Meet Brenna Karis of Karis Family Daycare in Glendale
“Today we’d like to introduce you to Brenna Karis.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Brenna. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I had wanted to open my own daycare for many years. I was drawn to the idea of working for myself, following my own philosophy of childcare, and hopefully making a difference in the daycare industry. When I first moved to LA from Boston I worked as a nanny. I spent two years building up a network of families until I was confident that I would have the clients I needed to open my own business. It was this network of incredible families, plus the support from my friends, family, and mother (who moved to LA to help me start my daycare) that has helped my dream of opening a business become a reality. I would never have guessed that I would have been able to accomplish this goal so quickly and smoothly, and it gives me hope and excitement for the future as I hope to grow and expand my daycare.”…
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How Did We End Up With A Child Care System That Serves Absolutely No One?
“Parenting is political, whether we're talking about the affordability of child care, access to paid family leave, or the controversial movement for school choice. Denying that mothers care about these issues is both incorrect — they actually care more once they have kids — and dangerous; 16 million millennial women had become mothers by January 2017, and millennial women were responsible for 82 percent of births in 2015, according to Pew Research. Removing mothers — who are also voters — from discussions about health care and education denies them a place in conversations that directly affect them and their children.”…