Q: What is right for me, family child care or a daycare center?A: There are pros and cons to both centers and family child care. The three major draw backs about day care centers, are the tuition is often substantially more than family child care. Secondly, day care centers frequently have a high turn over rate for their employees (30%-40% per year). So just when you child gets attached to their teacher, they may be gone. Thirdly, and sometimes most surprisingly the child to teacher ratio is much higher in a day care center because they are able to count cooks, bus drivers, and office staff toward their child to teacher ratio, so your child actually gets less individualized attention then they would in family child care.
On the flip side, day care centers are often open more days a year than a family child care home. Having many employees allows them to rotate their vacation schedule without having to close.
Research shows that children in family child care deal better with transitions and 'go with the flow' better than their counterparts in a daycare center.
Finally, and most importantly if you and your child like your family child care provider they will be more like a member of your family and truly love your child and be there for years to come for you and your family.
A: Most day care centers are not flexible with parents who work part time. It is hard for them to schedule their employees around a parent's part time schedule. These large facilities often end up charging for the whole week, even if your child only attends 
part time.
Q: Isn't it true the safety is better at a large daycare center that has more licensing requirements and 'checks' than family child care? A: This would be true if the person you chose to do your family child care is NOT licensed. However I have my child care license, and my home is inspected by the state to make sure that my home is at its best to make sure your child's experience safe and sound.
Q: Which is better for experience and education of the providers- family child care or daycare center?A: This all depends on the family child care provider. Again, some providers are not licensed and some are good and some are not. Here at Small World Huggables, I am a licensed daycare provider and I have my Bachelor's Degree in Business Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education (ECE).
Q: The daycare centers we checked out had computers and 
technology and more students for my child to play with, isn't this better? A: "
People who push computers and structured learning activities for young children simply don't understand that it is play that teaches kids the important things they need to know. This is how they discover that wood floats and coins sink as they play with these objects in a tub of water...your [child] has an ample number of playmates his age in the in-home setting. There are few advantages to putting him in contact with more children. At his age, children often prefer to play by themselves or with just one child. Also, he is less likely to pick up illnesses with a smaller number of children." Article: In-home care vs. Commercial Daycare Centers
Q: Isn't it better for my child to be exposed to several teachers at a young age?A: "In-home care is giving your child the chance to bond with just one caregiver. If you put him in a daycare center, he will have more than one caregiver. There's also a good chance that he'll have many caregivers, because centers have a very high staff turnover rate." (see above article).