Posted: August 13th, 2010 | Author: susan-vessels | Filed under: Susan's Blog | No Comments »
I was taken with a comment made during a reception we had for our Spanish speaking child care providers the other night. Edouardo, a very eloquent gentleman who used to be a professor in Cuba, was talking about helping his wife with the children in their family child care home.
He said that although he hopes the children learn from him during the day, he always learns something from them too. I hadn’t thought about that for a long time but I sure do agree with him. Among other things kids have taught me: not to take life too seriously, a hug goes a long way, you should always be comfortable when reading, friends are really important, the artistic process is more important than the product. Dancing is a good thing.
Posted: June 16th, 2010 | Author: susan-vessels | Filed under: Susan's Blog | No Comments »
The Kentucky Division of Child Care is making a number of changes to the CCAP subsidy program
effective 7/1/10. One of the most fundamental is the change to their definition of non-traditional hours and how a child care provider is paid for caring for children during non-traditional hours.
New Non-Traditional Hour Definition: 7:00 pm – 5am daily or 7:00 pm Friday through Monday 5:00 am .
How Rates are Determined: Providers will only be paid the additional dollar for children who are approved for non-traditional hour care. The new certificates will have a check off box indicating approval of non-traditional hour care payments.
Find out more about these CCAP changes and other DCC policy changes at the 4-C Open Houses:
6/22 between 1-3pm, 4-C Accounting Office 960 S. Third St. Louisville ( 502 589-7251 )
6/30 between 11:30-1:30, 4-C Lincoln Trail Office, 54 First St. Elizabethtown ( 270-360-9911)
Posted: June 2nd, 2010 | Author: susan-vessels | Filed under: News | 2 Comments »
Why Don’t We Teach Boys and Men?
We have another dead baby in our community. This one was left in a tub and drowned while mom’s boyfriend was babysitting. My heart aches everytime I read one of these stories. Mom’s boyfriend shook baby until baby was brain dead. Mom’s boyfriend beat baby to death. I truly believe most of these cases occur because we don’t teach males how to deal with crying babies. We still see childrearing as a female duty. We have got to start actively teaching boys how to be responsible and responsive parents and caregivers. Our babies’ lives depend on it.
