21. The Daily Parent - A Newsletter For Working Parents newsletter offers the latest information on child development issues, tips for findingquality child care, and numerous resources for busy parents, as well as http://www.childcareaware.org/en/dailyparent/

Good child care centers provide inviting environments that welcome those who enter. Today’s world, however, requires controlled access so that only visitors with legitimate reasons for entering are allowed in. How is access to the building controlled? Some centers use key pads; others give parents card keys, similar to those in hotels. If your center employs these devices, are the codes or card keys changed regularly? Unsubscribe Policy Published quarterly by NACCRRA , The Daily Parent is distributed to working parents across the nation. The Daily Parent is supported through a grant by the Citigroup Foundation If you would like to distribute The Daily Parent newsletter, please contact dailyparent@naccrra.org with your request. The Daily Parent newsletter offers the latest information on child development issues, tips for finding quality child care, and numerous resources for busy parents, as well as child care professionals. Current Issue: Keeping Your Child Safe in Today's World Past Issues: + Fatherhood Much has been written about mothers and raising children, but what about fathers? Men feel the conflict between what it takes to build good relationships with their children, and how to handle the pressures of the workplace ....

22. NNCC Parenting Database for child care (NNCC) Parent Involvement database contains fulltext publicationsrelated to the relationships between parents and child care providers and http://www.nncc.org/Parent/parent.page.html

Resources for Parents Parenting Young Children Parenting School-Age Children Parenting Teens Family Life Divorce and Step-Parenting Choosing Child Care Selecting Children's Clothing Parenting Education Related Links For information on other topics of interest to parents, including nutrition and guidance and discipline, explore the Information Station. Click here for help in viewing a PDF document Parenting Young Children Lesia Oesterreich: Understanding Young Children (in PDF) Lesia Oesterreich Biting Disciplining Your Toddler Disciplining Your Preschooler Fears ... Stress - Taking Charge: Managing Stress in Young Families (in PDF) Virginia Molgaard Parenting Skills for the Busy Parent of Preschoolers Karen DeBord, Rebekah F. Canu, Robin Baker Howse [also in PDF Toilet Training University of Missouri Extension - Lynn Blinn Pike Beginning Child Care: Preparing your child for child care Before Your Child's First Day Pat Tweedie [also in PDF First Day Tips Pat Tweedie [also in PDF Helping Your Child Adjust to Child Care Pat Tweedie [also in PDF Introducing Your Child to the Child Care Provider Pat Tweedie [also in PDF Parenting School-Age Children (in PDF): Lesia Oesterreich Lesia Oesterreich Parenting (in PDF) Virginia Molgaard Using Consequences Reducing Fights between Brothers and Sisters 16 Tools for Effective Parents Eight Ways Parents Can Promote Reading at Home Marilyn Lopes Parenting Teens (in PDF) Virginia Molgaard Living with Your Teenager: Understanding Emotional Changes Living with Your Teenager: Understanding Changes in Thinking Living with Your Teenager: Understanding Physical Changes Preteen, Young Teen Development

23. NNCC Research: Satisfaction For Providers And Parents What Leads to Satisfaction for child care Providers and parents? Britner, PA(1999). What leads to satisfaction for child care providers and parents? http://www.nncc.org/Research/satisfaction.html

