What are the advantages of home daycare?
Many home daycares can boast a small group of children, something most centers can’t guarantee. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, home daycare providers shouldn’t take more than two babies under 30 months, five kids under five, and two additional school-aged children (though they can add more children if they have an assistant). A smaller group means your child is more likely to get the one-on-one interaction he needs and deserves. The opportunity to play and learn with other children is something both home daycares and centers offer that nanny care can’t. But unlike centers, which tend to group kids by age, home daycares usually have mixed-age groups, which more closely mirrors most families and may help your child learn to feel comfortable around older kids. “I like the fact that there are other children my son can play with and learn from,” says Cindy Goral, a BabyCenter user from Palo Alto, California. “Since he’s an only child, he really en
