Steer Clear of the Germaphobe Family??

[Momof4]

I've had interviews with people almost as bad as that - are those cots vinyl? are all your toys plastic? what cleaning solutions do you use? My home is very clean and I keep the toys and children very clean and I do admit to handing my daycare children wet wipes before eating when we are out and haven't washed our hands to remove the germs from the toys at the park or library, but kids are going to pick up germs, that's life! I would agree that maybe you want to pass on this family. But let them know all your policies and ask them frank questions and be sure before you decide. What have you got to lose by laying it on the line.

[sunnydays]

Although I get where you're coming from, I will say that I asked some of those same questions when looking for a daycare for my son. I am not uptight or into coddling my kids at all and I am actually very relaxed about a lot of things. I believe in letting kids get dirty and try things for themselves, etc. However, I am concerned about things such as harsh cleaning products and lead contained in children's toys (especially cheap dollar store toys etc). I am far from fanatical about these things and my kids have lots of plastic toys as it is just too expensive to buy all natural wooden toys, but asking these questions was important for me to know what kind of environment my child would be in all day every day. I am just trying to give insight into why someone would ask these questions

I've had interviews with people almost as bad as that - are those cots vinyl? are all your toys plastic? what cleaning solutions do you use? My home is very clean and I keep the toys and children very clean and I do admit to handing my daycare children wet wipes before eating when we are out and haven't washed our hands to remove the germs from the toys at the park or library, but kids are going to pick up germs, that's life! I would agree that maybe you want to pass on this family. But let them know all your policies and ask them frank questions and be sure before you decide. What have you got to lose by laying it on the line.