Monitoring Your Child's Daycare

Making Sure Your Day Care is Safe Takes Ongoing Effort

© Eileen Bailey

A Daycare Should Be Safe for Your Child, photo by Ferurbina,www.morguefile.com

The health and safety of your baby, toddler or preschooler may require you to make an extra effort to develop relationships with child care providers.

You have painstakingly visited and evaluated several day care centers and are sure that you have found the right one. You like the staff, feel comfortable with safety measures and are ready to head off to work, confident your child is well cared for.

But how do you monitor the center on an ongoing basis? What can you do to make sure your child stays safe, protected and nurtured?

Be Involved in the Day Care Center

Be Aware of Warning Signs:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created a Quality Rating Systems for Early Care and Education. Their site provides information on the different states that have adopted a rating system.

The care of your child is of utmost importance. Although you don’t want to jump to conclusions without finding out the facts or harshly judge the staff any time something goes wrong, you also don’t want to dismiss that nagging feeling that something just isn’t right. Staying involved will help you know when there is something wrong. Don’t feel bad if you decide this is not the right day care center for your child; begin visiting other centers until you find the best possible place to help nurture your child.

See Also:

Choosing a Day Care Center

Questions to Ask a Day Care Center


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A Daycare Should Be Safe for Your Child, photo by Ferurbina,www.morguefile.com
       


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