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How Community Childcare Services Can Support New Parents

Childcare services provide families with information and resources. New parents can access these community-based services by speaking to early care professionals. Professionals in early care and child development are qualified to provide families with much-needed support. Community-based services can provide support to child-rearing parents in various ways. Services may include anything from addressing a child’s developmental needs to providing advice

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Brief History of Childcare in the USA

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Childcare has evolved considerably throughout the past two centuries in the United States. The concept of childcare never received as much attention as it does today, yet there are still many issues that childcare services need to attend to. During the early 19th century, slavery was still widespread in the country, and households employed African women to take care of

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3 Ways Educational Community-Based Services can Engage Families

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Family engagement refers to the instance where parents and their children’s schoolteachers are all involved in the child’s learning and development. This partnership can exist between parents and relevant educational services in the community. Educational community-based services allow parents to support their children every step of the way by becoming more involved with their children’s learning and development. Here are

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