Finally moving with the times

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Coming from the UK and knowing that you arent allowed to take pictures of children in places where children congrigate without the signed consent of every parent, I didn't give it a second thought when I first started my daycare to ask parents to sign to give permission to take photos of their child. Just to be more specific, in the UK schools, churches, youth groups, kindergym, moms and baby groups, indoor play grounds etc etc, require a signed consent form to allow other parents to take photos. Seems a little extreme but the crime rate being what it is over their and the headlines regularly having child related crimes being reported, I never argued this rule.
Back to the point the, In addition to the form signed alongside the contract, I have agreed that before the use of the pictures in advertisements, such as websites and flyers, I would notify them to give them an additional opportunity to let me know if it was still okay to use their childs image.

I have had a website for a number of years and do not post pictures of the children, ever. I do however really like the idea of password protection if the parents wanted to check in and see what the kids had been up to during that week/month. As for my address, I make sure to only put the closet main intersection on the address form as I to found that my exact address was being shown to everyone and anyone.