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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of positives about large chain day cares. They hardly ever close, for one. Ours was closed on maybe 5 major holidays per year and they were days you would have off too. They also (usually, but it might be somewhat location dependent) have school-aged programs for before and after care for ES-age kids, so they can grow with your kid. [/quote]

You are right.  The smaller ones we looked at did seem to close a lot (teacher workdays, winter vacation, etc.)., this could get annoying for two working parents.  Will keep this in mind.[/quote]

My friends had a great experience with a small home day care for their kids, but the closures were rough to work around with two working parents and, at the time, very limited ability to telework. Also they found that when their older kid got to around 4 years old, so the last year in day care before K, that he needed more in the way of “academics” but the school didn’t quite know how to work with him when the rest of the kids were all 3 and under. He and his little bro got great care there for sure. But they’re going to switch the younger one to a full time preschool/day care at a chain place when he’s 4 so that he can be with more kids his own age. [/quote]

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