School pickup and Younger kids

[babydom]

don't need to b so harsh. Many home daycares have their husbands help out. And why not if they are home u have five kids and need a hand. In my home all the kids love my husband just as much as myself and he's barely here. Also parents would know a caregiver is married and therefor can enlist his help if he has a day off, working shifts, etc. just as a mom would ask her husband for help. As for the car. It is a bit tricky and risky to leave them alone. What I see as the best bet is to ask another mom/teacher to watch the van kiddos for a quick sec why u run in to grab ur son. Good luck. Hope it works out.

[AmandaKDT]

There have been news articles recently where the police have warned parents not to leave their children alone in the car. People have been charged for doing so. I would be extremely hesitant to leave the daycare kids alone for even two minutes, and you would need permission from the parents for anyone other than yourself to watch the kids (if you take turns with others watching the kids in the cars). You need to make sure the daycare parents know exactly whatever plan you decide to follow and get their written permission to do so. But I wouldn't be asking the parents permission to leave the kids totally unattended in the car, as it is technically illegal.

Just google 'Is it illegal to leave children alone in the car in canada' and a bunch of news articles will come up about it.

[Rachael]

don't need to b so harsh. Many home daycares have their husbands help out. And why not if they are home u have five kids and need a hand..

Wasn't being harsh - merely questioned it because what seems to be common practice in some provinces isn't here.

Children left unattended wouldn't be accepted.
Spouses watching kids whilst the day care provider left wouldn't be accepted - unless maybe it was really an emergency situation.

Jeez, here, even if someone's husband came home 15 mins before day care closed, most clients would expect that he wouldn't be left attended with the children and they would also want a police check/abuse check. Although some level of cross-over is expected in a family home environment between family/spouse and day care children, it's entirely different to leave client's children in the care of someone other than the provider.

So, as you can see, I wasn't being harsh, just shocked at the level of acceptance of something which just wouldn't be accepted here.

In my home, my day care kids love my teenagers. But again, if I left the teens watching over the kids and left the premises for any reason, I could fully expect all 6 kids to be pulled next day. It's just not how things work in some places.

It's a requirement for both agency registered home and/or unregistered providers - police checks for everyone 18 or older on the premises, children not to be left with anyone but the carer during business hours.

Why not? Because husbands/partners/teens aren't the carer, and don't have the experience that made the parents choose you as the carer. Partners/husbands/teens aren't the carer, aren't the contracted person, aren't who is being paid to provide care.

For those reasons, asking anther Mom/teacher to watch the children in the car wouldn't wash either. Again, it's leaving clients kids in the care of a third party. What would be better is having that third party escort the child into school - then it's the provider, as a parent, authorising that for her own child.