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Date: 7/8/2007 3:42:00 PM
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Author:
Stephanie
(Sharris703@Yahoo.com)
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Subject:24 hour centers
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Do you know of any 24 hour centers? What's your opinion on them? Are they more like baby-sitting service or do they actually help develop a child?
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Date: 7/9/2007 8:19:00 PM
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Author:
Narelle
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Subject:24 hour care
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I agree there is a need for outside of normal hours care for families - specifically shift workers. A concern that i have is just how long the child will be in care - ie if Mum starts her shift at the hospital at 10pm - then the child is dropped off by 9pm (certainly not play time) then Mum needs care for the following morning at the very least while she sleeps - does this mean that some children will spend 16 hours a day in care? while mum works and sleeps. There are so many variables. In all honesty i think a childcare centre should provide educational expererinces throughout the day but through the night it would be a babysitting service, are you really going to offer playdoh at 2am when Jonny wakes - of course not, the best you an do is offer the most home like/loving enviroment possible for the child to feel secure enough to spend the night.
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Date: 7/10/2007 7:50:00 AM
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Author:
bobbi
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Subject:we need maternity leave in the USA!
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Cleveland has alot of 24 hr centers. The evenings kids have more free time, and a bedtime. however, some kids do wind up staying from 9pm till 1 pm (naptime) the next day so mommy gets some sleep. the school kids wind up getting dropped off at 9 for bedtime, and going to school to arrive home at 4pm. think about it, they are 'home' with family for 5 hrs a day and on weekends. and the rest of the day, transition after transition. the babes and toddlers fare the worst. turnover at the centers are high, so a young child can have around 7 or 8 people a day caring for them (and not consistenly).
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