Investing in Your Child Minder by Sibusiso Mhlongo

Child minding is one responsibility which is generally taken lightly. Child minders are often employed in a casual manner. Frequently there is no synchronisation between the parenting style used by the child minder and that adopted by the biological parent/s. Conscious investment is usually not made in the emotional well-being of the child minder.

This book arms the reader with the knowledge and skills required for recruiting, selecting, orientating, training, compensating, motivating and appraising the performance of child minders. The reader is further exposed to parenting needs for children in different developmental stages.

The importance of investing in the emotional well-being of a child minder cannot be overstated. The reader is empowered with the necessary skills to effectively make this investment. This book is a must-read for parents who want to protect their children from the negative psychological effects which may unwittingly or deliberately be caused by child minders who are given too much responsibility with too few boundaries and little guidance.

About the Author:

Sibusiso Phumulani Sibanisezwe Mhlongo is a Counselling Psychologist who runs a private psychological practice. He conducts workshops on parenting and is a conference speaker of note. He has weekly featured as a guest Psychologist on Ukhozi FM’s morning show whose targeted listeners are women. The show was addressing various psychological issues including parenting. He is currently being featured almost weekly on an educational show of Ukhozi FM. He has consistently received an overwhelming positive response from radio listeners, workshops’ participants and conferences’ attendees.