Babysitting

Chapter IV. Urban Legends: The Evolution of Folklore Urban legends are stories that have the designation of being ?too strange to be true? but are based in reality. Despite these fables being a touch on the strange side most people that hear them understand them as being true. Through generations these tales seem to happen to our friends, family members, or even distant relatives. Unlike fairy tales which are meant to be cautionary yet fictional, urban legends represent some form of truth. Think…

Many parents struggle with the decision on what kind of childcare is best for their child, a day care center or in-home day care. There are many reasons why parents struggle with this decision. Both provide care for a child while parents are away, and both will have an extra expense that will have to come out of the family budget. Even though, day care center and in-home day care have some similarities these two types of childcare could not be more different from each other like: expense, trust,…

Classroom Hypnotization In a small town in Okeechobee, Florida the was a daycare called Shining Young Stars. In this daycare we care for children ages of 3 and one half to 5 years. We only have a select amount of children attending this year, I guess you could say it is one of our slow years with the amount of children we have. Were also low on teachers or some would call us babysitters, but we prefer not to be called a babysitter because we educate children not just watch them. August…

“Center-based care also may have different sponsors, including churches, schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, social service agencies, Head Start, independent owners and businesses, and employers”(2009). When I think about seeking a childcare setting for my six month old, all I can think is that I want the best. Childcare can be very expensive these days and still not cracked up to be what they say they are. I don’t have much money so being in a price range that can meet my budget would…

with just my brother, but I knew it was something I would have to eventually do in the future. I also knew it would be nice to spend time with him. What I didn't know was that babysitting could help me and my brother get to know each other more. New responsibilities makes me nervous, and my first time babysitting was no exception.When my parents left the house, my brother said he wanted to play his Xbox. He was playing Skylanders Imaginators, and he couldn't beat the bad guys. He…

By observing children, one can determine their current stage of development by the behaviors they exhibit. “Although children develop at different rates, there are common stages of development that serve as guidelines for what most children can do by a certain age” (Groark, McCarthy & Kirk, 2014). While observing the three infants in the PALS Day Care Video (2010), one can determine the age of each child and the milestones they have accomplished. OBSERVATION SUMMARY While watching the three…

One of the biggest concerns for new parents is teaching their children how to interact with others. For this, day care centers do wonderful things in teaching kids how to play nicely with others while learning to overcome not getting their way. Day care center manager, (Smith) says, “75% of children in daycare do better in acclimating to school”, which shows just how much this is true. By seeing these statistics, many new parents can come to grips with the fear of letting their children out into…

Why I Chose Commercial Over In Home Childcare You spend your days and nights feeding, rocking, changing, and snuggling your new baby, doing your best to sleep when they sleep. It’s a rough couple of weeks with a newborn, but you love every minute of it and you know all too soon you’ll have to return to work and leave that delicate, precious little person with a caregiver. There are various options out there: family, friends, in home daycares, and commercial daycare centers. Which option do you…

Care givers VS. Family member of child abuse The general topic of concerns about child abuse is that happens in daycare centers or any caregivers that have to take care of children. The most concern to have in a daycare center coming from experience I have seen children being abused physically, and mentally. You would think that its not that much in common or that it could happen in daycare centers. I have seen my self as I stated In my previous sentence that in one particular day care center…

When I was little, I used to play "house" with my younger sister and our dolls. Because I was the oldest, I was always the Mother. My doll 's duties were consistently the same. My character would wake up, prepare breakfast, take the child to school, clean the house, read a book, bring the child home from school, make dinner, put the child to bed and go to sleep. We played this game almost everyday in our fully finished basement in our house at 1842 North Fremont street. This imaginary lifestyle…