Home Daycare and Daycare Centers

Home Daycare and Daycare Centers

Introduction

Care and attention are extremely important in the early years of a child. For this reason, when most mothers have to re-enter the work force, it is always difficult to decide who will care for the children in the family. Some families may choose to leave the child under the care of family members such as grandparents, or uncles. However, most of the parents usually have only two options, which include leaving the child to a home daycare center or commercial daycare center. It is not easy for parents to decide which of service providers are preferable. The decision of the parents may depend on both the economic factors and functional burden of the parents.

Moreover, the decision of the parents to leave a child or children under the care of home daycare or commercial daycare center depends on the advantages and disadvantages of each service.

Discussion

Parents look for convenience, flexibility, training and qualification of the carers, location and affordability when deciding about a caregiver. For most of the parents, it will be more expensive to drop their children to a commercial daycare as compared to a home daycare center. In addition, parents look for personal attention, friendly atmosphere and facilities in a daycare center. Generally, most of the parents prefer to drop their children to home daycare center if they are away for work for a long time because home daycare is flexible, less costly, and in the neighborhood. On the other hand, commercial daycare center may be located near workplace, but they are more expensive and require parents to pick their children after a fixed time.

Home Daycare Centers

Home daycare centers are less expensive as compared to a commercial daycare center, which is one of the significant advantages of a home daycare. A home day care center is equipped with the essential materials and supplies, arts and crafts, toys and books as present in a commercial daycare center. Furthermore, a home daycare center also has a group of children, so that they can play with each other and have a good time. Home daycare center also enjoy the preference of most of the parents because a home daycare can only accept a smaller group of children, giving their child more opportunity for one-on-one interaction. However, some of the concern areas for home day care center include leniency in legal and licensing requirements. ...