Pros/Cons
Types of Daycare
Child Care Check List
Percentages
100

socialization

pro

100

A program, facility, or organization offering day care

Child Development Center

100

Is the facility ______ ?

licensed

100

What percent of the 11.3 million children whose mothers work, receive child care? 

66% total:

30% grandparents

25% fathers

3% siblings

8% other relatives

200

Attachment problems, Aggression, Insecurities

Con

200

A person, employed to care for a child in its home

Nanny

200

Are the caregivers _____ in Child Development?

Trained

200

what percent of children are spent to daycare or pre-school?

30% with non-relative care

300

High Cost

Con

300
A guardian that stays home to care and nurture their child(ren).

Stay-at-home parent/relative

300

Does it help parents improve their _______ skills?

Child-rearing 

300

By 9 months, what percent of U.S. infants are in some kind of child care?

50%

400

Convenience 

Pro

400

Relating to the time before a child is old enough to go to Kindergarten. 

Pre-School

400

Does it provide a balance between ____ ____ and _____ _____

Structured Activities and Free Play

400

What percent infants enter child care before they reach 6 months?

86%

500

Exposure illnesses

Pro

500

A child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children. (typically religious)

Montessori

500

Are caregivers _____, _____, _____, ____ and _____ ?

Warm, affectionate, accepting, responsive, and sensitive 

500

What percent of babies, are in child care for more than 30 hours a week?

50%