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who ow the child's

> Progress.

In addition the’ centre is Currently: Daycare In-

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responsible for - ad-
niinistering f e special needs —
~program-.+/ setting -up—a

resource -or daycare
situation for -a child’ with
special needs, such as a deaf
child.

“We

*

see ourselves

working as a team: the

natural mother, the daycare

formation has a registry of
‘approximately 120 daycare
‘homes: and has“ 10 to 12

children needing placement..

Although they | place

years old,. the age group

- most in need of homes right -
now are toddlers — from 13,
to 20 months.It is very
‘frustrating to tell parents’

~The ‘centre recommends

— ~that daycare mothers take in
‘no’ more than one or two
children to. begin- with, and Most daycare
- insists’ that they commit

themselves for at least one

, year, for the sake of. the
child.

children from | birth to 12.

Ideally, the

it_-she isa

> mother, arid our office,” says that they just “don't have
Ms. Foley, “working anything | “available, “says
together in the best interests Sybil. _—
of the child. Prospective daycare
mothers are first screened by
REFERRAL PROCESS phone. If ‘the prospective
ycare mother has just had
ofore the centre makes 2 a baby, for instance, the
ieee. “One of the Centre suggests that she wait
: we ily st ig 2 While before taking ir
rent..choice. The-paren te_ Someone's else's child.
utually interview each
; ‘ scton . + ORIENTATION
other, and make the decision "MEETINGS.

themseives.

“If the two parents work
_ well. together, that’s the real
shared parenting concept,
and they can probably solve
anything that comes up.”

But if the parents don't
have similar attitudes about
most of the main issues of
mothering, or can’t make
mutually‘ comfortable
compromises, the centre
encourages both the parent. -
and the daycare mother to
say no..

“One of the biggest
concerns we ‘have is to keep
the child
bounced ‘around from home
to home to home. If that
happens, the kid is a mess. °

-“But if the child is in a
safe, happy, consistent
en nent, with mom or
without mom,
groups have shown that the
kids balance out — they
have the same strengths and
weaknesses.”

After the child is placed,
the daycare worker who has
interviewed -
‘parent and referred the
daycare mother to --the

natural parent, is the one’

from being:

the natural,

woman who: “wants to be at

home and who likes being at

home.
PLACEMENT >

In the placement ‘of a
toddler, the daycare mother

-should not have. a child of
her own younger than three. .

If the two's are terrible,

daycare |
mother looks after the child
“in her own home; she may or
_ may not have children of her
own; but. most of all, it is.
- -couver.six_years-ago,_at-24,
‘and has been working for the

‘ since 1974,

‘for those who catty. for
family daycare is to a
maximum of $125 a month.
‘mothers

_charge somewhat more than -
_that, in the range of $200 per
“month.

Daycare.
obviously, be an income in
itself, as Sybil says, but it can
be a supplement.

iginally from Ottawa,

Syt Oley came to Van-

‘Daycare Information Centre

This fall she is
going to UBC for a degree in
social’ work.
children. of her own, saying

she's far too young to make a |

‘decision. on marriage and
children. ~

“I have learned so much

can't, :

She has 20

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Puss C3, August fale 1979 - North Shore News

BIL FOLEY.

Every two weeks the
centre conducts orientation
meetings, basically in-

formation-sharing mectings, |

for prospective daycare
mothers, stressing the
professional | mothering

aspect of daycare as well as.

the business side of it.

“In the first meeting we
talk about relationships and
the kinds of people who are
looking for daycare. In the
second meeting we get into
more practical matters, such
as discipline. Corporal
punishment of any kind,

such as spanking, is for-_

bidden.”

The third meeting is a
home assessment. The
daycare worker goes to the
mother’s home and discusses
practical aspects further —

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“A variety of parents:

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“from the daycare moms and
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