The Caring Parent's Guide to Child Care : Everything You Need to Know about Making Child Care Centers Work for You and Your Child Book

Finding child care that is just right for you and your child is one of the most important decisions you will ever make as a parent. This thoughtful, insider's view of child care centers helps you make this emotional decision with understanding and confidence. Inside, a national expert provides you with all the tools you'll need to make your child care center work for you—including knowing the right questions to ask, such as:

Will the center provide a learning environment for my child?
How does the staff handle children when they cry?
Will I be able to drop in and visit my child during the day?
Are babies confined to cribs and playpens during working hours?
And much, much more!

Whether you are one of the millions of parents with children in child care or are considering placing your child in a center, The Caring Parent's Guide to Child Care is the one book no working parent should be without.

"The most comprehensive tool on the market today to help parents find a center that is consistent with their needs and philosophy."—Barbara Taylor, Associate Director for Child Care, YMCA of the USA

"Will save parents hours of heartache and uncertainty in their struggle to find the 'right fit' for their child. Every caring parent needs this book for peace of mind."—Holly Elissa Bruno, M.A., J.D., Wheelock College

"A valuable resource for today's working parents."—Hank O'Karma, producer, What Every Baby Knows with T. Berry Brazelton