Is It Appropriate to Use Sunday Daycare for a 3½-Year-Old?

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Andrea is trying to balance church involvement and family time. Her child is 3½ years old, and she wonders when or if it’s appropriate to use Sunday daycare. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:28.5	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:29.9	It's so good to talk to you today.
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0:33.9	How can I help?
0:35.3	Yeah.
0:36.2	So I am a stay-at-home mom.
0:38.9	I'm 38.
0:39.7	I've been married for six years.
0:41.6	I have a three-and-a-half-year-old and a two-year-old, and I'm a little baby bump bonkers right now.
0:48.0	I'm 15 weeks with my third.
0:50.9	But my question is, when is the appropriate age slash signs of emotional readiness to start
0:58.8	Sunday daycare for my three and a half year old?
1:04.0	Came to the wrong place to ask that question because my opinion is there are a lot of churches
1:10.8	that stream everything that happens on
1:14.6	Saturday or Sunday whatever day your church functions and you can watch it at home I'm not
1:21.4	for dumping kids off in a situation where they're very little they don't they can't control what's happening to them.
1:30.6	We don't know what's happening.
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