“Here I was, an ‘expert’ in child care quality, who knows the nuances of the preschool system, who studies how other people should select a preschool, and yet I knowingly left my own baby in a mediocre-to-low-quality program. I felt the mix of guilt, fury and helplessness that parents everywhere have felt. I thought my knowledge and experience would somehow protect me from the consequences of an overburdened, under-regulated system. The reality, of course, is that an individual cannot create an affordable system of high-quality preschool on her own, even if she has a Ph.D.”
Katherine Glenn-Applegate, assistant professor of education and the director of the Early Childhood Program at Ohio Wesleyan University, in her New York Times Motherlode blog post, “If an Expert in Day Care Can’t Find a Good One, Can Anyone?” April 1, 2015
Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.
Thanks for the information. Like you said, it’s important to find high-quality child care. I’m going to make sure I find someone who will take good care of my children. I want to make sure that they’re in the best hands possible, not in a “mediocre-to-low-quality” program like you suggested.
There are lot of tips for choosing your baby’s caregiver. You must check how the staff are responding or interacting with you. You must find them warm and responsive to any case as baby needs consistent and predictable care.