It’s the first week some families have finally been able to take their kids back to daycare as part of Phase 1 of Alberta’s relaunch strategy. “It was really exciting to be able to see these families that we know and care about and to welcome them back.
It was also stressful, it was hard for the kids,” Allyson Bonkowski, owner of Global Aware Kids Care explained. While there is excitement, its been a much different process than before. “Right at the very beginning, a lot of our operators were experiencing low enrollment and that can be for a number of reasons — from families that aren’t ready to go back to work to families that can’t go back due to unemployment,” Cynthia Nerling with Alberta Association of Child Care Operators said.