bad dayhomes give good dayhomes

mummy2girls wrote: a bad name and make parents very nervous for putting them in care. I heard on the radio that a dayhome here is Edmonton is under investigation for abuse... GRRRRRRR

Calimama replied: Ugh my nephew was abused to a daycare that wasnt in home. It's awful!

lisar replied: Bad daycares is why I dont have neither one of my kids in one. Shelly if you here where I am I would let you watch them. There just isnt anyone here where I am that I trust. So my Grand-mother has watched them for me.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Ick. That sucks.

I agree with you. TOo many cases of abuse going one... it makes me nervous enough when the younger daycare child cries because he doesn't want his mom to leave... makes me feel bad and nervous that she'll think he doesn't want to be at my place... and I don't abuse them... I can't imagine some parents not realizing what's going on under their noses.

mom2my2cuties replied:
Sadly, some research I have been doing, shows that in over 1/2 of abuse cases the parents are oblivious to the fact that it is going on until they walk in on something happening or the child says something. Most people try to pick up the subtle signs of abuse.


ETA - and while I think the abuse happens too often in daycare centers, I don't believe that it is all of them and if we as parents take the time to really check out the daycares we place our children in, then there is less chance of it happen.

CantWait replied: I've always hated dayhomes, more so since Anthony was in one. They just aren't regulated enough IMHO.

Boo&BugsMom replied: After working in daycares and running them for almost 7-8 years, I've seen plenty of things that I never want to see again. I agree, all the bad ones cause this stigma to go around to all the good ones...in-homes AND large daycare centers/preschools. The good ones never get recognition in the news or anything, only the bad ones do when something bad happens.

holley79 replied: It really does make it hard on mom's to make decisions.

mckayleesmom replied: This is why my kids are not in daycare and probably never will. Mckaylee is very challenging and Im afraid someone will get frustrated with her and not have the patience that I do....Does that make sense?

cdmommy replied: Nowadays, you can't trust anyone with your kids. If they can't handle kids, why do they choose that as their profession?

Boo&BugsMom replied:
Makes total sense!

MotherForever2043 replied:
I definetly understand where you're coming from. My daughter Amber tends to get angry a lot and start screaming and having a tantrum. So I never took the chance to put her in a day care center. Don't want to even imagine what could of happend.