Banty wrote:
> 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!
I'm sorry, and maybe I'm just losing my marbles, but
I totally can't connect those statements with my post, so
I'm not sure what you're getting at.
Best wishes,
Ericka
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