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The Daycare in the Future

Today a future reality became present one, momentarily, as my wife and I briefly toured the daycare that will house our son at the beginning of next semester. We entered through the doors, took off our coats and hats, abandoned our stroller, and walked into the room for the babies who cannot yet crawl. While my wife and I knew the day would come when our son would need to be in daycare our visit today made that future reality much clearer. My wife and I are not excited about the prospect of daycare. We’d much rather have our son … Continue reading →

Is it a Home Business or Free Babysitting?

My kids are older now, but when they were younger—still elementary school age—I was working in my first home business. I worked consulting with nonprofit organizations on management, structure and fundraising. Since I worked from home, my children’s friends and their friends’ parents often just assumed I was a stay-at-home parent and that I was available to supervise. Many home business owners wrestle with being treated like a free drop-in sitter. It can be tough because many of us ARE looking after our own children. We are available parents to them and trying to work at the same time. Part … Continue reading →

Daycare Shopping: What Defines Good

When you are looking for a daycare to take your son or daughter to, it can be a very difficult decision. It’s even more difficult when you are looking for a good facility for your infant or toddler. After all, a daycare center is hardly a substitute for your tender loving care. But needs must and for some of us, daycare becomes an option we have to explore. So, when you are start looking for a daycare center, you want to talk to more than the staff – you want to talk to other parents. You want to talk to … Continue reading →

Kids at Work and Work with Kids

It has been a while since I have written about elements of the joys and challenges of juggling children at home with working at a home business. For many of us, it is the fact that we are parents that really spurs us onto starting our home business so it stands to reason that figuring out how to work with kids in our space and how to function when our kids are at work with us is a huge part of the running of a home business. Whether you are trying to work when your kids do not need you—while … Continue reading →

My Baby is Afraid of Day Care

Even the most social and outgoing of babies can get frightened or suffer from separation anxiety when their mother or father drops them off at the day care or even with the sitter. Don’t be surprised if your baby resists being left with the sitter (even one that is a relative) and that you and they know very well. It’s very normal and their fears are very real. There are lots of things you can do to help cope with this separation anxiety. You should start practicing these techniques while they are very young because they will serve you well … Continue reading →