What Leads to Satisfaction for Child Care Providers and Parents? Preston A. Britner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Family Studies University of Connecticut Storrs, CT What leads to parents' and providers' satisfaction with child care? Britner and Phillips (1995) studied the issue. We attempted to improve upon existing research by distinguishing the specific dimensions of care that are associated with satisfaction, including assessments of parent and provider attitudes, and studying satisfaction over time using a short-term longitudinal design. We focused on four functional dimensions of continuity as possible predictors of satisfaction for parents and providers: (1) child care as a social support to parents; (2) parent involvement in care; (3) parent-provider agreement on child-rearing beliefs; and (4) parent-provider agreement on the importance of specific dimensions of care, which were valued by parents in their choice of care and by providers in their definition of good quality care. Ratings of satisfaction were obtained from 27 center- and home-based child day care providers and 90 parents whose children were in their care. High Overall Satisfaction In our study, center parents and providers and family day care (FDC) parents and providers were all equally satisfied on the dimensions of the care settings' structural quality (e.g., group size) and the quality of interactions between providers and children (e.g., attention to children). Contrary to the hypothesis that provider training and experience and group size would predict satisfaction with care, these variables were significantly associated with satisfaction only for center providers. The importance of functional (e.g., parent-provider interaction) rather than structural (e.g., provider training) markers in predicting satisfaction with care in all groups in this study is in line with previous findings about what dimensions of care are important to parents' satisfaction (Shinn et al., 1991). The traditional "quality" variables of academic research and licensing standards simply were not associated with parents' satisfaction with care.

24. DoD Child Care - Why Parents Choose Military Child Care Ward and Sandy Holcomb at Andrews Air Force Base and Nell Yost at Anacostia feelit's part of their job to put parents at ease with their child care choice. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/childcare/choose.html

By Staff Sgt. Alicia K. Borlik, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON Cost and convenience may be why military parents first choose their base child development center, but it's the quality of care their children receive that keeps them there. It wasn't long ago that military child care centers were little more than glorified baby-sitting services. That is, if the base had a center. DoD's more than 1.4 million active duty members who are parents to 1.3 million children demanded change, according to DoD officials. Nowadays, most installations have waiting lists for their centers, and more centers are being built to meet the demand for care. Improvements took time, but they were necessary, said Linda Tully, director of the child development center at U.S. Naval Station Anacostia, Washington, D.C. "We certainly need to give our military personnel our very best to make it possible for them to defend the country and do their jobs," Tully said. Air Force Staff Sgt. Barbara Smejkal, a single parent and an information manager at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., is grateful for the quality care DoD centers provide her daughter.

25. Parents United For Child Care The data collected will shape continued advocacy efforts for affordable childcare and will lend parents’ advocacy efforts increased credibility. http://www.nccic.org/ccpartnerships/profiles/united.htm

Parents United for Child Care Description In Boston, if children are on the agenda, Parents United for Child Care (PUCC) is at the table. Through PUCC, low- and moderate-income parents have joined together and joined forces with a range of public- and private-sector entities to improve the child care landscape in Boston. PUCC is a member organization that aims to empower parents to effectively advocate for improvements in child care and family policy. Through community organizing and leadership training activities, PUCC helps parents to understand the policy arena, voice their concerns, set priorities, and advocate in a unified and strategic manner. In addition, PUCC provides start-up grants and technical assistance to parents and providers interested in establishing school-aged child care programs. Partners In all aspects of their work, PUCC has engaged in partnerships with key stakeholders to achieve their numerous goals. To move its out-of-school time agenda forward, PUCC works with many partners, including the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools, the Wallace–Reader’s Digest Fund, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Americorps, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, Boston School Age Child Care Providers, Kids of All Learning Abilities (KOALA), the Child Care Careers Institute, Arts in Progress, the Museum of Science, and Read Boston. In advocating to increase parents’ access to high-quality affordable child care, PUCC has partnered with more than 70 organizations, including neighborhood-based and citywide organizations, advocacy groups, and service providers. Some of these organizations are members of Parents United for Child Care and have regular and ongoing involvement with PUCC initiatives, while others partner with PUCC on specific initiatives.

26. Reaching Parents With Child Care Consumer Education To face these challenges and make informed choices about child care, parents needsupport as they begin the process of choosing and evaluating care for their http://www.nccic.org/pubs/reachingparents.html

Reaching Parents with Child Care Consumer Education What is Child Care Consumer Education? Especially in this day and age when most parents work, nothing is more important than finding child care that is affordable, accessible and safe. - President Bill Clinton, October 23, 1997 Families need quality, affordable child care so that they can succeed as parents and as workers. Child care consumer education provides parents with child care information to assess their needs, locate services, evaluate quality, and choose the best possible care for their children. The ability to select high quality arrangements from an array of choices is essential. Since parents of all incomes are using child care in increasing numbers, one-on-one consumer education and multi-media public awareness campaigns are critical to improving access to quality, affordable care. The development of effective consumer education initiatives involves input and feedback from the consumer the parent. We...know how important it is to ensure choice for parents in their selection of child care. One size fits all child care does not fit America’s families. We don’t work the same hours, we don’t have the same economic or other kinds of pressures that we’re dealing with, so we have to provide more options and we have to empower parents with good information to enable them to become good consumers.

