Maybe i'm old school in thinking this....

[torontokids]

I think I am pretty chill with my own kids but maybe a bit more vigilant with the daycare kids as I don't want something to happen. That being said, I don't hover.

I agree that parents are very different nowadays. I let my own kids play by themselves upstairs (daycare is in the basement) or be alone upstairs on the couch/their room when they're sick and I've had parents questions this.

As a parent, I wouldn't be comfortable with my provider driving my kid in their car. I don't think this makes me unreasonable, it is just a risk I don't want and I would pick a different daycare. I don't think this makes me a helicopter parent, I just would have concerns as I don't know what kind of driver they are etc.

[Lee-Bee]

I think I am pretty chill with my own kids but maybe a bit more vigilant with the daycare kids as I don't want something to happen. That being said, I don't hover.

I agree that parents are very different nowadays. I let my own kids play by themselves upstairs (daycare is in the basement) or be alone upstairs on the couch/their room when they're sick and I've had parents questions this.

As a parent, I wouldn't be comfortable with my provider driving my kid in their car. I don't think this makes me unreasonable, it is just a risk I don't want and I would pick a different daycare. I don't think this makes me a helicopter parent, I just would have concerns as I don't know what kind of driver they are etc.

I agree. I would not want my children driving with a daycare. I am car seat safety anal and I know that most people are not and having up to 5 kids to strap in leaves a lot of room for error. This isn't about hovering. I understand that no matter how safe of a driver we are there are idiots out there speeding about in broad daylight drunk and our only means of minimizing the damage they can cause is to properly secure or children each and every time they get in a car.

I am very lax about supervision in my home. My 2.5yr old disappears for upwards of an hour at a time and I rarely check in on her. She comes to me for help and i have video monitors in the playrooms if I hear something and need a quick glance to know what it was. But I am anal when out, hands are held in parking lots and on streets, I expect good behavior, listening to instruction and cooperation.

There is a big difference between hovering and expecting children to learn and abide by rules of safety.

My sense with the OP was she is taking all the safety precautions one should but parents are just concerned with having kids outside of a locked house.