Do you have anything in your contract/policies regarding...

[fruitloop]

I've never considered that before. I have clauses about behaviour issues like biting but I never really thought about what I would say to the parents of a child who was bitten. Whenever I've had a child with scraped knees or hands or a bruise I just tell the parents at the end of the day exactly how it happened and they usually just wave it off as normal.

Hmmmmm, something to think about. It strikes me that this is a trust issue. If the daycare parents trust you completly as mine do, then there shouldn't be an issue. But there are all kinds of people that we have to deal with over our careers aren't there?

I've normally just told parents about it before too and like you, they just wave it off as normal behavior and say "it's to be expected, kids fall" but it only takes 1 parent to make you change your policies to cover your butt even more than you've tried to cover it before right. Some people have unrealistic expectations of group care and expect their child to never (or very rarely) have injuries. Kids need to explore and learn to do things and sometimes they fall while they're doing that. It obviously was a trust issue (and I should of known that at the interview when she started crying because she had to go back to work and had to trust someone with her child) and this was a new issue for me since I've never had any issues like ever.

Reggio, that is a great consent form!

[Inspired by Reggio]

....Reggio, that is a great consent form!

Ya I am one of those 'anal people' who has a policy and form for every possible 'issue' that might arise to cover my ass - worked to long in centre care and thought I had saw and heard it all but sadly 20 years and counting and I am still shocked by some clients expectations and thoughts of what childcare service should offer them or better yet what their fees 'entitle' them to