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Reduce Georgia Daycare Child to Worker Ratio

Reduce Georgia Daycare Child to Worker Ratio

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 6 months ago
Currently Georgia law allows for a child to worker ratio of 6:1 for infants. Anyone who has cared for an infant less than 1 year old can tell you how difficult and challenging it is to pay proper attention and provide basic care of feeding and changing all the while interacting with an infant at this very crucial time to form a sense of trust, self and independence. Imagine trying to do that with 6 infants. Many skilled and dedicated child care providers in Georgia are facing this challenge every day, and in many cases infants are deprived of their opportunities to interact with adults not because of the workers\' inability to do so but the law that allows this ratio in daycares. Many other states in the US have already reduced the ratio to 4:1, if not less. It is voluntary for Georgia daycares to have reduced ratio, and many daycare operators choose to meet the absolute minimum requirement of 6:1 allowed by law. What is at stake here is our babies\' well-being and development. Why should Georgia babies settle for less I\'m a mom myself and I find this ratio unacceptable if not absurd after witnessing my son\'s 3 daycare workers hard at work juggling 18 demanding infants all day long and how difficult and exhausting it is for them. Let\'s work to have the legislature update a nearly decade-old code to 4:1 to give our youngest citizens the best possible start in life.

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Mahki Walker
10 months ago Featured

I am a daycare teacher and I think it would benefit the safety of all children and improve the quality of care by improving state ratios.

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Jessie Bowker
1 year ago Featured

I have both worked in a baby room at a daycare and just had my first child who will be going into daycare soon, the ratios absolutely need to change for teacher sanity, Georgia has one of the highest daycare ratios (specifically for infants) in the whole US

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Ryan
2 years ago Featured

Every daycare worker in the US deserves better and deserves more. I hope and pray often for our country’s daycare workers.

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Sarah Todd
18 years ago Featured

my daughter is in a room with 6 infants and i just dont know how they do it all day without going insane it is way too much for one person

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Tina Castillo
18 years ago Featured

working in childcare is so hard especially when you have too many babies to watch. 6 is way too high and it makes me worry about the kids safety

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Mike Reddy
18 years ago Featured

6 infants is impossible to manage safely. 4 is the bare minimum for the kids to actually get the attention they need. GEORGIA NEEDS TO UPDATE.

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Anonymous
1 year ago

Work in daycare

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