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7 Tips for Transition to Child Care

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Child Take Care As a parent, it can be a challenging process finding the right childcare for your child. You have to choose first, what your needs are: a home-like environment or a fully-accredited, educationally focused daycare in Wimbledon ; location; your budget; your schedule and more. Even after choosing the right daycare, you need to work on your child's transition to child care. 1.  Visit the daycare with your child. Introduce your child a few times to his teacher. Show him/her the toys there and do at least a couple 'trial runs.' 2.  Think about the timing and developmental phase of your child.  Kids go through anticipated stages of development throughout infancy, toddlerhood, and preschool.  Although of course there are deep variations, there are also specific periods of developmental “calm” and others of “turmoil,” when new milestones are being reached.  These kids are going through some crisis of learning new communication skills, fresh ...

How to Set Up Social Media Boundaries for Babysitters

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Child Take Care In the digital age, nothing is more popular than the social media. It is in virtually everyone’s life every day. It is how many communicate, stay up to date on the news, and have entertainment. However, this can pose certain issues when it comes to a babysitter and your kid. Too much focus on social media means an insufficient focus on your child. Depending on the age of your child, social media could pose a big threat to the safety of your kid. If your kid's babysitter is paying attention to the phone's screen on instead of the kid jumping on the bed, this can be a real problem. So, here are some tips you can use to prevent any unwanted images from being posted and to ensure your child’s babysitter’s focus is only on your child. Tip 1: Discuss your Opinions on Social Media Use Before heading out the door to your engagement, have a discussion centered around your opinions on social media use in your home. You can explain your concerns or conc...

Top Childcare Trends that Parents Should Know

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There is a subtle but severe evolution going on in the childcare industry, with parents and day care service providers figuring out how best to serve each other. Parents who are now expecting a baby, or have a small child who will be entering childcare soon, will be engaged in some of the childcare trends for this year before choosing the right nursery in Wimbledon . Here are the top five of them. Wimbledon Day Nursery 1. Flexible Hours There is an understanding that childcare costs are not affordable for many families. Parents finally end up taking their child out of nursery because they cannot keep up with the cost. That is why many centres are offering the flexible hours, along with decreased rates. Pay arrangements are also becoming frequently common, for families that cannot keep up with the prices. 2. Early Education In the past, child care consisted of adults babysitting kids and ensuring they were having a good time. Now early education has become such a c...