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By
Adam Douglas
As the world population
explodes and more households are having duo income with
both parents on full-time employment, the dynamics of
child care in the United States have changed fairly
radically in the last 20 years. It has become a much
discussed topic with many studies producing reports
about its advantages and disadvantages and how
children
should be brought up in the 21st century.
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Child Care Going Professional
Child care
entails more than just simply raising, educating and
disciplining a child. Today, the child care industry is
booming. It has now become mainstream business and the
emergence of a host of child care centers up and down
the country is a testament to the increasing demand for
professional child care services in the modern society.
People's view on child care have shifted over the years
as parents are now more open-minded to using new methods
of raising children. This evolution is a far cry from
when the mother, grandparents and nanny, if one could
afford it, did most if not all of the looking after of
the children at home. |
Given more women are now entering the
workforce than 50 years ago, the responsibilities of
caring for a child no longer sit squarely on the
parents' shoulders. The modern society is a lot more
sophisticated now and the way
children are raised today
is getting more complicated. Professional carers enter
this field to pick up the slack. It can be a godsend for
some parents who have to work long hours to pay the
bills and simply couldn't find enough time to interact
with their children, much less providing round the clock
care for them. In these circumstances, it provides
parents with the peace of mind that their
children are
getting professional care from qualified people who are
specially trained to take care of young children while
they are away at work.
Many nurseries
have mushroomed in recent years to take care of infants
as well. Although this service may not be everyone's cup
of tea as most mothers will find it difficult to entrust
their new born or young toddlers to someone else, there
is still a demand for them nonetheless. Local community
centers that are registered can refer parents to
qualified child care professionals. Alternatively,
getting personal recommendations from other parents or a
reliable friend who themselves have had first hand
experience is another way of finding a good child care
center.
Sending a child to a child care center
still proves to be controversial. Some parents are
adamant that every child needs the personal love and
warmth of their parents as opposed to some stranger at a
child care center. Others argue placing children in the
hands of professionally trained people will greatly
enhance a child's social skills as they will be
interacting with other children of around the same age.
They learn to be adaptive, flexible and will also learn
to share and care about others compared to a solitary
child whose only interaction is with the parents and
family members. More
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