To wonder if there is a different attitude towards childminders compared to nurseries?

Rude? No Not at all. You not liking a post does not render it rude
You’re indignation is palpable

This is unnecessarily rude. Everyone is sharing an opinion. Yours isn't more valid.

Absolutely no need to be rude to someone who disagrees with you!

I agree that people do regard childminders more negatively and I confess to having probably thought the same in the past. I didn’t realise until recently how (rightly) regulated childminding is, especially compared to nannies. Registering as a childminder is actually a lengthy, laborious process involving an interview by an Ofsted inspector spending several hours checking knowledge of safeguarding, understanding of how children learn etc as well as suitability of premises and then inspections (not sure how frequently).
If I needed 4 or 5 days a week childcare I think my choice would be to use both. I wouldn’t want to use a childminder full time in case she was suddenly ill and I was left in the lurch, but I don’t think people realise how much time the children in nurseries spend waiting for their needs to be met. Nurseries generally use temporary staff unbelievably regularly. These workers obviously need a clean DBS but many have no additional training or experience. I recently in a very well regarded expensive nursery and found it depressing in parts despite some lovely capable full time staff and a beautiful setting. It still felt like an institution and I would not want to send a young child there more than 3 days a week as I think it would stunt their language development.
Obviously there are good and bad nurseries and childminders, but I feel silly for not realising when my own children were small that a good childminder would have been a better choice than many nurseries.

We chose a nursery because we both have jobs where it is difficult to have time off (eg if a childminder is ill or on holiday). I do think a cm os a cosier setting though.

A good nursery would be my preference over a child minder.

I would choose a cm for a young one ( under 2 1/2 or so) as first choice. It is more of a home from home and as per a pp less germs and thus hopefully less scrabbling around for support when little one ill.

I don’t want my babies in someone’s house in a mixed age group. I didn’t want a domestic setting. Wanted a designated baby room with baby room ratio etc

I think there are different attitudes to them, yes. But imo the reality is more nuanced - there are good and bad examples of each. The excellent childminders I know, I'd probably rate above the excellent nurseries.

Exactly! You don’t think.Opinion, anecdote,experience . Not absolute fact.
Some CM are terrible. Some are not
We all make childcare choice based on preference & experience

I chose a CM because there were no nurseries near enough but it was actually brilliant.

She took both my boys from when one was a baby and one at preschool. She picked them up from preschool, then school. Had them in the school holidays. Took them on elections and inset days. She definitely made our working lives easier.

They’re teens now and they still talk fondly about her.

I don't think this is true at all! Certainly hasn't been my experience. My wonderful cm loved my kids and did so much for them. She still shows up to their shows now and they are teens.

Friends I had with kids in nursery found it was (understandably) just a job for the generally very low paid workers.

My guess is there's a mix of good and bad in both settings. I was clear I wanted a homely environment for my kids though.

We chose nursery for our DC.
My, admittedly probably incorrect, perception is that nurseries are under more scrutiny in terms of health and safety and safeguarding than a childminder is.
I also didn't want the home from home setting and prefer the structure nursery gives.

But there is no way my DH would've entertained the idea a CM for our kids after being abused by one when he was a child. Obviously, I'm not saying that all CM are like this, but this personal experience of my DH has clearly shaped his viewpoint on the matter.

It's true for some parents but there are many other factors at play. Some kids love the large groups at nursery, others struggle and prefer a smaller setting. The compatibility of the hours is very important too.

The only time we made the conscious decision to put our child at nursery instead of CM was when our eldest was a baby. We didn't know any CM or nanny in the area, and I wasn't comfortable leaving my tiny baby with 1 single person I didn't know. At least at nursery there were always 2-3 adults in the room and it felt safer.

In my.experience the mix of nursery and CM is the best combo.

I wanted the certainty & structure of a nursery. Don’t want my children in someone else house.Didn’t want a domestic setting or solo worker or mixed age setting

Ok I'll leave you to your cm bashing, it isn't unregulated though.

Have a good day.

Same.

My daughter absolutely adored her childminder - she was like a second mum to her.

She had a couple of other mindees during the 4 years she went to her but my daughter was her only long term full time mindee.

I chose her over a nursery because I wanted quality childcare and none of the nurseries I saw even came close to her.

We loved her.

And?well you would say that wouldn’t you. How very self serving You're spouting your own here say and anecdotes as if fact.

You’re probably going to regale me with anecdotes of how committed and well trained CM are. But Can’t definitively prove it. Cm is unregulated anyone can get registered, no prior experience reqd. Solo working. If you get registered you’re ready to work.

I’m a grandmother but if I were choosing now I’d do what my grandchildren’s mothers have done and choose the structure and social opportunities that come from a nursery setting. Ours are thriving with many friends and have the chance to try activities that are unusual with a childminder.

We never really considered a childminder. I always much preferred a nursery helped by the fact that we fell in love with DC's nursery when looking around.

A childminder was a positive choice for me. Prefer smaller settings for young children, more 121 adult interactions and personalised care. There were also some disadvantages and ultimately switched to a nanny when had multiple DC, but I definitely preferred it to a nursery.

I choose nursery as I didn't want the hassle of having to deal with let downs when the childminder was ill.
When we got to school age I went with a childminder rather than after school club for various logistical reasons and initially it was fab, but then we had lots of cancelled sessions due to her children's illness, last minute school events for her children etc. She was definitely a 'make money whilst being at home' style one. Then we started on multiple term time holidays, 2 weeks of which I had to pay 50% fees.
She now doesn't do school pick ups and we use after school club which makes life a lot easier.

Some childminders I know are amazing, some are definitely making a bit extra on the side whilst at home.

Ah hearsay! Excellent data knowledge. Thankfully I know many many more childminders than you will and know it to be almost exclusively untrue. Yes there will always be some but they don't last long.

In the close group of 12 cms I work with, not one of us has our own child under 12 and we've all been working as cms for a decade or more. As I said, 16 years for myself and my own children are grown up now, certainly am not doing it to stay home with my children. I do it because I love it and am good at it.

You don't use a cm and your only evidence is 'people I've spoken to who have been to visit cms'. Sure.

God, none of the childminders round here are like that. 😳

No, I won’t change a post to suit your sensibilities. Frankly amused you asked

It is my direct v recent experience. I also hear it from other mums who’ve became childminders and mums looking for childcare who have met multiple childminders