When you drop your child off at day care how confident are you that you know the person watching your precious child?

In honor of the Month of the Young Child, Choices for Children's South Lake Tahoe office organized an Annual Provider Breakfast honoring the community's child-care providers for the services they provide to families and children throughout the year. CFC firmly believes that the presence of stable caregivers in a child's life has a positive effect on children's growth and development extending well beyond their early years. Unfortunately, child care is a profession with a low retention rate. Recognition such as the CFC Provider Appreciation Breakfast helps encourage providers to continue doing their important work.

CANADA -- As his first official duty during Early Learning and Child Care Month, Education Minister Ken Krawetz today announced a $1.7 million commitment to fund a four per cent increase in wages for individuals working in licensed child care centres. The increase is expected to bring the average hourly wage for trained early childhood educators up from $13.90 per hour to $14.50 per hour.

There is a Mother's Day, Father's Day and even a Children's Day.

Professional, licensed in-home child care providers who pulled together as a union in April 2007 have reached a landmark deal with the state that provides new rights and a formal role in the regulatory process for providers represented by the union.