Questions tagged [daycare]

Social interactions, subject matter addressed, safety at daycare centers, choosing a daycare center, staff behavior, and other issues related to daycare centers.

A daycare center is a facility for younger children to receive care and supervision, generally during the daytime hours, though some will provide after-hours services, too.

For children attending a daycare, this is often their first significant social interaction and exposure to non-parental adult figures. This new time in a child's life raises many questions and concerns for parents about when it's appropriate to enroll a child, how to help a child adapt to the new environment, and many other areas.

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best age to start a daycare

If you had a choice to stay with your single baby at home as long as you want to, would you still send him to a daycare to communicate with other babies? What age is recommended for starting a daycare, partial time / full time? I would put a baby in…
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What are the features that I should look for in a good preschool?

We are looking around for the best preschool for our baby daughter. The place that we looked at said that for infants they have a 1:4 (adult:infant) ratio...for 3 - 5 year olds it is 1:12 (adjult:infant). What are the proper things to look for? My…
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Daycare vs clubs?

I'm a proud father of a newborn baby. My wife is a housewife and she plans sticking to this role, at least for a few years more. Recently, we have faced a question what to prefer for a growing kid: multiple clubs of interest, let's say 3-4 times a…
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How to solve daycare crying situation after long vacation

We took a 5 week long hiatus from daycare / kindergarten, and after returning out son absolutely doesn't want to go there. Before we left he loved going there, there was never any crying and he was very happy. After we returned he starts refusing to…
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Scholarly recommendations for how much preschool is recommended for an 'average' child if there is such a thing

For a child who goes to preschool, are there any scholarly recommendations on how much preschool is recommended for a child? I know that every child is different, and that disadvanted children may benefit differently. Perhaps how much structured…
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Is there a website where I can check reports on issues in a daycare in South Carolina?

Recently my daycare in South Carolina sent me a report regarding unattended child incident happened in another room. I am wondering is there a single resource that makes all of those reports accessible to the public? Thanks!
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