Title: Is an In-Home Daycare Right for Your Family? | Parents
Headings: Is an In-Home Daycare Right for Your Family?
Is an In-Home Daycare Right for Your Family?
How Does In-Home Daycare Work?
What are the Pros of In-Home Daycare?
What Are the Cons of In-Home Daycare?
How to Choose an In-Home Daycare
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Content: But cost is also a major consideration: U.S. parents currently spend an average of 10 to 29 percent of their annual income on child care, per child. For many parents, cost is a deciding factor when considering home-based daycare. Typically more affordable than a daycare center or nanny share, home-based care offers an experience with licensed, trained caregivers in a homey environment where your little one will socialize with age-appropriate peers. From the benefits and downsides—as well as questions to ask and what to look for—here's a primer to deciding if in-home daycare is right for your family. RELATED: What Makes a Great Daycare
How Does In-Home Daycare Work? Home-based daycare (also known as family child care) is a form of early childhood education in which a caregiver looks after children in their own home, frequently with the help of an assistant. As opposed to a larger daycare center, a child will be dropped off in a comfortable and familiar home environment. While caregivers aren't required to have formal training in early childhood education to open an in-home daycare, many are dedicated to developing programs based on different early educational philosophies.