27. MCC Help For Parents: Finding Child Care How does LOCATE child care help parents find child care? Search LOCATE’sdatabase and provide parents with a list of child care options. http://mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/for_parents/finding.html

Finding Child Care Selecting child care is an important decision for you and your child. The quality of care, cost, and convenience of location will have a big impact on your lives. To help you make this decision, resource and referral services are available through LOCATE: Child Care, a free service that will help you find child care to fill your needs. What is LOCATE: Child Care? LOCATE: Child Care is a computerized resource and referral database that contains information on all regulated child care in the state of Maryland. Parents can obtain referrals to regulated child care available in their neighborhoods or near their workplaces. These include: Family child care Center-based care facilities Private kindergartens Private nursery schools Head Start programs School age programs Summer camps Summer programs LOCATE: Child Care is publicly funded and operated by Maryland Committee for Children through a network of 13 non-profit child care resource centers called the Maryland Child Care Resource Network. How does LOCATE: Child Care help parents find child care?

28. MCC Help For Parents: Purchase Of Care The Purchase of care (POC) child care subsidy program helps limitedincome familiespay for child care while parents work or attend school or job training. http://mdchildcare.org/mdcfc/for_parents/poc.html

POC for Parents The Purchase of Care (POC) child care subsidy program helps limited-income families pay for child care while parents work or attend school or job training. POC offers a subsidy for care provided by: child care centers, registered family child care homes, informal care. Informal care is care by a relative in the child's home or in the relative's home, or care by a non-relative in the child's home, or care provided by a non-relative in their own home for less than 20 hours a month. Families receive a voucher for each child needing care. A sliding scale, based on household income, is used to determine the amount of the voucher and the amount of the co-payment, which the parents must pay. The amount of the voucher will also vary based on the amount of care that is needed and the age of the child. Parents purchase care directly from providers. Their payment to the provider includes three parts: the POC voucher the parent's co-payment any additional payment necessary to cover the full cost of care. (POC vouchers and co-payments do not always add up to the full amount charged by the provider.)

29. NCAC > Help For Parents > Choosing Quality Child Care When visiting a child care service parents can ask about how the serviceis meeting the requirements of the quality system. A current http://www.ncac.gov.au/help_for_parents/choosing_quality_care.html

NATIONAL CHILDCARE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL INC. Promoting Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance in Australian Children's Services Home Help for Children's Service Providers Help for Families Quality Systems ... Employment Opportunities Choosing Quality Child Care Things to Consider When Choosing Child Care How the NCAC Can Help You ... Raising Concerns About Your Child's Care Things to Consider When Choosing Child Care Parents and families seeking quality care and education for young children are encouraged to consider what are the best questions to ask and what to look for in an accredited child care service. When choosing child care it is important to look at how carers and staff interact with the children and whether the atmosphere is warm, friendly and welcoming. Some helpful things to consider are: Am I welcome to visit my child at any time?

30. DaycareProviders.com Free Nationwide Search For Child Care Providers A free nationwide search for child care in the United States. Family as well as 1 to 1000 center provider Category Home Family childcare...... directory. parents may search for child care for free and child careProviders may list their services for a small fee. They both http://www.daycareproviders.com/

