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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people have already listed some general perks of centers, so I'll just mention two things that we liked about the center where we sent our three kids for their first 2.5 years.

First, we liked that we were allowed to drop in anytime to either pick our child up or just peek in on our child without the child seeing. The only rule was that, if your child sees you, you should be prepared to take him/her home, unless you have prearranged otherwise. [b]I have not used in-home daycare, but my understanding is that most in-home providers do not allow parents to just roll through whenever.[/b]

Second, it was a JCC and we really liked the facilities. There was a big outdoor playground, lots of riding toys outside, a big indoor gym with lots of toys and gross motor activities. There was also both indoor and outdoor swimming pool time for ages 18 months and up, four days a week. Our kids loved the pool time. There was even a slide for them. I don't think most in-home providers would be able to provide that sort of thing, although I realize many centers wouldn't either.[/quote] Yeah, many in-home providers are control freaks and might like you pick up at one pre-ordained time per day, definitely no stopping by to visit. Yes, to those gearing up to respond, I know not YOU/or your in-home, but many are quite serious about their pages and pages of "policies" in their 80 page homemade handbooks. [/quote]

My in home provider had kids napping at various times or was in the back yard with kids and didn’t want people walking through her house. I could come any time I wanted, but I needed to text from the door so she could open the door quietly instead of me ringing the bell. [/quote]

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