How can I find a good childcare center for a 2yo while I work?
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Visiting a center is great and actually a must. I work in child care and I will tell you there are some great one but there are those horror stories too so be careful. In Texas there is a web site for Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. On this site you can see all licensed centers and home centers, their hours, and all the things that they have been written up for in the past year or so. Keep in mind even good centers are written up occasionally. Read what it is for and keep in mind the severity. Paper work is not a major thing - leaving a kid in the van is. There must be a similar site for California. Find out how regulate the centers and find their site. Then visit them. They must make you feel welcome. Do not trust a center that says you can only come and drop off and pick up. Make sure it is clean and the kids and teachers look happy. Ask questions!!! Good luck.
Other Answers:
You should definetly visit them..make sure that they are unannouced visits...do you have friends that use a daycare? ask what they think of their if you do.
kindercare look around the neighborhood. To see if any good stay ayt home moms are doing a dayhome, or something. Make sure that the place is somewhere you can be postively okay with.
go dept human service they have listing care and have them
do back ground checks look see if any body work with child
a clean back ground and check see if art and storys and
make sure it cleaning and see if list all thing do throw the day. i have work daycares before and make you drop in anytime see what there do throw the day.
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