J.B.
Trained caregiver? I have a home daycare and I have raised 2 children and now have 2 young ones. I have also raised many other children so that their parents can work and know their child is safe. I have more training than some of these people in a daycare setting as I have been doing this for 21 years!!
I wouldn't put down a home daycare center until you have tried it. I've had parents pull their child out of daycare centers and bring them to me because their child gets sick all the time or there are to many kids and not enough teachers/helpers. Did you know that centers will "pretend" the child has a fever and call the parents to pick them up so that they can have an easier day and still get paid? Yes that does happen as a friend of mine works in a center and she is asked to hold the thermometer under the light or in hot water. But go ahead and send your child to a "trained caregiver"!!