Because You Can Do It Better
There are many reasons that people decide to start their own day care. For some its strictly a business venture. For others the motivation could be a background or academic training in child care and finding a way to use that ability outside of public schools and pediatrics. But for many and perhaps for you, the motivation is quite simply that you know you can do it better than people who run day care centers that you have used.
One of the most heart wrenching things a parent has to do is to drop off your child at a day care center and to leave them in hysterics because they don’t want to stay there. And while some amount of separation anxiety is to be expected especially in very young children, if your child is miserable at day care, you have to wonder if something is going on.
If that is the situation that you meet when using day care centers, some networking with other parents who use that facility can be eye-opening. Those conversations will often surface problems that seem endemic with so many day care centers that begin to give you the idea that you can do it better. Some problems that often drive parents from using some services are…
. Not enough activities for the children so they are bored all day.
. Not enough discipline so unruly children create a bad experience for the good kids.
. Too much discipline so the children cannot "just be kids".
. Cost cutting that becomes painfully obvious such as a drastic reduction in quality of foods or other necessities.
. Poor training of the staff child care employees who are not good with the children.
There are two kinds of day cares and the distinction reveals the priorities of the facility which are reflected in the service. There is day cares that are primarily a business who happen to offer day care services as their "product". The focus on the business, on profitability and on running the day care in an efficient and cost conscious way.
The other approach that reflects the values of a day care shows that this is a facility that is dedicated to providing loving and quality care for children and they are doing it as a business. In such a facility, the children are the focus and every resource an incorporated business can offer is employed to give those children the protection and care they need as well as to give for their emotional and intellectual needs and to do so in a way that assures each child will have fun and goes home happy. This is the good kind of day care and the kind that kids are eager to go back to.
Sadly too many day cares are of the first kind and not the second. When you see the evidence that the day care your child is in focuses primarily on the business than the kids, that is why you can legitimately say "I can do this better." And if you approach your ambition to start your own day care center with the heart of a parent and by placing a high priority and value on providing a place where kids are well cared for and a place they love to go to, they you will sidestep many of the problems that day cares you have experienced have had and you will build a day care that parents and kids love to use for their child care needs. And when you have that kind of success, not only will you know that you can do better, you will be doing it better as your passion in life and as your profession. That is an excellent motivation for starting your own day care facility.
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A Day Care Starter Kit
When you make the determination that you are ready to start the process of owning your own day care, the first thing to recognize is that you are not going down uncharted paths here. The steps you will need to take to set up your day care are pretty much cut and dried. And while for you each step along the path to finally turning the key and opening the door of your shiny new day care is an adventure, it is an adventure many have had before you.
That is why there are already a number of good day care starter kits available to guide you on the path. Probably the most useful thing a day care starter kit will give you is a check list not only of what things you will need to do but what order you will do them. And the process the kit will take you through will accomplish two big goals. The first goal obviously is to get the set up and preparation work done so you can move forward at a steady pace toward making your dream of owning a day care a reality.
But the second goal may be the most important one. The process the kit will take you through will give you an education into what is required of you and what areas of study and focus you must give time to before you take the next steps toward opening your day care center. The education process of taking you from the dreamer status to a well informed day care owner is vital to equipping you with the knowledge and the awareness of pitfalls and opportunities to keep your eyes open for throughout the preparation time frame.
A good starter kit gives you a number of organizational advantages that put you way ahead of the game in starting your day care. For one thing the kit answers the question, "What do I do first?" as well as the question "What next?" The plan of development by itself is worth the cost of the kit because you get the sequence of steps to go through, the details you need to attend to in order to see success each step of the way and the timing you should expect to need to complete each step. That schedule is critical so you can tell if you are ahead of schedule or lagging behind and you can forecast a date when you can expect to actually open your day care center.
A day care starter kit will also give you a jump start on the regulatory issues that you must attend to so you can get your day care operators license and the medical and dietary "must dos" so you can document that you are running a facility parents can entrust their children to. The kit gives you the forms customized to your state and the procedures, email addresses, web sites, and phone numbers so you can learn what will be required of you to comply with regulations so your day care center can be certified and operate in a way that is approved of legally as well as by the parents who look to you to run your day care in a professional way.
Finding a day care starter kit isn't difficult. There are a number of them available on the internet. But get some references on these kits because if you are going to spend money on a starter kit, you want to know it has helped others be a success in getting their day care up and running. In fact, doing some interviewing with recently opened day cares and their owners might point you toward starter kits that have tangible evidence that they work because they helped one of your neighbors get started. So they can help you too.
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Teaching about the Internet
Kids today have a different perception of the computer and the internet. Children in elementary school are being taught how to use a computer. Some school reports require internet sources. Teaching your children about the internet and setting some rules will help keep them safer.
First, help your children understand that seeing something on the internet doesn’t make it real. Friends that they meet might not really be children. Help them to understand how the internet makes everyone anonymous. Anyone can create a web site and make their information appear as fact.
Help them set up an email account that you can control. Limit the emails they send out, make sure they are to friends that they know. Set up an email filter so that unwanted email isn’t viewable to them. Decide on rules regarding registering for things on web sites, you may not want them doing this.
Set a limit on computer time. Experts advise that children have no more than two hours of television, electronic games, or computer use in a day. Monitor their time on the computer to try to keep within these guidelines.
Show them how to search for things they are looking for. There are several great search engines for kids. Some popular search engines that cater to children include www.yahooligans.com and www.ajkids.com. If you allow them to search for information through a search engine, monitor their web browsing to make sure they don’t end up where you don’t want them.
The internet can be a great tool for children, and provided a wealth of information, games, and other fun activities. Monitor their computer time, and watch where they are surfing. Always make sure that your kids are following safety rules when on the internet.
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