Day care...

"I know a place thats super super super nice, but its extremely impossible to get into, really expensive and i know you cant afford it, AND you have to be a resident of Nevada and show blood work to prove your DNA." about as helpful....

Good luck Reiko. Run the numbers and see if her actually staying home and NOT working makes more sense financially and logistically.

WhiteHawk said:
More than your post.
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We did an in-home daycare for our kids vs one of the larger/commercial daycare centers. We liked the more personal aspect as well as the caregiver being more flexible to our ever-changing schedules. Just one thing to think about as you look at various options.
 
soap said:
Same way I was. Wife wanted someone to stay at our house all day but I just don't trust anyone that much.

--Joe
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If I couldn't trust someone in my home, I certainly couldn't trust them with my child.

My wife & I simply couldn't live with daycare. She gave up her job (better job
than mine) and stayed home with the children for the next 16 years.

Yes it was a sacrifice, the only question is, what are you going to sacrifice?
 
The home based/unstructured ones are literally just care for the most part. ITs absolutely worth it as far as education and socialization go to have a real structured program. Our kids currently go to Childtime (changing when we move) and they have daily lesson plans, activities etc. Not cheap but completely worth it, especially when you see my son with other kids his age who did the home method and are not even remotely ready for Kindergarten.
 
Check into SmallWonders in warren across from the tech center.. good, honest, girls working there for their college credits.

AND they care for your kids like their own. Then it progresses more like a preschool.

Not cheap by no means.. ask me how I know.. could've built 3 cars with the money i spent there
 
GTPprix said:
The home based/unstructured ones are literally just care for the most part. ITs absolutely worth it as far as education and socialization go to have a real structured program. Our kids currently go to Childtime (changing when we move) and they have daily lesson plans, activities etc. Not cheap but completely worth it, especially when you see my son with other kids his age who did the home method and are not even remotely ready for Kindergarten.
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That's a generalization and not completely true. My kids were ahead of the curve for kindergarten and continue to be ahead even in elementary/middle school.
 
Scooter70 said:
That's a generalization and not completely true. My kids were ahead of the curve for kindergarten and continue to be ahead even in elementary/middle school.
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Well, like I said for the most part :) For the record I'm referring to random unlicensed centers people are running out of their homes (seems to be a lot of those over here?) Thus far in my experience its been pretty accurate especially with the increase in what's being expected now of 5 year olds (which is insane in its own right LOL). I know my son for sure has greatly benefited from having a school program basically from the get go the usual YMMV applies :D
 
I like the at home daycare, versus "toddler town" etc. Licensed for sure, but our at home feels like dropping the kids off at Grandmas house for the day, they have structured learning prepared and teach the little one's sign language to communicate. They even bought a birthday present for my son. Just have to find the right fit that your comfortable with.
 
Scooter70 said:
That's a generalization and not completely true. My kids were ahead of the curve for kindergarten and continue to be ahead even in elementary/middle school.
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x2. Absolutely a generalization. Just like the generalization that ALL center type daycares don't care about your child specifically and won't give him/ her any attention because they like another child more, etc.

GTPprix said:
The home based/unstructured ones are literally just care for the most part. ITs absolutely worth it as far as education and socialization go to have a real structured program. Our kids currently go to Childtime (changing when we move) and they have daily lesson plans, activities etc. Not cheap but completely worth it, especially when you see my son with other kids his age who did the home method and are not even remotely ready for Kindergarten.
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So stay at home mom's aren't worth it either? They don't have a "real structured" program either...
 
CruisnCobra said:
x2. Absolutely a generalization. Just like the generalization that ALL center type daycares don't care about your child specifically and won't give him/ her any attention because they like another child more, etc.



So stay at home mom's aren't worth it either? They don't have a "real structured" program either...
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Like I said I'm talking about the unlicensed places people illegally run out of their homes. The things kids need to know for kindergarten now is waaayyyy more advanced than when we went; it's all incredibly accelerated.
 
GTPprix said:
Like I said I'm talking about the unlicensed places people illegally run out of their homes. The things kids need to know for kindergarten now is waaayyyy more advanced than when we went; it's all incredibly accelerated.
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Yea sorry didn't see your post before I posted. I got distracted by actual work. Agree on the unlicensed places. Don't care how cheap, not doing it.
 
We weighed out all of the options when I had my youngest son. It was going to cost about what my wife took home in pay every week for daycare so she left her job to be a stay-at-home mom. Now that our son is 2 we are gearing up for potty training him. Once that is done it opens up many options. At a year and a half old he can recite the alphabet from beginning to end or start anywhere in the middle if you tell him a letter. He can also count to 20. My wife spent a lot of time with him but it was nothing structured. The amount that kids will learn is solely dependent on how much time you put into it.
 
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