Resources Parent Resources Provider Resources Day Care Checklist for Parents Visit Our Stores Baby Store Book Store Newsletters Parent Newsletter Provider Newsletter Message Boards Parent Board Provider Board List With Us Add your Day Care! Miscellaneous Help find missing children here Send this site to a friend Welcome to Daycareproviders.com a leading nationwide online child care directory. Parents may search for child care for free and Child Care Providers may list their services for a small fee. They both can research topics about things relating to what's most important to them, their children. Daycare Providers WE WANT YOU! To have your Daycare Business listed click here Featured links: CharityforChildren.org Fundraising with Tracy Hamilton Please tell the Child Care Provider you contact, that you found them on daycareproviders.com We are currently on more than 100 Web sites! Currently in the top 10 for keyword "Daycare" on Google.com Directhit.com Top 5 for keyword "Daycare" on

31. DaycareProviders.com Free Nationwide Search For Child Care Providers Checklist for helping you find quality child care. child care Checklistfor parents Iowa State University This file is in PFD format. http://www.daycareproviders.com/parentchecklist.asp

Resources Parent Resources Provider Resources Day Care Checklist for Parents Visit Our Stores Baby Store Book Store Newsletters Parent Newsletter Provider Newsletter Message Boards Parent Board Provider Board List With Us Add your Day Care! Miscellaneous Help find missing children here Send this site to a friend Checklist for helping you find quality Child Care Child Care Checklist for Parents - Iowa State University This file is in PFD format. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view this. Parents Checklist - Stellar Services Daycare Consulting webmaster@daycareproviders.com

32. Southpinellas: Muvico Child Care Gives Parents A Break And Kids Time To Play printer version. Muvico child care gives parents a break and kids time to play.By KATHERINE SNOW SMITH. © St. Petersburg Times, published December 3, 2000. http://www.sptimes.com/News/120300/SouthPinellas/Muvico_child_care_giv.shtml

Calendars Classified Forums Sports ... Text-only News sections Action Entertainment AP The Wire Business ... Find your local news section Weekly sections Brandon Times City Times Homes Outdoors ... Xpress Other features tampabay.com Area guide Calendar Find it! ... Yellow Pages Special Sections Arena FB(Storm) Buccaneers College football Devil Rays ... All Departments Muvico child care gives parents a break and kids time to play By KATHERINE SNOW SMITH When the next Academy Awards rolls around, parents in Pinellas County may have seen some of the top nominees in an actual movie theater instead of their living room. We will probably be more seasoned moviegoers in the coming year because BayWalk's new Muvico theaters offer child care as a way of bringing parents back to the movies. Like other parents I've talked with, I was a little skeptical that I would take advantage of the on-site child care. I had heard all the good stuff, that it is staffed with caregivers who have current or past experience working in day care or schools. Also there is always a 2-to-10 ratio or better between caregivers and kids. And you can't beat the price. You pay $5.50 per child before 5 p.m. and $7 after 5 p.m. Each additional child is $4. Still, I couldn't picture dropping my daughters off in a room they had never seen before with people they had never met before. They have been in day care and preschool so it's not that I have a problem leaving them it's just leaving them in an unfamiliar place that made me uneasy. Then my husband asked about the first time we ever left them in day care or school. Weren't they unfamiliar places at the beginning?

33. TeenOutReach.com Parents:  Child Care is a nonprofit legal services agency which provides assistance to legal servicesattorneys, child care advocates, child care providers, parents and policy http://www.teenoutreach.com/parents-corner/Child_Care.htm

TeenOutReach.com Location Bar: Home Parent's Corner Contents Adoption Attachment Parenting Child Care Child Safety ... Discussion boards Child Care Before you decide to accept school age children into your day care program, make sure that you really want to provide care for this age group. Don't take them just to fill a "slot". Realize from the beginning that you will be paid a fee to provide care for this child, and they are not there to be your Jr. Assistant. They deserve a program tailored to meet their needs. The opportunity for family and group family providers to provide school age care is the road not often taken. Planning for this sort of program well in advance of the first child's arrival can lead to an invaluable service provided to families in your community. Thoughtful pre-planning and subsequent implementation is the key to a successful school age program or program component. Janet K Irwin ijanet1@nycap.rr.com

