...Non-parental Child Care and the Developing Child Your name here SOC 312 Instructor Heald August 20, 2012 It has become increasingly difficult for families to enjoy even the most basic of necessities on a single income. Dual-earner families have become more common, which means that non-parental child care has become a necessity. There are three kinds of non-parental child care: in-home care, family day care, and center-based care. Children who receive non-parental child care are positively affected cognitively, psychological, and socially. In-home care is typically provided by a nanny or babysitter. The children are cared for in their own homes, an environment they are comfortable in. Family day care is a home-based child care facility that is licensed by the state. A family day care is run by the homeowners and they can usually only care for a small group of children ages 0 to 12 years. Center-based care has children grouped by age in different areas of the facility with qualified and fingerprinted teachers and aides. Children ages 2 years and older are typically in groups of twelve (12), younger children are in smaller groups as per licensing requirements by individual states. The type of child care chosen is not as important as the quality of care provided by those caring for the children. A study on the cognitive development of young children in non-parental child care states, “it has been shown that children, especially from low-income families...
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...Non – Parental Child Care Rhonda Swazer SOC 312 Instructor Rebekah Clark May 31, 2012 Non Parental Child Care Non-Parental child care is very important for many different reasons. It helps working parents attend their child’s needs when they themselves can’t do so. Non-parental childcare helps teach and mold children from an early age. It also helps children learn how to become self reliant earlier than latter on down the road. There are 3 different types of non-parental child care facilities which are childcare small childcare facility with 12 kids or less, childcare in a center with 30 or more kids, unrelated childcare in the kid’s homes. There are many ways that parents provide for the care of their children during work-times. The setting for childcare is a home center. The home may be the child owns home, a relative (grandmother, aunt, etc) home, or the home of an unrelated person. The individual caring for the child in the child’s own home may be the parent, a relative or an unrelated person such as a babysitter. Home care can included the simultaneous care of many children from other families. Home care is sometimes referred to as family day care even though the family may not be the child’s own family. Sometime going to a head start can make a child feel like a big boy or girl. For some children head start can be very reliant and the child can be very excited about learning. In home day care is very popular today a small day care facility...
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...Non-parental Child Care SOC 312 Lisa Tobler October, 8th, 2012 Non-parental Child Care There are three types of non-parental child care. These are child care centers, care inside or outside the home by someone who is a relative or non-relative, and daycare in a home (Hagy, 1998). Centers or preschools are usually regulated while care inside or outside of the home are usually non-regulated. Each type of child care has different effects on psychological, social, and cognitive development for children. A child care center may be a place like Head Start or a preschool that has certain criteria that is regulated by the government (Hagy, 1998). In a center staff the teachers are required to have some form of education; many require at least 12 credit hours in early childhood education. The teachers have to follow lesson plans that meet standards of the center and the government. Many child care centers are large, have more than one location, and accept government assistance or go by income of the family to adjust payment accordingly. Care inside the home or outside the home is by a relative, at the child’s home or in the relative’s home. It can also be a non-relative in the child’s home or in the non-relatives home. A relative may be a cousin, aunt, uncle, or grandparent. A non-relative can be a regular babysitter, a nanny, or come from a nanny, au pair, babysitting service. A nanny or service providing care for a child can be expensive, but convenient...
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...Non-Parental Child Care Kiana R. Hoover SOC 312: Child, Family & Society Instructor: Kara O’Brien February 13, 2012 Non-Parental childcare is very important for many different reasons. It helps working parents attend to their child’s needs when they themselves can’t do so. Non-Parental childcare helps teach and mold children from an early age. It also helps children learn how to become self reliant earlier rather than latter on down the road. I went to a type of non-parental daycare facility it was fun and I was excited to go. I will talk about 3 different types of non-parental child care facilities which are childcare small childcare facility with 12 kids or less, childcare in a center with 30 or more kids, unrelated childcare in the kid’s home. I will then analyze the influences that non-parental childcare has on psychological, social and cognitive development on the children. There are many ways that parents provide for the care of their children during work-times. The setting for child care is a home or a center. The home may be the child’s own home, a relative’s (grandparent, aunt, etc.) home, or the home of an unrelated person. The individual caring for the child in the child’s own home may be the parent, a relative, or an unrelated person such as a babysitter. Home care can include the simultaneous care of many children from many families. Home care is sometimes referred to as family day care, even though the family may not be the child’s own...
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...Non-Parental Childcare Paper Jonnathan Estrada Ashford University SOC 312 Child Family & Society Bridget Morales April 09, 2012 In the past half century, there has been a dramatic increase of mothers who have entered the workforce as women have taken on expanding roles in their occupations accompanying the men in our society (Marshall, 2004). In today’s society, it is very common that both parents take on the role of being a breadwinner, seeking a higher education and pursuing their career dreams. This has contributed to the 60 percent of children ages 0-6 and the 50 percent of children ages 6- 14 who receive part time or full time alternative childcare other than from their parents. (Berns, 2010). These statistics have raised questions to researchers as to whether or not children in a day care setting are at any advantages or disadvantages because they spend so much of their time outside of the home. In this paper I will explore the 3 different kinds of non-parental childcare and analyze the influences it may have on a child’s psychological, social and cognitive development. In many situations, a relative, friend, baby sitter or even a nanny may come into the home to take care of a child (Berns, 2010). This setting is commonly mixed between family members who are available such as grandparents who are no longer working and have the time to care for the children...
