Child Care

[Shavontae]

What age would you be comfortable putting your child in daycare??

[KSimonetti92]

I personally would wait to put my child into child care until they can realize that after you leave, you WILL be back. I watched a little boy who could not be calmed because he truly believed that his parents were abandoning him and would not be back. He was 2, but it varies when they grow out of that stage (my neighbor sends her 15 month old to daycare and has done so since her little girl was 9 months).

[Irmarie]

I rather.take care of them my self

[MessiahMews]

Never.

We always had family members take care of children, because it's not as hard on the child if it's somebody they already know and family members have been around them alot.

[shortnlovabl3]

i don't trust child care.  there's to many things that go on there,abuse in many different forms.  I'd always find a trusted family member or friend to do it

[crazyzoo]

I was lucky my husband and I always worked oposite shifts we only had to use child care once when the kids were in grade school I would never use child care not now with all the things going on even then it was awful  finding a good one if I had to now it would be a trusted family member that that child knew a child.

[foxylady81]

i am a stay at home mom also but i think that if u find some one u like and i would look for someone that works out of home and not a big home care they are cheaper and they have one and one time for your kids they are really personal and not just a number

[aryeetey_parsley]

Personally I did not put any of my girls in day care until they were able to fully communicate with me. I am the parent that needs to know everything that happened all day.. A lot of daycares are good and some aren't. I rather be able to hear from my child exactly what happened to them. And without them being able to talk it is hard to know exactly what was done to them. So being able to talk is a comfortable stage for me!

[Snoozey]

I work in an after school program for children with autism and related disorders and a few of them claim that the staff are physically hurting them or saying things to them that are inappropriate, when it doesn't actually happen. However, these children say the same types of things about their parents. So you can't always listen to what your children are saying about day cares.

[tashamjoy]

Never I wouldnt want to put them in childcare. I would want to be with them so that I can bond make sure they are safe. This is the problem americans are so detached to their parents because they are detached at such a young age. They dont spend time with there parents and stuff

[lorettahknox]

I think it's best to stay home with them until they are schoolage but not until they can talk if you have to leave them with strangers. Try to find a relative to help you. I may be paranoid, I probably am but with all the monsters on the loose these days i don't trust anyone with children except family and even then at times I am leary. A childs future is too precious to risk.