Daycare or Homecare?

Is daycare beneficial for children under the age of five? Nowadays, many parents have to make decision between their jobs and children because of the terrible global economic situation. Should we send the children to daycare or one parent stay home with children for the fist few years of life? There are many different opinions about daycare issues. From my viewpoint, since parents have a formative influence of their children’s growing up, so one parent should stay home with children for the first 5 years of life.

First, daycare is not beneficial for family’s communication while children’s growing up in first few years. As we known, children’s first few years of life is their formative years. There is an internet research which reported that long time in daycare may bring children weaker emotional relation with parents. As for a parent, should you allow that your children might spend more time each day with strangers at daycare than they would stay with you? It’s a obvious pity to miss the moment of your kid’s childhood since time past so soon.

Second, daycare is not beneficial for children’s health when growing up. The daycare centers only can offer the same food, place and service to each child because of the rise in demand for daycare service. Based on your equal pay, daycare centers will never request to offer special food or service according to your children’s personal nutritional requirement. Also, your children in daycare centers would be exposed to more infections and respiratory illness than they would be taken care at home. If you want to offer a safe and healthy condition to your children at the first few years of life, it’s better to take care of them at home.

Finally, it’s so hard to find a suitable daycare centers exactly the educational way as you like. There’s no doubt that the rise in demand for daycare mean there will be more unqualified caregivers waiting to offer their services. As for caregiver, it just her job to take care of your children because they got pay. They will never be responsible for stand as parents side to offer a right and suitable education way to your children. They will never be patience to correct your children’s mistakes and teach them good manners and behaviors. If you expect to train you children to have good manners and behaviors at their beginning, it’s better to keep your children at home and teach by yourself.

The opponents of homecare might say that daycare is beneficial for children and family because their parents get free from homework. They can pay more attention to their jobs and earn more money to improve family income and offer better condition to children. If you are in the same situation, ask yourself how much income you will gain from your second job, minus the cost of your daycare service. Is the money worth it? The obvious answer is no. It’s not worth to send your children to stay with strangers in daycare instead of parents’ warm attention.

In conclusion, there are many reasons which show us that daycare is not beneficial for children under the age of five. One parent should stay home with his/her children for the first few years of life. As we known, children’s health growing up and positive childhood is the most important thing for a happy family, children’s health and successful future is all parents’ targets and motivity. If you want to offer a right direction and wonderful future to your children, it is worth to stay at home with them for the first few years of life, just do it yourself.