| Local Agencies Help Families Make Informed Decisions About Child Care Child Care Resource and Referral Programs provide free assistance to families who are actively searching for care and need help with making informed decisions about the best care for their children. |
| Policies That Exclude Sick Children Protect Others Child-care programs have sick child policies in place for the safety and protection of the children they serve. |
| Be Child Care Aware: Children Take Risks, Accidents Happen There is no doubt that children are born risk takers, and that risk-taking characteristic is one of the most frightening aspects of their growth and development, because as children are allowed to take risks, accidents and incidents increase, says LSU AgCenter child-care associate Cheri Gioe. |
| Programs Can Help You Make Good Decisions About Child Care Programs exist to help families make better decisions about child care, according to LSU AgCenter child-care associate Cheri Gioe. Known as Child Care Resource and Referral Programs, these local agencies provide free assistance to families who are actively searching for care and need help with making informed decisions about the best care for their children, Gioe explains. |
| Quality Caregiver Makes Difference; Know What To Look For To assist in making decisions about quality child care, parents can look for certain personal traits when selecting a caregiver for their child. |
| Children Succeed When Parents Become Involved In Education, Development Children succeed more when parents are more involved in education. |
| Early Childhood Curriculum Can Involve Activities, Specific Teaching Early childhood curriculum can involve a variety of activities and specific teaching approach. |
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| Visiting Child-care Program Can Calm Concerns Choosing to place your child in the care of someone else while you work often is a decision that comes with a lot of emotion and concern – frequently brought on by unfamiliarity of what happens in the child-care setting. |
| Training A Must For All Child-Care Providers A look at how early care providers' education levels affect the overall quality of child care. |
| State Sets Policies that Protect Children Choosing to place your child in the care of someone else while you work often is a decision that comes with a lot of emotion and concern – frequently brought on by unfamiliarity of what happens in the child-care setting. |
| Make Mealtimes Work, But Don’t Fret About It As children grow and develop so do their opinions about foods – what should be eaten, how to eat it and a host of other issues. The challenge is not to panic or worry as these changes occur. |
| Several Factors Come Into Play When Selecting Quality Child Care A variety of factors should be considered when parents are attempting to find quality child care for their children. While cost and convenience are important considerations, parents should also consider their children’s ages, abilities, interests and personalities. Beliefs and attitudes about education, training, child guidance, nutrition and health are also major considerations. |
| Be Child Care Aware! Quality Caregiver Makes Difference; Know What To Look For A quality caregiver makes all the difference during the early years of a child’s development, so parents need to look for indications of quality when entrusting their children to others, says LSU AgCenter specialist Dr. Becky White. |
| Be Child Care Aware! Several Factors Come Into Play When Selecting Quality Childcare A variety of factors should be considered when parents are attempting to find quality child care for their offspring. |
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