WR 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Developmental Disability, Au Pair, Nanny
28 Mar 2018
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Beginning in the 1970s, in-home care was often provided by grandparents caring for multiple children of varying ages at one time (harris-solomon, 2004) Can be difficult when one of those children has a disability. Higher income families have the option of hiring a nanny or au pair to. An au pair is a foreign national living in the country to care for a child in exchange for room and board. Some families have managed to be creative with their schedules, arranging shifts so that they can rotate care for their children (harris- Baby-sitters provide short term care for specified number of hours, many working part-time in addition to school or other jobs (harris- Formal child care originated in charitable day nurseries mid 19th century, matter of public concern during wwii, stopped after wwii and didn"t start again until 1960s (evans 2006)
