If you had the choice, would you rather have your kid in daycare, or with their stay at home father?

Answer 1

Stay at home parents are usually better for kids including the father. I have been a stay at home dad a few times over 20 years, but today it is harder to live without the second paycheak. You and the wife have to pick whats best for you and the kids.

Answer 2

if you don't have to put the kids in daycare don't, and if the father is going to stay at home and do all the work as his wife is out work the kids can stay home and help the father. and not putting the kids in daycare Thar will be more funds for the family. you can put the $$ in the back for the daycare for when the father dos go back to work you will have that money to pay for daycare when the time comes.

Answer 3

With their stay at home father! Daycare does not give the attention and care a child needs throughout the day that a parent can and does give. If my hubby said I want to stay home with the kids instead of sending them to daycare..you bet I wouldn't blink an eye. He is a good daddy and loves his kids very very much. It's kind of a loaded question because my hubby is a good daddy and loving, but not every dad is like that.

Answer 4

Father

Answer 5

I would rather my children stay home with me or their father than get shipped off to some daycare. As long as both parents take care of their child's needs then daycare is absolutely unnecessary.

Stay at home children do not become losers! My children can go over to their grandparent's home without me and socialize with other family members. Plus, parents can arrange play dates with other children and better supervise the interaction opposed to how a childcare center would.

Answer 6

well if the dad didn't work then i would just leave him with the dad but if the mother is having trouble paying for everything on her own and wants the father to get a job then i say the kid should go to daycare while the father gets a job and while the mother works.

Answer 7

I am a stay at home mom and if I had to be the one that worked then I would want my son to stay at home with my husband. Kids get sick alot more often when they have to go to daycare and I don't feel comfortable with someone I don't know raising my son. Not only that, daycare is sooo expensive so you will save alot of money by staying at home with your child.

Answer 8

I would always opt for the option of having my kid with a family member or friend over a daycare. I wish either my husband or I could afford to be an at home parent.

Answer 9

I think a mix of both is appropriate, depending on how young the child is. Though it is very important to have a good family bond, I think it is also necessary for children to associate with each other at a young age otherwise you may end up with the kicking, screaming, non-sharing, does-not-play-well-with others child. My mother was a stay at home mom as I was growing up. She enrolled me in preschool a year early (she volunteered there herlsef) at the age of 3 so that I could learn to be around other children. It worked very well, I am an excellent sharer :)

Answer 10

Before 1 and a half years, with the father, after at daycare. Daycare will do him/her good becasue it will make them share and interact with other kids, will learn how to play and be more independent.