A Child’s University

If you’re one of the many who have to head back to work with a new baby in tow, then you know there’s nothing more nerve-​wracking than placing your brand new darling in someone else’s hands. You worry about whether your baby will like the caretaker… whether s/​he will like them more than you… whether they will care for your baby as well as you could… and whether they will be kind enough to not tell you that they witnessed your baby’s first word/​crawl/​gurgle/​etc. If you’re also in tune to the importance of early childhood education, you likely also want to know whether they follow the standards for care and that they are fostering your child’s social, emotional, and educational learning and expanding your baby’s gross motor skills.
Whew. It’s exhausting, thinking about all those things… and, as a new parent, I thought of all those and more when trying to decide where to enroll our daughter.
A Child’s University was seriously one of, if not the, best place we could imagine. Each and every day, she loves going to ‘school’. I also love that she can grow there and maintain continuity, as the school goes up until Kindergarten. I have full confidence that she will develop mentally, socially, and emotionally under their watch. They do wonderful craft projects, even with the teensy babies, and every time I pick her up she is happily playing with the various toys or other children — always with one or more of the teachers sitting watchfully. All of this allows you, the parent, to feel good about the fact that your child is engaged all day long. And, while they do have a ton of rules and protocols to follow, I know all are done with safety in mind.
The teachers are outstanding. I am not joking when I say that a primary concern of mine is whether they will be sensitive to the conflicting emotion caused by leaving your baby with another caretaker. For that kindness, and for the kindness they show to my daughter each and every day, they get an A+ in my book.