is it agaist the law for childcare facilities to not inform parents?

Question

that the child is soley going to be supervised alone with a "male worker" whom you have never been introduced to?

Answer 1

No, it is not against the law.

Any law requiring them to do so would be sexual discrimintation, since the issue here seems to be largely gender.

Please remember that a child is not automatically "safer" with a woman. The news is full of stories of women who kidnap and/or kill small children (theirs or someone else's). Not to mention all the cases of female-initiated molestation that never hit the news. Assuming your child is safe just because they're with a woman is rather naive.

Likewise, although we're all well aware of male molesters, they DO NOT make up the majority of the male population. lol Or even a significant portion of it. There are many wonderful, nurturing men out there, who would risk their own lives rather than allow harm to come to a child.

As always, you should make an effort to know ALL your children's caregivers -- male or female. This is your right and responsibility as a parent.

There may be no law meeting the requirements you stated... but that doesn't mean that as a parent and consumer, you cannot demand they inform you when your child is left alone with any single caregiver.

You are, after all, paying them.

If you don't speak up, they'll assume you have no problem with it. If you do, a reputable care facility will make every effort to accomodate you and help you meet all the staff.

Answer 2

The pre-school I work at and the School district of 16 daycares of substitute all have a policy of a child not allowed to be left alone with a teacher, opposite sex or same sex, with out proper supervision of some sort.

That means the window's must remain open to view in and out. Doors must be un-hatched and only alone for a short amount of time. (A time period, which consist of no more than 40 mins).

It isn't against the law to inform parents.

However, parents have rights to be informed when requested. If you want to know on a daily report if child has been alone with an adult with out need to be or a knew worker is present, a parnet has the right to request all information when the child is picked up or drop off.

As a teacher myself, I always make sure I don't put myself in situations that can risk false accusement. If a teacher does, obviously there is something "odd" I find in that.

However, each state and district/county can have various laws and regulations regarding this. You need to check with the district the child care is in and view their rules/regulations that should be posted and documented in parenting/staff books.

It is ideal to be introduced to all workers. However, substitutes are not able to do so, nor new workers. If a child has been attending the childcare for 1 month and the new worker has been the same, then it is valid to say that is a too long of a period to not know this care taker.

If you are uncomfortable with male workers, finding a facility that offers female only won't solve the issue as females are becoming equal to male's on the issue. It also sends a child a gender stereotype of working environments. The facility can not turn down male workers in a teaching setting. Best to know the facility and speak your concern with requesting to be notified on daily bases.

Answer 3

there should always be two staff present when a child is alone. just for legal issues, parents can throw accusations quickly. I had a child claim I spanked her when I took her by herself down to the gym. The little girl did all the 'typical' signs of abuse. The parents immediately filed a police report, called family about how the day care teacher abused their child. Sudden outbursts of tears, nightmares, claims of a sore bottom, difficulty walking, vomiting. What kept me from being charged? I was on vacation that week and I was out of state. I directly confronted the child in front of parents (police, and social services), she told me "she made a funny." and laughed. I could have gone to prison. (and I think I still am bitter from that experience, her parents told her, 'oh please don't do that again'. with no further punishment.) My co-teacher was also accused a couple of years ago of hitting a child. Again, parents fully believed the child and didn't contact the school for further research into the incident. They instead took the kid off to a doctor for exam, filed a police report, had the little guy interviewed about 'what happened at school'. This again reinforced his claim. If the parent contacted the school first, she would have found out it was parent day (and she was invited) and all day there were at least six to twelve parents in the room. All could witness that the child was never touched. I do agree that sometimes abuse can occur, but I say caution is the best preventative.

Answer 4

Since it's not against the law for child care facilities to hire male employees, I can't imagine it's against the law for then to allow these employees to supervise kids. If you're really worried about a guy watching your kids, I suppose you'll have to bring that up with the childcare facility when you enroll.

Answer 5

If you signed a consent form or contract when you enrolled you child, then by law, that childcare facility has a duty to inform you of anything that has changed or is not written in that quasi contract you signed.

If the childcare facility is on the up and up, they should also be getting visits from the DCS.

Hope this helps..

Answer 6

There is no such law. but there are requirements for childcare facilities to demand police clearances from every employee . If the parents specifically writes down their rules for their child and the childcare facility agrees to these rules in a written contract, then the parents can file a complaint

Answer 7

No- it is not against the law. If the childcare that your child is going to is licensed than most likely they have run a criminal background on the person watching your child. You should always ask who is going to be with your child (especially if it's a small childcare center). If it makes you uncomfortable than you need to find a childcare center than only has female teachers.

Answer 8

although not illegal it is unusual for any member of staff to be left completely alone with any children in a childcare establish ment. if this is happening then the member of staff in question should be qualified and have a full criminal records beaureu police check. if your not comfortable then speak to the nursery

Answer 9

No. That would be gender discrimination towards their male employees. Just because they are male caregivers doesn't mean they're criminals or child molesters.

Answer 10

nope. if you have an issue about this however then you should have told them beforehand. then it would be wrong on their part.