How do you feel about vaccinations?

[Sarah]

I am anti-vaccination. I would NEVER vax my own kids.

BUT, I agree with your post.

I look at it this way.....what if a parent came to me wanting daycare for their special needs child?? I KNOW I would refuse them because, well, one, I am not a special needs provider, and two, I just DON'T want to care for a special needs child. I admit it - I just don't WANT to! And no, I don't mean to offend anyone by that statement.

So, just like non-vaxed kids, should we be FORCED to take on a kid who we do not feel comfortable caring for?? And then, on top of that should we feel BAD for that decision??

I don't think you can compare a special needs caring to a non vaxed kid. One requires special knowledge and often more tasks, the other one you don't even need to know.

My answer is NO! We are SELF-employed. If we wanted to have someone constantly telling us what to do, when to work, how to work, how we will approach that work, what clients to deal with then we would go get a job outside the home where we also get FULL benefits, paid vacation, a pension plan and stock options.

But guess what? These parents are not my employers - therefore they get NO say in whom I accept into my care and the reasons I do or do not accept said child(ren). Now, if they want to suddenly pay my CPP portion, offer me WSIB, all those benefits as listed above like that paid vacation and full benefits then HELL, I'll care for anyone you want me to!

Enough said.

I am sorry, we are self employed yes, we are not bounded by any specific laws, as I found out, but we are still human beings. I am not talking about who is for or against vaccination, since this is "ones" business and surely not mine that is as a provider and as anothor human being. Our country, our province decided that they would not force anybody to get vaxed, so who are we to require our customers to be.

In conclusion, it is not because the law doesn't tell me it's wrong that it is not wrong to me. But it is truly understandable that self employed could manage their daycares as they wish...until people start complening about the discrimination that self employed people do and then a law for self employed vs discrimination will appear.

I'm sorry, you can see that discrimination is a hot topic for me! lol!!!

[Dreamtree]

I am sorry, we are self employed yes, we are not bounded by any specific laws, as I found out, but we are still human beings. I am not talking about who is for or against vaccination, since this is "ones" business and surely not mine that is as a provider and as anothor human being. Our country, our province decided that they would not force anybody to get vaxed, so who are we to require our customers to be.

In conclusion, it is not because the law doesn't tell me it's wrong that it is not wrong to me. But it is truly understandable that self employed could manage their daycares as they wish...until people start complening about the discrimination that self employed people do and then a law for self employed vs discrimination will appear.

I'm sorry, you can see that discrimination is a hot topic for me! lol!!!

I truly believe that parents should do whatever they believe is best for their child and family. It is true that no one should dictate how you care for YOUR OWN CHILD.

Just as I believe that no one should dictate who you let into your private home.

Whatever the issue, providers need to be able to decide which families they enrol in their daycare because it requires that these families regularly be in that providers HOME-therefore they must be completely comfortable with that family and their needs and expectations.

A providers home is NOT public property-or this would be a completely different topic.

Done and done.

[Judy Trickett]

I truly believe that parents should do whatever they believe is best for their child and family. It is true that no one should dictate how you care for YOUR OWN CHILD.

Just as I believe that no one should dictate who you let into your private home.

Whatever the issue, providers need to be able to decide which families they enrol in their daycare because it requires that these families regularly be in that providers HOME-therefore they must be completely comfortable with that family and their needs and expectations.

A providers home is NOT public property-or this would be a completely different topic.

Done and done.

Again, I agree.

Besides, I have to wonder....why would a parent even WANT their child in the care of someone who doesn't even want them there?? Fighting it and suing you for it isn't gonna make you WANT to care for that child any more. If anything, it will just make you resentful. I don't know about you, but I would never want my kids in the car of someone who was basically FORCED to take them on.

Hell, I know Medical Doctors who refuse to care for unvaxed kids. Sure, they might not be legally allowed to refuse service but they still DO and I can tell you they ARE still in business. Why should WE be any different???

[Dreamtree]

Again, I agree.

Besides, I have to wonder....why would a parent even WANT their child in the care of someone who doesn't even want them there?? Fighting it and suing you for it isn't gonna make you WANT to care for that child any more. If anything, it will just make you resentful. I don't know about you, but I would never want my kids in the car of someone who was basically FORCED to take them on.

I agree and have wondered the same thing-it doesn't make sense to me.