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...Non-Parental Child Care Tammy LeStourgeon SOC312: Child Family & Society Instructor: Rebekah Clark October 8, 2012 In today’s society, it has become more and more difficult for a family to live comfortably and enjoy the even the most essential necessities of life on the income of one family member. In most households today we find a dual family income which has made the operation of non-parental child care increasingly more common. Non-parental child care, as referred to in our text, is any care given to a child or children by any individual other than the parent(s) during which time of the day both parents are absent. There are many way within which parents provide care for their child. Non-parental child care can be in the fashion of in-home care by a nanny or babysitter, a family member or friend caregiver, or a professional day-care center. Each of these non-parental caregivers, as with the parent, is equally responsible for positively affecting the child cognitively, psychologically and socially. The setting for a child might be in-home care by either a nanny or a babysitter. This care would be at the child’s home wherein the child is most comfortable. The individual caring for the child may be that of a nanny or a babysitter. During the initial years of life, the child will be forming the attachment and developmental relationships that are vital to his/her future. If successful, the child will also create such a relationship with...
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...Non-Parental Childcare: Understanding How it Affects Children Patricia L. Johnson SOC 312 Instructor Okantey May 21, 2012 Non-Parental Childcare: Understanding How it Affects Children There are many different types of childcare available in society today and most are much different than childcare that was experienced a few decades ago. Today’s parents are having to work outside the home more than ever before and need others to help care for their children while they are at work. Non-parental childcare comes in to play at this point. Non-parental childcare is childcare that is provided for children that comes from someone other than the child’s parents. (Berns, 2013) Non-parental childcare usually comes in three main types, child-care centers, family day-care homes, and in-home care: nannies. (Berns, 2013) These three types can include a variety of subtypes of non-parental childcare, including having a friend or relative watch a child, hiring a sitter, using a neighborhood cooperative to care for children, using a childcare (commonly known as a daycare center or preschool program) center, hiring an in-home nanny, or using before and/or after school programs. Non-parental childcare that takes place in daycare centers or preschool programs and most in-home nannies that are hired usually have been trained in how to care for a child. All types of non-parental childcare contribute to the socialization of children, as well as enhancing other areas...
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...Non-Parental Childcare First, we must look at what is non-parental childcare? Non-parental childcare is defined as care a child receives that is not from a mother, father or guardian and includes the use of daycare provider inside or outside the home by relative, non-relative, nursery school or preschool. In this paper the examination of three types of non-parental childcare and the analyzing of the influence non-parental childcare has on psychological, social and cognitive development. In today’s society parent are pursuing their careers and working outside of the homes. There is a demand for children to be taken care of while parents are working in order to provide for their families. When parents have to work in order to provided financially for their family non-parental childcare is needed. Parents seek different types of care, depending on their working hours, affordability, and the quality of childcare offered. Not all non-parental daycare offer the same benefits in hours, rates or quality of care needed. The first two types of non-parental childcare are daycare center providers and family daycare providers where children from six weeks to eleven years of age can attend these facilities. These types of facilities are licensed and monitored by the State and there are certain guidelines and rules that must be followed by either facility. Parents have guidelines that they must follow pertaining to the center expectation from the parent. The staff-child ratio varies...
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...Non Parental Childcare: Quality Matters SOC: 312 Child, Family, & Society Instructor: Keia Farr June 18, 2012 There are three types of child care that parents use to have others watch their children while they are not available. These types are referred to as Non parental childcare. Non parental childcare is the care given to children by persons other than parents during the parts of the day that parents are absent. (Berns, pg. 156) The care of children today is more likely to be provided by someone other than the parent. One is a licensed Childcare facility, Family, Friends or Neighbors (FFN), or a Family Childcare Home Center. Making the decision to have outsiders care for your children is not an easy one, but it is one parents have to make in order to meet the needs of the family by working. In some situations both parents have to work to support the family, therefore non-parental care is a most. Non parental childcare plays a major role in the socialization of children. The effect on a child’s psychological, social and cognitive development is left in the hands of individuals who are picked to care for children. Children between the ages of 6 weeks to 4 years old spend a great amount of time with caregivers other than their parents, usually in a childcare setting. (Some refer to it as Daycare) There were some studies about child care that indicated children who attend childcare centers they are more likely will do better when they start school, also...
