Childcare
Child care services are unavoidable with the current lifestyles of most families. The transformation from a traditional form of life to the current urban lifestyles has transformed the organization of families. The rising cost of living has forced several parents into engaging in active employment in a bid to take care of their families’ financial requirements. The pursuit of employment has left several children without sufficient parental guidance. Where parents choose to hire housemaids, children are exposed to risky upbringing with most housemaids being inexperienced or sometimes unreliable. Child care services become the next option if parents decide to find a more home-like destination for their children as they prepare the children for education. Balancing work and taking care of children is always a nightmare, and owing to the high number of working parents, childcare services have proved a major boost in the attempt to maintain a better child upbringing. Childcare services offer children with preparation before elementary education, allows parents to concentrate on their jobs, and equips children with crucial skills required in the next step of life after childhood.
Children always perform better in their elementary and kindergarten education if given proper preparation before joining the subsequent education centers. Childcare services are always established in a way that children receive adequate preparation before being allowed to pursue their kindergarten and elementary education (Allen, Kelly, & National Research Council, 2015). Most childcare services have been known to equip children with the necessary learning required before moving to the next level of education. Some of the skills taught in childcare services include communication and some basic reading skills which make the progression to the elementary education easier. The childcare services choose the best education paths for children by assessing the learning capabilities of the children and advising the parents accordingly. Generally, the only duty that the parents are required to undertake is to assess the reports given to their children from the childcare services before deciding the future of the children. The fact that childcare services relieve parents of the burden of maintaining jobs and at the same time taking care of their children makes them important in the present way of life. The preparation for elementary education is, however, not the only benefit associated with childcare services since the services also offer support to the parents’ economic and social goals.
Childcare services allow parents to pursue their economic and social goals with little or no worry concerning the upbringing of their children. The fact that most childcare services can be trusted with children for several hours allows parents to concentrate peacefully in their places of work, and thus, productivity is improved (Gillespie & Khan, 2016). The bearing of children comes with additional cost requirements for parents — the expenditures of the house increase with the coming of children. Therefore, the presence of children means that parents must have additional income for taking care of the children. The additional income may not be available if the parents decide to stay at home with their children. Daycare services thus provide parents with an opportunity to concentrate on finding the additional income required while the children are still under care. Also, the parents who agree to take their children to childcare services have more time to carry on with their social lives without the burden of carrying their children along. Therefore, childcare services have proved to be a better option for parents who want to improve their economic and social status. In addition to the economic and social benefits to parents, childcare services provide crucial life skills to children.
Children who are equipped with life skills at young ages tend to grow up to be responsible adults. Childcare services have been seen to equip children with crucial life skills in preparation for life after childhood (Plantenga & Remery, 2015). Children do not only require learning skills to succeed in life. Therefore, childcare services provide life skills that help children to balance their education with the social life that is ahead of them. Childcare services expose children to various life issues at a young age and make their mind to grow faster while adapting to the diverse world. The fact that childcare services allow for the interaction of children from different backgrounds, children can learn from each other. Also, the instructors in childcare services are always trained o proper child training and can bring up children with relevant life skills that would not be provided by the parents.
In sum, childcare services have been trusted to offer children with preparation before elementary education, allow parents to concentrate on their jobs, and equip children with crucial skills required in the next step of life after childhood. The fact that parents are relieved of the burden of spending a lot of hours around their children means that the parents can concentrate on their economic and social goals instead. The skills provide to children at the childcare services build the children in preparation for their elementary education.
References
Allen, L., Kelly, B. B., & National Research Council. (2015). The Importance of Continuity for Children Birth Through Age 8. In Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation. National Academies Press (US).
Gillespie, G., & Khan, U. (2016). INTEGRATING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY. Feminist Economics and Public Policy, 94.
Plantenga, J., & Remery, C. (2015). Provision of childcare services: A comparative review of EU member states. CESifo DICE Report, 13(1), 20-24.