The Ways of The Children

My partner R27’s avatar resembles childcare. The backdrop behind the children in the avatar has a pink and blue backdrop  that fade together. There are two children in a circle holding hands showing them being together. The girl is pink and the boy is blue with a white background. The pink and blue children are the main details of the avatar she picked the children together because it resembles childcare. R. Babbidge made her avatar with Canva. 

Childcare has changed so much, childcare has shifted from informal, in-home babysitting to a heavily regulated early education industry. Early day nurseries and infant schools focused on safety and feeding in the 19th century. Today’s centers include  play based learning, social and emotional learning and practice other than just passive supervision. 

Childcare has changed things globally by reshaping labor economics, family structures and early child development. It helped parents have more work participation to have a reliable career.  Modern childcare has shifted the meaning of it from just being a caretaker and a supervisor to being able to help with early learning that directly affects the development of the child. 

I enjoyed looking at R. Babbidge’s avatar, because it made me realize what childcare really is doing for the world and the way it’s making children develop differently