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The Modern-day Daycare
Meeting the Needs of Moms and Babies
By Sharon Broz
Academy hopes to make life easier for the parents whose children attend daycare. The center offers free Starbucks coffee for parents, a dry-cleaning drop-off service and gourmet meals to go. The academy is also getting licensed to offer the children haircuts from a stylist.
The centers' owner, T.J. Corcoran, strives to "provide additional services to parents to minimize the number of stops that they have to make in a day." In families where both parents work, much time is spent driving children to daycare, driving to work and driving everyone back home again at the end of the day. With Corcoran's help, these families can use what free time is left to "spend more quality time with their children rather than running errands every night," he says.
Corcoran takes his mission seriously. He hired a former restaurant owner and well-known local chef to provide "better than restaurant quality" meals for the children. Parents envied their children's healthy, tasteful meals so Corcoran began offering gourmet, take-home meals. "We spend a small fortune on food and nutrition," says Corcoran. And it's worth it, because the dinners are the center's most popular service.
With daycare centers working hard to anticipate the needs of their clients, parents should be able to find a program that makes them feel confident and enthusiastic. Whether big or small, traditional or offering a menu of unique services, the most important factor is that the center feels right for the whole family. As Shepard says, "The best feeling is leaving and knowing that Dylan is excited to be there."
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