Circle of Love: Relationships Between Parents, Providers, and Children in Family Child Care - Softcover

Baker, Amy C.; Manfredi-Petitt, Lynn A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1884834426 ISBN 13: 9781884834424

Publisher: Redleaf Press, 2002

Synopsis

Current research on brain development confirms what our hearts already know: children need to be with people who care about them. Today, many children spend their days with people who are not family members. Paid caregivers are responsible for comforting children, recognizing their discoveries, and celebrating their milestones. Like parents, many of these caregivers invest fully in childrens lives. They care deeply, and children love them back. Parents are not always comfortable with the ties that grow in child care settings. They want caregivers to love their children, but sometimes they become unsettled when love is mutual and children become attached.

Circle of Love is the first book to explore the emotionally charged issue of love in the child care setting. Based on real-life interviews, this invaluable resource introduces the reader to parents and providers who have found ways to work together to meet the attachment needs of children. The book demonstrates that everyone benefits when parents and providers redesign the family circle and surround each child with love.

About this title

About the Author

Amy C. Baker and Lynn A. Manfredi/Petitt are nationally recognized experts in early child care and education who specialize in family child care issues. Ms. Baker has mentored providers in Rochester, New York, for nearly 10 years, and has a masters degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has served on the Board of the New York State Family Child Care Association, and is currently a member of their Advisory Committee. Ms. Manfredi/Petitt has cared for children in her home and in other settings in Atlanta for more than 25 years, and has a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College in New York City. She has served in a variety of local and national roles, including manager of the Save the Children Family Child Care Conference and Vice President of the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC).

Review

Often, just at the right time - at the time when we as a society are ready to listen - a very important book appears. This is just the right time for the message in Amy Bakers and Lynn Manfredi/Petitts book: Children should spend a majority of their waking hours with people who care deeply about them. This book should be required reading for all parents using child care and for caregivers providing care. If so, we would revolutionize the quality of care in this country. -- Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute

This new book, published by Redleaf Press, celebrates family child care at its best. It gives active family child care providers a model of parent-caregiver interaction that goes beyond current business or elementary school practice. -- The Children's Foundation Child Care Bulletin, June, 1998

Edition details

• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1884834426
• ISBN 13: 9781884834424
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144