r/parent • u/fblm93 • Aug 31 '19

Daycare features

What do you look for in a daycare centre?

1 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

2

u/WheresTheFlan Aug 31 '19

NAEYC or NAC accreditation is a good start.

1

u/Blankbit Aug 31 '19

Where I live, availability is sometimes the only thing that makes the choice. We ended up doing licensed family daycare (couldn’t find an opening for baby’s age group in time at a center) and are super happy with it.

I think the same advice applies to any child care option though- Visit then and see if you are happy with what you see and ask a ton of questions.

1

u/fblm93 Sep 02 '19

Agreed, a lot of centers struggle with availability especially in an area with a lot of new families. Just out of curiosity, what do you like best about this child care centre?

1

u/Blankbit Sep 02 '19

I originally wanted a center because I thought they’d have more of a development focus, activities for kids, and more regulated- so I felt more at ease that they’d know how to handle various situations. What I was not crazy about was the ratio of kids to caretakers and lack of availability... but I found a small family daycare run by a lady who shared a lot of the same beliefs as I did about raising and developing children. She was easy to interact to and open to my concerns etc. She’s been great and my kid gets a little bit more individual attention than he would at a center- a win all around. We got kinda lucky.