Monday, September 24, 2007
Saw this article and got me thinking... As a child care provider, would you consider putting webcams in your child care? As parents, would you pay extra for this access? This may be the next wave of new technology for child care.
Daycare Webcam Puts Parents At Ease
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. Imagine being able to check-in at anytime on your children while they are at daycare. Web cameras are putting many parents at ease.Although she's at work at least eight hours a day, Olesia Garcia is never more than a mouse-click away from her one year old daughter Fiorella, catching a peek as her daughter naps and plays.
"They are all waking up and going outside in a minute," Olesia said.
Children of America Daycare, which has five locations in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, offers web-based video camera services. For an extra $19 dollars a month, parents can log on to a password-protected Web site and see live images of their children throughout the day.
"We have people call and say can you shift this chair this way or can you hold them up and we love to do that for our parents," Children of America's Liz Reily said.
And all the parents that CBS 3 spoke to said they love the camera because seeing their child gives them peace of mind.
"It was really hard for me to come back to work and let her go," Olesia said.
Parents can also share their password with friends and family who might not get a chance to visit. Dee Runion's husband is in the Navy and even overseas he gets the chance to see his son.
"Anywhere he has internet access he can log on and have that connection, as well as just look at him. It gives him that extra smile that that's what he's coming back to," parent Dee Runion said.
Plus employees know that they can be viewed at any time, which means your child
is now not the only witness to what goes on during their day.
