Picky parent keeps picking

[Peacefulbird]

Dear Jars,

It seems you've taken our suggestions in an offensive way. And I apologize for that.

Unfortunately, when we deal with the public in a daily basis due to their concerns and observations, it
makes us want to step up in our services and validate those concerns and improve and grow our business in a positive manner.

Due to all unfortunate incidents that happened in the past today we live in a world that we need to take extra steps and caution measures to avoid any of those incidents reocurring. Specially when we are caring for other people's children.

My personal solutions for your original problem would be.

1. Reasure the parents that their child is in a capable hands
2. The child is 100% supervised. If your own children still in an stage of messy eating then probably place a table cloth under their chairs so it gets picked up right away or sweped. Place a high chair so the parent has the reasurance that his child won't be walking or crawling while your own children eat. You can also create a space or room that is just for your own children's use. Ex. A table in a corner in their rooms or somewhere else (where the daycare children don't have access) that way all gets controlled (small toys, foods, crayons wrappers etc)

3. I think there is a huge miss understanding when we refer to "homedaycare" many of us fall under the misconception that it meas bringing and caring children in a home as it is or as it normally functions a "family setting", unfortunately my experience is different. My family and I had to transform and compromise and create a "safe environment and child proof the whole house".

If a small concern was raised it was taken care right away and I would find the best solutions to tackle that. I became extra cautios I would probably say even more so than when I was raising my own child.

I'm sorry you have to deal with the concerts of these parent but, take it in a positive way specially when it is for the safety of the children.

And I would obviously say no one with a common sense would allow a child to play on the driveway but, I had children picking up little rocks and keeping them in their pockets (so, I always check their pockets before they go for their nap). Children at any age have attraction for collecting and exploring rocks. It doesn't matter where they get them but they do love to keep them.

I would say maybe that's the parent assumption. That children can easy mouth it or keep it etc.

Anyway, those parents are fortunate to have you there to keep their child safe while they work.