In today’s world, parents get so busy with work which makes it hard to spend quality time and raise their children mentally, emotionally and physically. This issue would be solved by having babysitters or taking children to childhood centers. Is the best of option baby sitters or childhood centers?
When one talks about building the country’s future, most of the people would think of having good paying jobs, attending good schools and innovative things. But the true foundation of a strong nation or strong people of the country are built earlier. Childhood centers mostly known as creche are a safe, nurturing and essential environments for shaping little children from a young age from 3 months old to a few months older.
Across Kigali, an amazing number of parents have understood the importance of enrolling their little ones in childhood centers, which some have proved that is the best option than to leave them home with babysitters/ Nannies. In one of the reasons that are mostly mentioned is that a child learns the language faster than staying at home, a child grows up in an environment learning basic and important behaviors like sharing and many more.
Unlike a babysitter whose main job is to make sure the child is safe and fed, an early childhood center provides benefits like structured daily activities to develop the child’s brain, language and social skills, Childhood centers have qualified caregivers and teachers trained in child psychology and development, Peer interaction teaches empathy, communication and confidence. In addition, childhood centers have stimulating environments full of books, toys, music and games that are age-appropriate and most importantly, they provide balanced nutrition and routines that build healthy habits.
Babysitting may be convenient, but childhood centers are intentional. They don’t just supervise, they shape. And in this world of rapid growth, no parent should settle for “just watching” but rather every parent should choose “who will grow my child?” If we would write it all in one sentence, creches aren’t just safe spaces, they’re growth spaces.
Brenna AKARABO
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