I am assuming it wouldn't be used unless there were suspicians of wrong doing. I have seen it often on tv movies, etc. Assuming we are not talking about getting criminal evidence of film here though.

My concerns are two fold. One it takes everything out of context so you are left guessing at what transpired. You might hear the caregiver chasing your child around the house saying get back here you lion and you immediately jump to the conclusion your caregiver is mistreating the child but what you can't possibly know is that the group read a book about animals that got loose from the zoo and they are playing a game with each child pretending to be an animals and the caregiver as the zoo keeper has to bring them back to the zoo.

If a caregiver's reaction seems excessive what you don't know is that this might be the umpteenth time over several days the caregiver has had to reprimand the child for the same infraction and yes we deal with things differently as the offence is repeated.

Another issue is what does the parent intend to do with the information. A child should not have to go to care everyday knowing that at suppertime the parent is going to grill them on everything they saw them do. A child honestly doesn't always remember what they were doing or pretending or thinking at each moment of the day and that is the way kids should be.

Because our homes are still private space it would be interesting to know what the legal ramifications of this would be.

If a parent has concerns about their child's care they should simply remove them and find a new daycare situation. If the parent is so paranoid they can't function at work and instead spend their days with their eyes glued to their computer camera then they should probably do the company a favour and quit work and stay home with their child.