34. Provider Appreciation Day Founded in 1996 as an organization created to support worldwide recognition of child care providers Category Home Family childcare...... parents and community leaders are encouraged to show their appreciation for childcare providers through a variety of means from individual recognition to http://www.providersfirst.com/

Make Provider Appreciation Day May 9, 2003 a reality in your area! Enter gift drawings Timeline For Action Sample Press Release Writing a Press Release ... Logo Merchandise For more information call Provider Appreciation Day toll-free at 1-888-3-FIRST-1 or send e-mail to Provider Appreciation Day Provider Appreciation Day is a non-profit corporation created to support worldwide recognition of Child Care Providers and the valuable work they perform. Provider Appreciation Day Utah Governor Leavitt receives an official Provider Appreciation Day tee shirt upon signing a proclamation declaring May 10, 2002 Provider Appreciation Day in Utah! Enter our drawings! May 9, 2003 is National Provider Appreciation Day Provider Appreciation Day is a special day to recognize child care providers, teachers and educators of young children everywhere. Started in 1996 by a group of volunteers in New Jersey, Provider Appreciation Day is appropriately celebrated each year on the Friday before Mother’s Day. The founding organizers saw the need to recognize the tireless efforts of providers who care for children of working parents. Since then, momentum and support for this event have grown each year and recognition presently includes individuals and government organizations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

35. Quality Child Care Checklist For Parents Seeking Child Care Centers This quality child care checklist covers criteria parents should use whenevaluating the quality of child care centers they are considering. http://www.childrensworld.com/parent_resources/checklist.html

Reading Tips Parents' Newsletter Child Vision Care Brain Development Booklet ... Quality Child Care Checklist We know that choosing a child care center is one of the most important decisions parents make. To help you find a quality child care center, we invite you to use the Quality Child Care Checklist . It contains numerous criteria that a quality child care center should meet. Use it when touring centers and it may help make your decision an easier one. Use this checklist to help you evaluate the best child care program for your child. Answer yes or no to the following questions: How will you promote my child's health and nutritional needs? Are all areas cleaned regularly by a professional cleaning service? Are toys and materials disinfected on a regular basis? Are consistent, classroom-specific efforts made to limit illnesses from spreading? Do caregivers wash hands after diapering, toileting, blowing noses, and before handling food? Are medications stored out of the reach of children and administered properly?

36. Children's World Philosophy Of Child Care parents and teachers a partnership for the benefit of the child. is an organizationthat values people the children in our care, their parents, and our http://www.childrensworld.com/about/philos.html

Children's World Mission Our Philosophy NAEYC Accreditation Quality Standards ... Community Services The philosophy of Children's World Learning Centers is based on a set of strongly held beliefs: We believe that each child is a unique individual. We are sensitive to a child's social, emotional, intellectual, and physical needs. We provide developmentally appropriate programs that focus on the process of learning and help children enjoy successful experiences. We encourage not just learning, but the love of learning. We believe in providing a physical environment that is safe, clean, healthy, and oriented to children. Classrooms are arranged to offer challenging play and learning choices at a range of developmental levels. Activity areas allow children the opportunity to explore, to experience, and, most importantly, to succeed. We believe that the strength of our program is in the dedication of our teaching staff. We support our teachers with training, resources, and freedom to create a unique learning experience for children. We provide many opportunities for teachers to share ideas and grow professionally. Our teachers create a caring and nurturing atmosphere and foster each child's creativity and positive self-image. We believe in positive methods of discipline.

37. National Child Care Association Urges Parents To Carefully Screen And Select Chi to carefully choose child care. KS Logo, National child care AssociationUrges parents to carefully Screen and Select child care. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content5/NCCA.child.care.html

