Raising the standard of childcare
Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008Author: Pastor Maria Seaman
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There is no doubt about it; children are our most precious resource. To look upon any infant or child who is suffering and refuse to reach out to them or try to make their world safe has got to be one of the cruelest things imaginable.
Hence, we have a heightened awareness towards the care of our children (especially babies and toddlers). Why? Because they cannot speak up for themselves. I can recall moving my children out of the care of a person or place two or three times.
Every parent must feel very comfortable about placing their child in the care of another for those eight to nine hours each day. Think about it. Our children (for working mothers) spend more time with the sitter than with us (while they are awake).
To even sense that something might be wrong with our child is unbearable. How will we know, if the child is not able to talk yet and thereby communicate their pain in an understandable manner. There may not be any marks and many mothers have probably chalked-up the cranky, crying of their child to a poor disposition or the child being hungry or something else. How many infants are trying to ‘tell us” something when they are crying?
The Bible speaks of children and says in Psalms 127:3Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.Bermuda, until we truly invest in the safety and education of our youth, we will have continued to mishandle the heritage of the Lord.
Why do we complain about having a registered nursery? We have a registered car. We have to make sure we are registered to vote. We sign in or register at school or on our job. Why should we lower the standard for the innocent children? No! We must raise the standard.
The first two years of our children’s lives are of extreme fundamental importance. How we care or allow others to care for our children can make or break their future? That’s right! Even before they begin putting sentences together, based on how they have been cared for, we may have already sentenced our child to serve hard life or good life.
Parents, let’s worry less about the name brand of clothes and shoes our babies and toddlers wear, and concern ourselves more about where they are going wearing those clothes. Let us invest in top child care services, which will result in better care of our children. Let us remember they are our children, but God’s heritage. How will we handle God’s heritage? Will God say at the end of it all, “Well done” or will He say, “What have you done?”
Let us not take the blessing of parenthood for granted. Bermuda, may God grant us the wisdom to seek to raise our children with excellence.