Doors need child-proof knobs. Outside playground gates need sturdy fasteners too high for children to reach and sufficient padding beneath climbing toys and swings. In other words, a nursery needs the same regard for child safety as any careful home. This is essential. Everyone agrees, however, that attendants need to be people who love babies, not just somebody to provide a presence.
Parents praise nursery workers who read and sing to infants as well as toddlers.
They praise the carefully supervised use of elementary and middle school children to play with toddlers. And they praise workers who take time to speak with parents about their children. Remember, the nursery worker is one of the first people at your church whom visiting parents get to know. Evaluation of care is very important. Workers who don't believe in rocking and holding crying children need to be steered toward other ministries.