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Ms.Sue 03:19 PM 06-17-2009
More children are hurt at licensed day care than at unlicensed day care.

First - what an uneducated statement to make, it's totally incorrect. Licensed daycares HAVE TO REPORT THEIR INJURIES --- UNLICENSED Never Do!!!
So, please stop with that statement.


Now, the 'piece' of paper generally adds to the true quality of a childcare business.
I have found in my 17 years of experience that people who do not bother to strive to reach other milestones in the childcare field - generally don't even meet the very basic standards.

With no license, there is no accountability! which equals Poor Safety Standards.
Now, granted - you will have a few that have unlicensed care and they are wonderful - but just think how much they could really improve and know how to communicate and relate to their customers - and run their businesses better.
Licensed daycare does not mean that all are 100% perfect. There are doctors that have 10 years of school and are awful, there are school principals that are arrested for sexual abuse - and they 'generally' have a masters degree........ good and bad is in ALL fields.

. .....Just because you have had someone from the state come in and tell you what needs to be done and how to run your business doesn't mean that all Unlicensed day care are bad or hurtful to children!!! .....

True, but ---- when you are held totally accountable and have to prove yourself and your business integrity to a state inspector --- you tend to make sure all food is properly balanced, tv is limited, preschool is taught, proper diaper changing procedures are followed, car seats are used, children are not left alone, children are not sleeping in room on other floors with out supervision, ratiio is addressed, medication is stored correctly and administered properly, the environment is clean and safe, and the provider's live-in boyfriend must have a back ground check to prove that they are not a sex offender - or their 18 year old son who lives at home !!! ((this happens all the time))).

So, that is just some of the ways that parents can be sure that these issues are addressed - correctly - by an outside inspector. It's best for the children --- it's not what's best for the insecure provider's ego.
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