Banty wrote:
> In article
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> cjra says...
>> See, I would have assumed I didn't need to micromanage my first
>> provider's time, because it would never have occurred to me she might
>> want to drive my child to pick up their motorcycle or take her with
>> her son (and other kids) to the doctor (although that did not require
>> driving, it was on base). I would never in a million years have
>> considered doing personal errands while babysitting even one child on
>> a casual basis, so it didn't occur to me a licensed professional would
>> think to do this.
>
> See, this is the thing, in the other thread too.
>
> Especially if you're a new, fist time mom looking for daycare, it
wouldn't occur
> to one that a daycare provider or babysitter may up and do something
like drive
> the kid around hither and yon, or go off somewhere and get a
sub-babysitter, for
> me to ever ask about it or "make my expectations clear"!
>
> What else do I say?? "Don't hold him upside down out the window like
Micheal
> Jackson did." "Oh, but you never SAID anything about THAT." What,
what??
I think there's a world of difference between that and
driving, particularly when we're talking about in-family childcare
rather than a childcare business. I think it is *very* common
for in-family childcare to be considered the same as the parent
watching the child, such that the family child care provider
can essentially do nearly anything with the kids that the parents can
do (driving, errands, etc.). I'm not saying that's a requirement--
I'm just saying that is something common enough that I'm surprised
anyone would be shocked by it.
When it comes to paid non-family caregivers, I think
there's still a wide range of situations and expectations,
but not as wide as with family-caring-for-family.
Best wishes,
Ericka
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