In article <6OCdnUf04JEOLeLVnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ericka Kammerer
says...
>
>Banty wrote:
>> In article
<5c1e1e72-e796-4b13-a0c2-563514e86b4a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> 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.
OK, so you're one of the people that's different about - this thing that
people
are different about.
And beleive me, people normally come at these sorts of things with the
same
confidence as you do!
Banty
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