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What Is High-Quality Child Care?
Quality of care is not related to where the care is offered but to how it is offered. It is difficult to provide high-quality care in an environment that is dirty, the equipment is in poor repair, toys are scarce, and space is cramped. But poor quality care can be—and too often ...
Selecting a Babysitter for Your Child
How to pick a babysitter that will take good care of your child Leaving your child at home with a babysitter, particularly for the first time, can be difficult for both you and your child, but sometimes you simply need to go out whether it be to run errands, for a social occasion, or just to have ...
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Communicating with Your Child Care Provider
Child care has become a necessary part of life in our society. More and more working parents depend on child care...
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Child Care On-Site Interview Checklist
Center/Home provider: Phone number: Address: How does it LOOK? Is it clean, colorful, and in good repair? Is there...
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Types of Child Care
Choosing a child care arrangement is a very personal decision for parents. It is one of the most important decisions a...
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Thoughts on Changing Child Care Situations
Changes in child care situations can occur at any time, and saying good-bye is often difficult. Some children face...
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Practical Steps to Take in Finding Quality Care
This section suggests questions to ask when you phone ahead to child care centers or homes and offers ideas of what to...
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