Well, I'm just about to finish childminding and had to give my parents the bad news yesterday. Whilst we were having a chat about why I was giving up, I told one parent that I felt that childminding had become too much like a nursery and that was exactly what I was trying to avoid. Far too much paperwork and not enough just playng and do family things with the children.
She told me that that was one of the reasons she choose me over another minder. She said that the other ones house was very clinical, with lots of rules and regulations (mostly governed by Ofsted!) but in my house it seemed much more family orientated. At the time of our first meeting, I explained that whilst we do go to lots of groups and library time etc, we also do 'home' things, like putting the washing in the machine, (counting them in, sorting colours etc) Helping cook the dinner and laying the table (obvously school aged ones!) One particular mindee took a liking to DH too and we'd often make him a drink and sit in his office with him (he works from home) and mindee would get to sit on his lap and press the buttons on his computer and play with the phone for 5 mins.
The point of my ramble is, that that is what family values mean to me. Getting the children involved in normal family things and not just constantly entertaining and stimulating them with playgroups and clubs.