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jbrooks544 · 05-19-2004, 05:34 PM

Daycare is great! It might not be so great if the kid was there 8-6 Mon. thru Fri. and the place was not well run or not good facilities. My kids have been daycare since 8 weeks. It is either that or I could afford to live in a campground in a tent. I don't think that would be good for them. At first it was 3 full days a week. Now it is 3 full days and two half days. The kids are great. The place is great. It is montessori so they actually teach and have a curriculum and great in and out play places, etc. They even have a private elem. school with 5 kids in each grade, which I won't use = too much dough.

I don't think I could bring myself to even consider home daycare, where it is just in someone's house. Too much can go wrong - the woman can be dumb or a bad influence or not well trained. Also, if she gets sick or quits then you are out of luck. My business can't depend on one person's whims or problems. That is why I use a real daycare that is well staffed and professional and trained and monitored and actually teaches and has a nurse on staff, etc. etc.

One good indicator is what kind of teacher/watcher turnover they have. My place has about zero turnover. People have been there for years or decades. If there is new staff every few weeks then I would be looking for a different place. My kids are happy, well adjusted, and pretty far ahead of the kids who don't go to pre-school. My kindergardner is reading better than I was in 2nd grade and is testing higher than anyone else in the entire school. We don't drill and force him either. I credit a lot of this to the daycare experience. He has many fast friends that he has had from the first months of life. My kids have a very rich family life.

What is the problem with daycare? What many studies have shown it to be bad? I don't buy the dacare = bad garbage. It can't be as bad as 40 years ago when the fathers basically barely knew the name of the kids under age 5 (this was normal). It wasn't better for the kids to be trapped at home with a weary mother who was not living to her potential. things change and it isn't always for the bad. Don't feel bad about it - especially if there aren't any alternatives.

05-19-2004, 05:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
jbrooks544 Addict	Daycare is great! It might not be so great if the kid was there 8-6 Mon. thru Fri. and the place was not well run or not good facilities. My kids have been daycare since 8 weeks. It is either that or I could afford to live in a campground in a tent. I don't think that would be good for them. At first it was 3 full days a week. Now it is 3 full days and two half days. The kids are great. The place is great. It is montessori so they actually teach and have a curriculum and great in and out play places, etc. They even have a private elem. school with 5 kids in each grade, which I won't use = too much dough. I don't think I could bring myself to even consider home daycare, where it is just in someone's house. Too much can go wrong - the woman can be dumb or a bad influence or not well trained. Also, if she gets sick or quits then you are out of luck. My business can't depend on one person's whims or problems. That is why I use a real daycare that is well staffed and professional and trained and monitored and actually teaches and has a nurse on staff, etc. etc. One good indicator is what kind of teacher/watcher turnover they have. My place has about zero turnover. People have been there for years or decades. If there is new staff every few weeks then I would be looking for a different place. My kids are happy, well adjusted, and pretty far ahead of the kids who don't go to pre-school. My kindergardner is reading better than I was in 2nd grade and is testing higher than anyone else in the entire school. We don't drill and force him either. I credit a lot of this to the daycare experience. He has many fast friends that he has had from the first months of life. My kids have a very rich family life. What is the problem with daycare? What many studies have shown it to be bad? I don't buy the dacare = bad garbage. It can't be as bad as 40 years ago when the fathers basically barely knew the name of the kids under age 5 (this was normal). It wasn't better for the kids to be trapped at home with a weary mother who was not living to her potential. things change and it isn't always for the bad. Don't feel bad about it - especially if there aren't any alternatives. Last edited by jbrooks544; 05-19-2004 at 05:38 PM..