Caregivers have training in early childhood education. Care-center programs are usually modeled with a group in mind and are therefore very structured without much flexibility. Your child may receive less individual attention. Many centers have fixed business hours and are not able to accommodate individual schedules. Minimum standards do not always create optimum environments.
Licensed centers are often in short supply.
Most parents don't know it, but nearly every community in America now has a central source of information about local child-care options. This toll-free hotline can help you find your local child care resource and referral agency. Judsen Culbreth recently appeared on Lifetime Live discussing child care. Read our Privacy Policy Statement .