Daycare There are approximately 370,000 daycares in the United States (Statistics). Being a daycare worker allows one to interact with the youngest people in America. Preschool daycares provide a safe, discipline, and educational environment for children ranging up to the age of five. The number of mothers joining the work force increased very rapidly during the 1980s, especially for mothers of children under the age of six (Eberts 7). The need for daycare centers increased because mothers …showed first 75 words of 1189 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1189 total…and the times the children are in care (Florida Department of Family and Children). Most of what children learn, they learn from other people (Herr 19). Childcare workers need to understand the abilities and interests of young children. Social researchers have found the most important years in a child's development are those form one to six. Mothers today are aware of these factors and, wanting the best for their children, demand the structure that preschool provides.