Certainly one of the advantages of using family or a friend caregiver is trust. This does give a parent a piece of mind when away that the caregiver is the child own family or a special bond as a family friend. Your child will benefit from the one on one attention, and has the genuine interest in the child’s health, happiness and well being. Even if your family or friend caregiver does care for other children the ratio would certainly be much lower than in centre based care or even child care homes. With fewer children around the child has less opportunity to catch certain illnesses.

With a family or friend caregiver you would be well aware of the person’s past and the caregiver would have the advantage of knowing your child and all the child’s habits.

One of the things that parents concern themselves with when using other forms of care is that a “stranger” is with the child all day, and may teach them values that do not coincide with one’s own.

Generally the costs may be lower than that of non-family or friend care. However it is important to fairly compensate the caregiver for their work and make sure that you do not begin to take advantage of their close relationship with you. This is the best way to keep a positive working relationship in tact and to assure that your child will continue in a positive care experience.

There may also be another member of the caregiver’s family, who may be actively involved with the care of your child, such as the husband, grown children, grandfather or an uncle. This advantage could certainly be positive for the child to promote socialization with different people. This also contributes to the caregiver’s wellbeing, as she may find relief in the additional assistance.

In a final word, when your child is with family or friends you can usually be sure that the child is getting lots of love and attention from someone who will play a lasting relationship with your child.

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