Child Care Tips: Know Who Is Watching Your Child

By Julie Prescott

Finding the right child care person for your child is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. Check out the concerns and experiences the author has about where you leave your child. As a single parent of three children, Prescott relays how she dealt with problems finding the right provider.
In the ebook are helpful questions to ask the caregiver before you leave your child. Tips to consider before you let your older child be in self care, also known as a latchkey kid. Plus information to have readily available for the occasional babysitter.
According to the U.S. Census 2010 report of 20 million children under age five, 13 million were in some form of child care while their parents worked, studied or played (2005 figures). Even with the 5 to 14 age group in school most of the day, other arrangements often need to be made during the hours before and after school. An estimated 14% are in self-care (latch-key kids).
The cost: You will spend a great proportion of your income on this care. Shouldn’t you get your money’s worth plus the peace of mind knowing your child is receiving the best care possible? The U.S. Census 2010 report (2005 stats) averages the cost of child care for a year was over $6,000 for one child.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Julie Prescott
• Release date: Feb 16, 2011
• ISBN: 9780983467120

Julie Prescott

Julie has been writing her thoughts and fancies since she was a teen. "It is a marvelous way to empty your brain, for the moment," Prescott relays.When she became a single parent at the age of 27, Prescott knew there had to be help available, besides Dr. Spock's book. She didn't start writing the Single Parent Wisdom series until her three children and two step children were adults. She found looking back was the way to help others. She could see what worked and what didn't. What she worried and fretted about when they were young that didn't need so much attention. Prescott asked others to help answer questions she had when the children were young, but now the children were grown. Over 100 former single parents with young children who were now adults, answered her questions and the series: Single Parent Wisdom: If only I knew then what I know now...

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Child Care Tips:

Know who is watching your child

by Julie Prescott

Author of the Single Parent Wisdom: If only I knew then what I know now book series

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E-Books by Julie Prescott: 25 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior;

Get in Control! Feel Emotions, Choose Behavior;

Strong Family, Strong Child;

Listen More, Talk Less;

Be a Role Model, Share your Values;

Parents! Tips to Make Decisions, Solve Problems; and

Parents! Take Care of Yourself;

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My author’s page for the Single Parent Wisdom series is at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/singleparentwisdom.

Table of Contents

Questions and concerns to find the right care for your child

Latchkey kids

Tips for the occasional babysitter

Resources

Appendix: Our Family notebook

Disclaimers

Childcare, also known as day care, comes in a variety of ways for your child during the day, before school and after school:

RELATIVE CARE... A close relative takes care of your child in your home or theirs. If you can tell horror stories about the relative who took care of