Evaluating Child Care Options Thoroughly, Logically and Exclusively for Your Family
Deciding which child care arrangement works best for your family is never easy. Whether to lose your privacy by getting a live-in helper, placing your precious children in the care of relatives or a nanny or sending them to infant or child care services – or some combination of options – all have their pros and cons. It can be a very emotional process for the family, with potentially differing views between spouses or family members. It is sometimes very helpful to have an independent and trusted voice of a Baby Planner to evaluate the various options with you.
Once you've decided to go with a certain option, say to send your child to preschool or infantcare, or to hire a maid, the hardest part is how to then choose the best preschool or helper for your family. We will share our interview techniques and checklists and teach you how to use them, and/or do the shortlisting and interviewing for you or with you if you prefer!
Types of Child Care Evaluation Services
We offer 3 types of Child Care Evaluation Services:
- Personalised Evaluations are best suited for parents who would like to thoroughly and objectively evaluate what child care options are complementary to their goals and priorities at the present stage of life.
- Shortlist Evaluations are best suited for parents who want to save time and outsource the shortlisting of the child care options to a trusted and objective party.
- Full Evaluations are best suited for parents who want a trusted party to shortlist and handhold you through the process of evaluating and selecting the best child care option for the present stage of life.
S$120 includes:
60-minute in-depth interview to understand your family's priorities and needs
- This can be done at any address/cafe in Singapore or over Zoom
Personalised Recommendations Report on child care arrangements
- Includes specific areas to look out for when evaluating options
20-mins support provided whatsapp
- To answer questions regarding the Personalised Recommendations Report
Access to Proprietary Frameworks, Questionnaires, Checklists
- For interviewing and evaluating live-in helpers
- For interviewing and evaluating infant/child care centres
S$200 includes:
60-minute in-depth interview to understand your family's priorities and needs
- This can be done at any address/cafe in Singapore or over Zoom
Shortlist Recommendations Report on child care arrangements
- Includes specific areas to look out for when evaluating options
- Includes 2-4 options for schools or helpers which meet initial criteria agreed upon during the in-depth interview
30-mins support provided whatsapp to answer questions regarding the personalised recommendations report
- To answer questions regarding the Shortlist Recommendations Report
- To discuss 2-4 options provided in the Shortlist Recommendations Report
Access to Proprietary Frameworks, Questionnaires, Checklists
- For interviewing and evaluating live-in helpers
- For interviewing and evaluating infant/child care centres
S$500 includes:
60-minute in-depth interview to understand your family's priorities and needs
- This can be done at any address/cafe in Singapore or over Zoom
Shortlist Recommendations Report on child care arrangements
- Includes specific areas to look out for when evaluating options
- Includes 2-4 options for schools or helpers which meet initial criteria agreed upon during the in-depth interviews
Up to 3 interviews/visits
- Baby Planner SG makes arrangements for up to 3 visits to/interviews with schools or helpers selected by you
- Baby Planner SG either makes the visits/carry out the interviews with you or on your behalf
- Objective table of comparison and final recommendation provided
Access to Proprietary Frameworks, Questionnaires, Checklists
- For interviewing and evaluating live-in helpers
- For interviewing and evaluating infant/child care centres
Why Consider Child Care Arrangement Evaluation Services?
Consider All Care Arrangement Options Thoroughly
The best option for child care arrangement must be what gives both the parents and child(ren) the best outcome in the long run. Our Baby Planning Consultant will seek to understand the amount of support your relatives may be able to provide, the type of hours you work, your personal preferences or comfort level with certain aspects of various arrangements, etc. These will provide clarity on which arrangement(s) work best for your family on a sustainable basis, and the trade-offs necessary.
Make Decisions Objectively
While we all have preferences based on our own experiences, or are used to basing decisions on recommendations of our friends and family, our personal biases may not always be objective. Our Baby Planning Consultant will weigh the various considerations in all care arrangement options and marry that with your family’s unique situation. She will then provide a recommendation on which arrangement(s) likely work best for your family on a sustainable basis.
Shortlist and Evaluate Options for the Decided Arrangement Intelligently
Whether you have decided to search a helper, nanny or preschool, you need to choose the right helper or preschool. Our Baby Planning Consultant has devised proprietary frameworks and interview questionnaires to help you with the selection process. If you prefer, she can even shortlist options based on your family and/or conduct the interviews or preschool visits with or for you. Finally, she can help you with an objective scoring system to rank the choices if necessary.
Save Time and Money
Shortlisting helpers, nannies or possible preschools take a lot of time and effort. This involves research on the background, evaluating the reviews of and interviewing or visiting each shortlisted option. Notes taken during all these processes need to be evaluated and weighed against each other to create a ranking of or make a decision on the final care arrangement. Let our Baby Planning Consultant take on the bulk of this effort and present you with recommendations you can trust.
Receive Support and Validation
No matter which decision you make, it is common for parents to suffer from periods of doubt or guilt with their chosen child care arrangement. Your mental and emotional health is important to us, and so our Baby Planning Consultant can offer a listening ear when these occur, and if possible, suggestions for mitigation actions. If any aspect of the original circumstances have changed, she can also provide an objective re-evaluation on whether the existing child care arrangement should be reconsidered.
Past Event:
Baby Planner SG collaborated with Tiny Play Club to hold some Play and Learn sessions specially for the Tiny Play Club community!
Adults listened and asked questions about how to go about making decisions on the best child care arrangement for their families, while kids enjoy unstructured free play, for just $30!
In addition, participants receive complimentary access to Baby Planner SG's interview questions for infant/child care centres and nanny/helpers after attending the session!
BONUS: Promo code for 10% off ANY Baby Planner services of products!
To find out more details on this past event, check out this EventBrite page.
If you would like us to organise a similar talk, please feel free to reach out to discuss!
In all we do, Baby Planner SG respects your family's preferred choices
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