Did you know that more than 11 million American kids are sent to daycare programs? This may seem cruel to people who think parents should stay home with their kids, but childcare can be good for them. Not only do day care programs get children used to schedules and other things that prepare them for school, but it is encourages healthy social development.

It seems like families that cannot support themselves on one income lament the fact that they do not have the luxury of one parent staying home with young children. Although this can be beneficial for the first one to two years of a child’s like, after the age of two most children are better off if their parents enroll them in daycare or preschool programs. Read more ...