Ep 30 - Things To Expect At A Childcare Center with Alia

Welcome back to another great episode of MTAD Podcast. Lou and Dre are joined by wife, mother of three and childcare center owner Alia Logan.  Alia owns and operates Smart Beginnings Early Learning Center located at 5825-29 Master St Philadelphia, PA (@smartbeginningselc on Instagram). Alia explains here journey opening up her first childcare center (2:00). She breaks all four the parenting styles (6:20).  She explains understanding children dealing with traumas (12:45). Alia sheds light on what it’s like managing her staff (teachers) at her child care center (18:00). She explains what it means to be a star 4 center (19:45). She talks about her experience of having staff with children that attend her childcare center (22:45). Alia talks about dads always being involved since opening her childcare center (25:25).Alia talks about the skepticism around hiring male teachers in her childcare center (26:25). She talks about handling students with special needs (31:50). She discusses the challenges she has experienced surrounding parents and custody agreements (34:30). She talks about the misconception behind one parent and two parent households. She concludes with her childcare centers acknowledging great fathers and giving them awards (41:15)Would you like to be apart of the show, ask us a question or tell us a story? Please email us at [email protected] or send us a message on Instagram @morethanadadpodcastShop our Merch - https://morethanadad.bigcartel.com/products Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morethanadadpodcast/Join our Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/963847910880766Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - https://youtube.com/channel/UCr_XZyW1ec8nBOgAF5ol7WQ?sub_confirmation=1Support the show