Woes and More Woes

I found this article (following) and had to laugh.

This is the 1950s version of childcare that has become so poisonous to kids and parents buying a day’s worth of care for a child in the twenty-first century.

I can’t believe anyone working in childcare would even list these things. Good grief! Everything mentioned here should be a behind the scenes, “taken for granted” part of a set of ordinary good daily habits. If these things are on the front of any provider’s mind, where is the life of the child? And what about someone who is thinking about these things for the first time?

How to pick a good day care center for your childJul 28, 2005, 9:02 PM

For young children to remain healthy, happy and in the mood to learn,
parents need to do their homework when chosing a facility.

Astri Tadlock is the director at Montessori Academy. She says, "Some
things I can point out with safety is safety plugs.... In the walls all of
them have to be plugged."

She says the diaper changing area should be disinfected in between each
change, "...and there should always be gloves used in between each diaper
change." "There should be a sink located, low for the child to wash their hands
and dry them. We do a lot of hand washing and that's something you should notice
as a parent."

Children are naturally inquisitive that's why all medicines should be
kept in a lock box and all cabinets and doors should be latched. And while
play time can be a learning experience, parents should be concerned about nap
time, too.

Mrs. Tadlock says, "One of the things they need to look for is an
individual cot, that only that child needs to use. They use their own cot sheet
every day and it's not shared because of germs and you want a cot not a mat on
the floor."

And she says, don't be timid about wanting to see the facility
unannounced, "I believe in that and I'm a director of a school so I
would always tell parents ...and if your looking at a facility i would drop in
unannounced."

That way you can see the children in a more natural environment.

Reported By: Ashley Anderson