National Child Care Association Urges Parents to Carefully Screen and Select Child Care "Week of the Young Child" Offers Time to Revisit Elements of Quality Care advertisement Source National Child Care Association Forums Raising our Kids Related Articles The Survival Guide to School-Age Child Care Tracking Down Quality Child Care Information and news releases furnished by the members of PR Newswire, who are responsible for their fact and content. ATLANTA, April 19, 1999 Ask working parents to name the most important decision they've made about their child's welfare, and one answer will surface time and again: Choosing a quality child care provider. Licensed child care providers are working to ensure parents are asking the right questions and using the right criteria to select quality care for their children. During Week of the Young Child, the National Child Care Association (NCCA) and its member organizations are encouraging the 25 million working parents whose children need care during working hours to carefully review their options when choosing their child care arrangement. Licensing guidelines and regulations ensure that child care programs including center-based care can provide a safe and high-quality environment and better experiences for children. "We believe that Week of the Young Child is a time for everyone concerned about the issue of preschool and child care to reflect on the needs of our young children play and education in a safe, nurturing environment," said Lynn White, NCCA executive director. "Our membership of licensed private child care and preschool centers is committed to educating parents and community leaders about the importance of high-quality, affordable, licensed child care."

38. Child Care Safety Checklist - Parents And Child Care Providers KS Logo, child care Safety Checklist for parents and child care Providers. advertisement.Source. child care Safety Checklist for parents and child care Providers. http://www.kidsource.com/cpsc/childcare.checklist.html

Child Care Safety Checklist for Parents and Child Care Providers advertisement Source United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Forums Health, Safety, Nutrition and Kids Related Articles Childproofing Your Home - 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children Baby Safety Checklist About 31,000 children, 4 years old and younger, were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for injuries at child care/school settings in 1997. CPSC is aware of at least 56 children who have died in child care settings since 1990. In a recent national study , CPSC staff visited a number of child care settings and found that two-thirds of them had one or more potentially serious hazards. Use the safety tips in this checklist (or the published, illustrated version in portable document format, pdf (Texto Espanol) to help keep young children safe. Child Care Safety Checklist for Parents and Child Care Providers CRIBS: Make sure cribs meet current national safety standards and are in good condition. Look for a certification safety seal. Older cribs may not meet current standards. Crib slats should be no more than 2 3/8" apart, and mattresses should fit snugly. This can prevent strangulation and suffocation associated with older cribs and mattresses that are too small.

39. Work/Life Programs-Child Care Today there are many valuable resources available to parents so theycan make informed decisions about their child care arrangements. http://www.opm.gov/wrkfam/childcare.asp

United States Office of Personnel Management Search Help Advanced Home What's New ... Contact Us Child Care Highlights Resources Web Sites Federal families utilize a number of different child care options that include both alternative work arrangements and non-parental child care. Federal personnel policies include leave policies and flexible work schedules to help employees with their child care responsibilities. Employees might choose one option at one point in their career, and another option at a different point. The policies are designed to give Federal employees the flexibilities they need to manage personal and professional responsibilities. To help make child care more affordable for lower income Federal employees, Public Law 107-67 was enacted on November 12, 2001. The law permits agencies in the executive branch of government to assist lower income employees with their child care costs. For more information about implementation of this law, go to: Guide for Implementing Child Care Legislation That Law permits agencies to spend appropriated funds, including revolving funds otherwise available for salaries, to assist lower income employees with the costs of child care. Check with your individual agency to see if they are offering child care tuition assistance. If you meet the Department's eligibility criteria, your child care tuition costs might be REDUCED! The Tuition Assistance Program applies to employees whose children are between the ages of birth and 13, or disabled and under age 18, and are enrolled, or will be enrolled, in family child care homes or center-based child care. The child care must be licensed and/or regulated by State and/or local authorities.

40. Anne Arundel County Family Child Care Association/Parents parents. Provider Appreciation Day. Referral Listings (by Zip Code). Maryland childcareCredential. Recalls. Partners for child Passenger Safety in PDF Format. http://www.geocities.com/aacfcca/parents.htm

Parents Provider Appreciation Day Member Listing (by Zip Code) Providers With Openings Telephone Line - (410) 384-1684 Maryland Childcare Resource Network - MD Committee for Children online referalls Maryland's Childcare Regulations Legislative Issues/Public Policy Maryland Childcare Credential Recalls ... Partners for Child Passenger Safety - in PDF Format. Special thanks to for the wonderful graphics on this page!

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