Here’s a picture of a neat collage in a box top that my daughter made at day care.
While day care may look like parents can’t take care of their kids, I keep reminding myself that my daughter is surrounded by really creative people who love to teach children new things.
My role is to teach things as well, but at day care at least, I know her time is well spent – not just an ‘in loco parentis’ situation.
Hey, taking care of kids is work. Unfortunately, somewhere in the Industrial Revolution, we became isolated families, instead of this large social network of sharing the responsibilities of raising the children. While not living in some sort of commune, I am fortunate to have friends and family with whom at various times have split care of the children, freely giving time to one family to give them a break or help them out. Sure, we don’t take the other children in for days at a time, but a night here or a day there, sure make the difference.
It’s this support network that has made parenting less challenging and more rewarding.
