| Parents now a days have to work together to | | | | On the other side, one good thing about getting |
| make a living. As a result, children are left to a | | | | your kids into a daycare is the existence of |
| nanny or a daycare while they are away. There | | | | daycare learning programs. This is one of the |
| are a lot of advantages and disadvantages of | | | | thing most nannies are not capable of doing for |
| both parents working to make a quality living. | | | | their service is purely for babysitting. Your children |
| With this, one of the disadvantages is to leave | | | | will be able to mingle with other kids and develop |
| their children to someone who will take care. | | | | their social skills, improve their physical and mental |
| However, while they are away, how can they be | | | | learning with the programs existing with daycares. |
| sure that their children are well taken care of? | | | | Let's now talk about the disadvantages. When |
| Hence, we will have to know the choice between | | | | you have a nanny, you are relying only on one |
| choosing a nanny or a daycare. | | | | person to take care of your kids. Hence, if your |
| Hiring a nanny can be a difficult decision to make | | | | nanny calls off sick or unable to work for any |
| for a parent especially if he/she is a first time | | | | reason, you will be left helpless to get a |
| parent. One of the advantages of a getting a | | | | replacement right away. This is when the daycare |
| nanny is having an opportunity to know the | | | | advantage will come in. |
| person as a person. The agency you got the | | | | One of the disadvantages of a daycare is the |
| nanny from already made a background check | | | | cost. Here, you are charge per hour and may end |
| and obtaining clearances and records. Most nannies | | | | up paying more compared to getting a nanny at |
| obtained from agencies are already experienced | | | | fixed rate. You are not sure if your child is taken |
| and trained with first aid applications. Same as a | | | | care of by the teacher due to the child-teacher |
| daycare contract, your nanny has a contract too. | | | | ratio. Most of all, when you enroll your child in a |
| This includes pay, hours of work, benefits and | | | | daycare, there is a chance for your child to catch |
| responsibilities. Notions that we hear around is that | | | | sickness such as flu and colds. And there is really |
| nannies are only for can afford rich families. This is | | | | a high probability of catching illness since your child |
| not true if you will be doing the math. In a | | | | is surrounded with other kids that might be sick. |
| daycare, you usually pay by the hour per enrolled | | | | With the comparison made above, it will be up to |
| kid. With the nanny, you are paying flat rate. | | | | you which one is advantageous and will work out |
| Hence, this will save you a lot of money in the | | | | in your situation. This only shows that everything |
| long run especially if you have more than two | | | | has pros and cons. |
| kids. | | | | |