who your competitors are. You may likely find the same offered services in your marketing plan, so act fast and try to figure out what service that has not been done to other day care centers. Do your homework and compare their services to your marketing plan and what must be done to achieve your success.

Once you have your marketing strategy ready in action, start spreading the word. Market your day care center using different media tools to send the message across your area – and in possible, outside the State. It is also recommendable that you use word of mouth strategy for your business. Tell everybody you know about the center and get them to help you like inquire parents who might need your services. By using the word of mouth strategy as the cheapest marketing tool, everything will be okay.

When all these three come into place, your day care center business will start blooming in the nick of time.

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