Re: Childminders in other countries
In The States, it's called baby sitting but you can be as professional or un-professional as you like. It isn't regulated at all where I was from. SOme areas might be different. You just set up shop with noone to oversee unless you joined an agency (Comprehensive Community Childcare) or Social Services. But you didn't have to. When my eldest daughter was a baby, I babysat through 4Cs (the agency which inspected unannounced once a year) and Social Services and was also on their protective custody role, which meant children in care were sent to me when their foster parents/carers were at work (also meant tons of horrid child protection courses ). SS paid me directly which was good and inspected on a regular basis (like 1 unannounced a year and 2 planned).
Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
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