Recently, my wife and I began looking for a preschool for our recently 3-year-old son. He has spent three "half days" per week in a home daycare, and we have absolutely loved our provider. But, now that our son is older, it is becoming obvious that he needs a more structured environment to help him focus, follow directions, and interact socially in a group.
I used DayCareCrossing.com, which my company owns and operates, to find a great church preschool in my area that fit our price and had openings coming up in the Fall. We visited, loved it, and decided that was the place for our son this Fall.
We kindly, compassionately, and lovingly told our current provider that we would be switching in the Fall. She seemed to take it well, said she understood, and that she appreciated the abundant notice (4 months) that we were giving. Everything seemed to be OK.
But, we soon discovered that it wasn't.
She has since begun cancelling with no notice, becoming less cooperative, etc. After talking with some other in home providers who I have a relationship with through DayCareCrossing.com, I've come to discover that this isn't all that unusual.
So - even though I was able to easily find the quality care that we want for our child, I still have to deal with our current provider being offended because we are leaving in 3 months.
I can't imagine what parents do when they can't easily find quality care - that's why we built DayCareCrossing.com, to make the search easier, and to help connect parents and providers who match.
Good luck in your child care search!
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