Choosing The Right Day Care

Picking the right day care for your child can be a daunting and extremely stressful task. These tips will help you make the right decision

Life in the cities is ever demanding in terms of time and costs. Fragmentation of joint families into nuclear ones; people moving to bigger cities for better prospects; and single parenting has become the norm of the day. In order to pursue a good quality of life, there are many families that have both the spouses or single parents working through the better part of the day. The personal and emotional decision of bearing a child in this situation changes the dynamics to a whole new dimension. As the child starts growing, so does the need for making her more socially adaptable. To this end, many parents search out facilities which give a comfortable, secure and conducive environment for their child to grow in. Subconsciously, they are looking for a home away from home where the child eats, sleeps, plays and learns while they attend to the demands of their jobs.

Day care centres and preschools have understood this need, and hence, there is a sudden spurt of such facilities—be it franchises or standalone—across tier I and II cities. While the technical parameters for them giving out franchises differ from business to business and is subject to interpretation, security is an important issue which is either overlooked or taken casually by a majority of both these types of establishments. This factor is sometimes overlooked by parents in the haste to get their child into the education system as early as possible. After all, who does not want some breathing space in this fast-paced life? Security, to this end, takes a backseat and sadly, sometimes, becomes the sole point that endangers their child, bringing about immense turmoil when the child falls prey to the crime.