This study aims to explore why parents, directors, and teachers choose part-time, in-home childcare services, their conflicts and demands, as well as suitability and improvements to provide basic information for future business plans and their implementation. The subjects of this study included thre...
This study aims to explore why parents, directors, and teachers choose part-time, in-home childcare services, their conflicts and demands, as well as suitability and improvements to provide basic information for future business plans and their implementation. The subjects of this study included three parents who were using the in-home part-time daycare service, and four directors and four teachers involved in the business of childcare in Changwon, Korea. This qualitative research conducted interviews with all participants.
Some questions were asked to examine the perception, reality, and demands related to the daycare service. Through classifying and chunking of the interview contents, the subthemes for this study were as follows: “reasons for choosing the daycare service,” “dilemmas within the daycare system,” and “demands for the daycare centers.” The following paragraphs elaborate on the results of this research.
First, the subtheme of the first part was This is because part-time, in-home daycare centers provide a satisfying service to all parents, directors, and teachers. Parents chose this service because daycare centers were usually located near their homes, they provided well-suited care for their children, and they had a low teacher–student ratio. Directors chose to operate the daycare center to avoid various challenges of running a conventional center in a situation where the number of newborns was declining due to low childbirth rates and child abuse cases widely publicized by the media. Part-time daycare teachers said that they agreed with the necessity of part-time daycare services and were satisfied with the relatively higher salaries they received for their work.
Second, “nursery care and caregiving,” “sufficiency and insufficiency,” and “ ” were the topics of discussion when talking about dilemmas regarding the daycare system. In terms of nursery care, parents emphasized children’s safety and adaptation. On the other hand, directors highlighted the importance of continuing nursery care after the adaptation period, but it was not easy to do so. Teachers said that nursery care was part of the adaptation process. In terms of supply of and demand for the part-time daycare service, parents and directors had conflicting claims. Parents think the supply was insufficient, and the directors believed that too many part-time daycare centers only aggravated competition. Teachers also mentioned that they were worried about their employment status if competition became fierce and their daycare centers performed poorly. Parents wanted no discrimination against children using part-time care centers, and the directors said that these part-time daycare students played an important role in running the daycare business. In addition, teachers remarked about difficulties in promoting their daycare centers.
Third, in terms of demands of the daycare system, “Wanting to say” “meal service,” “reservation and payment,” and “patience” were chosen as the topics. Parents complained about the lack of perception toward the daycare system caused by insufficient promotion and requested serving meals as well as dividing service hours into 30-minute intervals. Directors believe that the perception toward the daycare service was improving and promised to pay more for their teachers. They agreed with the parents on serving meals but hoped for changes to a single payment method that is more convenient. Teachers wanted the underprivileged who faced difficulty reserving admission for their children to be assisted, and they requested for a flexible system without any employment insecurity. They also asked the parents to give the teachers and children some time to adjust.
This study aims to explore why parents, directors, and teachers choose part-time, in-home childcare services, their conflicts and demands, as well as suitability and improvements to provide basic information for future business plans and their implementation. The subjects of this study included three parents who were using the in-home part-time daycare service, and four directors and four teachers involved in the business of childcare in Changwon, Korea. This qualitative research conducted interviews with all participants.
Some questions were asked to examine the perception, reality, and demands related to the daycare service. Through classifying and chunking of the interview contents, the subthemes for this study were as follows: “reasons for choosing the daycare service,” “dilemmas within the daycare system,” and “demands for the daycare centers.” The following paragraphs elaborate on the results of this research.
First, the subtheme of the first part was This is because part-time, in-home daycare centers provide a satisfying service to all parents, directors, and teachers. Parents chose this service because daycare centers were usually located near their homes, they provided well-suited care for their children, and they had a low teacher–student ratio. Directors chose to operate the daycare center to avoid various challenges of running a conventional center in a situation where the number of newborns was declining due to low childbirth rates and child abuse cases widely publicized by the media. Part-time daycare teachers said that they agreed with the necessity of part-time daycare services and were satisfied with the relatively higher salaries they received for their work.
Second, “nursery care and caregiving,” “sufficiency and insufficiency,” and “ ” were the topics of discussion when talking about dilemmas regarding the daycare system. In terms of nursery care, parents emphasized children’s safety and adaptation. On the other hand, directors highlighted the importance of continuing nursery care after the adaptation period, but it was not easy to do so. Teachers said that nursery care was part of the adaptation process. In terms of supply of and demand for the part-time daycare service, parents and directors had conflicting claims. Parents think the supply was insufficient, and the directors believed that too many part-time daycare centers only aggravated competition. Teachers also mentioned that they were worried about their employment status if competition became fierce and their daycare centers performed poorly. Parents wanted no discrimination against children using part-time care centers, and the directors said that these part-time daycare students played an important role in running the daycare business. In addition, teachers remarked about difficulties in promoting their daycare centers.
Third, in terms of demands of the daycare system, “Wanting to say” “meal service,” “reservation and payment,” and “patience” were chosen as the topics. Parents complained about the lack of perception toward the daycare system caused by insufficient promotion and requested serving meals as well as dividing service hours into 30-minute intervals. Directors believe that the perception toward the daycare service was improving and promised to pay more for their teachers. They agreed with the parents on serving meals but hoped for changes to a single payment method that is more convenient. Teachers wanted the underprivileged who faced difficulty reserving admission for their children to be assisted, and they requested for a flexible system without any employment insecurity. They also asked the parents to give the teachers and children some time to adjust.
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