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child care programs form proactive
partnerships with working families that
enhance and support positive parenting.
Child care providers are an ideal network
through which supportive services can be
delivered to families because of the
frequency with which families come into
contact with their child care providers
and the personal trusting relationships
built there.1
Examples of successful family support
found in quality child care programs:
- Parents
connect with other parents to
provide mutual social and
emotional support
- Parents
are provided support to identify
and address issues in their own
lives;
- Parents
gain access to information about
community resources;
- Parents
learn about developmental stages
of children's growth;
- Caregivers
learn about children's needs from
parents;
- Caregivers
identify family strengths; and
- Caregivers
work to support mothers and
fathers in their parenting.2
Quality
child care promotes and supports family
resources by enhancing, not replacing,
family responsibilities.
1 A.L.
Mailman Family Foundation,
"Supporting Families in Changing
Times", NACCRRA Family Support
Working Group, 1996.
2 Child Care Bureau, Admin.
for Children, Youth and Families.
"Child Care is a Natural Environment
for Family Support", 1996.
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