Are you dreading returning to work because you aren’t comfortable with the idea of leaving your baby with strangers all day? In many cases, meeting the childcare providers and touring our facility can help you begin to adjust to the idea.
Quality day care experiences can last a lifetime. One long-term study found children who’d had quality child care were more likely to hold jobs, and they waited longer to have children of their own than peers who had not participated in a child care program.
A healthy immune system can help at any age, and being around other children at a day care can help develop the immune system at a young age. Studies have found that children who were in large day care groups before 2 and a half years of age were less likely to be sick during elementary school.
While some children will always be naturally shy, others are only shy because they don’t have much experience interacting with other kids their age. If you want to give your toddler a leg up on their social development, sending them to a childcare program can help.
A number of studies have found quality infant and toddler care provides the foundation that helps children develop the solid and useful language, communication, thinking, behavioral and math skills that contribute to success in preschool, kindergarten and beyond.
Do you ever worry that there’s too big of an age gap between your older children and your toddler? Placing your toddler in a childcare program can give them the opportunity to socialize with peers, which may help to improve language and social skills.