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...Children in Non-Parental Care Rachel Metzger SOC 312 Rebekah Clark August 29, 2012 Children in Non-Parental Care Non-Parental childcare has become very important to many families and for different reasons. One of the main reasons of course, is simply because the need for two incomes is on the rise so both parents are now working. There are three main types of non-parental care that parent can chose from; a daycare setting which generally sees anywhere from 10-20 in a classroom, an “at home” daycare with a personal provider which is generally much smaller, 5-6 children or someone who comes to their home such as a relative or nanny. “In 2005, 61% of children from birth to age six spent some time in non-parental child care” (Alexander, LaRosa, Bader, & Garfield, 2010, p. 427). All three different child care services have their advantages as well as disadvantages and it is up to the parent(s) to decide what is best for their child. One of the most popular forms of non-parental care would be the traditional daycare setting. Traditional daycare would be in a center where the child (ren) is taken care of with six to twenty other children depending on their age group. Infants have a much smaller teacher to child ratio than the children in the five year old age group. Child care centers must be accredited and meet certain regulations for nutrition, staff qualifications children safety. This type of child care tends to be the most expensive, but for older children can be more...
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...legislations centre on enforcing parental responsibility and ensuring decisions are made in best interests of children. A function of the family is to care and protect its members. Our changing society has resulted in changing family structures. This has created a need in the community and law to reform and amend law in order to better protect society. The law has given married couples the option to separate and divorce for the benefit of their wellbeing and others. The law has put in place procedures during and after the fact of divorce...
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...other than from their parents. The statistics raises the question to researchers who whether or not children in day care setting are at any advantages or disadvantages because of the time they spend most time away from home. Describing three different kinds of non-parental childcare and analyze the influences it may have in a child’s psychological, social and cognitive development. With today’s economy, many parents cannot afford childcare so they seeking for at homecare with a family member. The child may or may not being getting the same behavior or activities that a school or day care will provides. There are some studies about children care that indicated a childcare center they are more likely would do better when they start school and develops their social skills with others. Social skills is a main factor for a child development, they need to have the knowledge of what is acceptable and what is not. Many parents do feel that they children are a lot safer with a family member than with a person they do not know much about. This is an ideal situation because someone they trust with reduces the stress of leaving the child provides the non-parental care. Thinking about the real tics of the situation this relative or friend, is probably not licensed, nor has received any type of formal childcare training. The drastically decreases the probability of the child being privy to developmentally appropriates or...
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...mothers belong to each other in marriage their children thrive, when they are indifferent or walk away from each other or reject each other, their children do not thrive as much, and many wilt a lot. The children of parents who reject each other suffer: in deep emotional pain, ill health, depression, anxiety, even shortened life span; more drop out of school, less go to college, they earn less income, they develop more addictions to drugs and alcohol, and they engage in increased violence or suffer it within their homes. Society also suffers with more gangs, more assaults, more violence against women and children, more sexual abuse of women and children, and much bigger bills for jails, increased need for health care supplemental education, addiction programs, foster care, homelessness programs, and on and on. The expansion of all these social program budgets is directly linked to the breakdown of marriage. When mothers and fathers belong to each other and strive to belong to God in worship the greatest strengths emerge and the least problems are present. All Children are affected by divorce in some way. Their world, their security, and the stability they have known seem to fall apart when parent’s divorce. They may worry that their parent’s don’t love them anymore. The majority of the children in the preschool age-group has abandonment issues and fears that since one parent has left the home that the other may move out as well. Older children may feel abandon like their...
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...changed. No longer is a working father, stay at home mother, and kids considered the norm. Even the definition of “family” has changed dramatically. Changes in the American “norm” raise an important question, “Should the Family and Medical Leave Act be changed?” to meet our communities evolving needs. In the United States, the current Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) only provides up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave, but compared to other counties with similar policies the act does not have enough coverage to protect the average worker and should be changed. A woman walks into her human resources office crying, asking to speak to someone. She is currently on FMLA leave to care for her sick child who has been diagnosed with leukemia. She is a single parent with two other children at home to care for as well. Even with insurance coverage, the bills are mounting because FMLA is unpaid and she has exhausted all of her personal time off (PTO). With her steady income cut-off, she is concerned how she will pay her bills. She has no close family to turn to for support and does not qualify for government assistance. Her story is just one example. According to the United State Census, in 2010 single parent households comprised about 9.6 percent of the total U.S. household population. There are about 10.4 million single-mother families and 2.5 million single father families. About 5.7 million, or 8 percent of the total, live in a household that include a grandparent. Not...
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...This is confirmed in the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child, the first international instrument to require protection of children from “all forms of physical or mental violence” (article 19). The Committee on the Rights of the Child, Treaty Body for the Conventions, has consistently interpreted it as requiring condemnation and prohibition of all corporal punishment, in the home, in schools, in institutions, in alternative care system and in all other settings. Corporal punishment is defined as the deliberate infliction of pain and suffering, including humiliating or degrading punishments and other forms of violence against children in order to change their behavior or to punish them. It consists of acts that are intended to inflict physical or emotional pain on the children because of an offense that they have committed. It usually pertains to the use of physical force with the intention of causing some degree of pain or discomfort no matter how light. However, there are other non-physical forms of punishment that are equally cruel and reprehensible. These could be by way of humiliation, denigration or threats. In the Philippines, corporal punishment is used by the parents on their children at their homes for the purpose of disciplining, training or controlling them. The parents use belts, their hands, and caning to discipline, train and control their children. And to punish a child, even in the context of discipline, training and control, through...
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