Originally Posted by Laurel:
I kind of did that once (except it was the door going from house to garage). Luckily, one of the toddlers opened it right away from the other side. From then on, I hid a key in the garage and also always carried a house key in my pocket.
I wouldn't have told the parents or reported it. You could see them the whole time, no one was hurt and it was a simple mistake. I would have felt horrible but it wouldn't have even occurred to me to report it. Flame away, don't care.
This.
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Exactly what I meant... It wouldn't have even occurred to me to self-report. Life happens in child care. I wouldn't have classified it as anything more than "I am a responsible adult that handled/managed it just fine."
At some point we have to be able to trust ourselves and our ability to make day to day and common sense decisions. If licensing doesn't agree then they'll have to put it in writing .....and continue pushing good quality providers out of business due to being overly governed.
And this.
Several years ago I was loading kids into the car to do the preschool run. I had kids lined up by the door so I could supervise while I loaded in one at a time. A 3 yo decided to shut and lock the door to the garage while I was buckling another child. I went out the garage door to the front door, unlocked it and went in and gave dcg the business.
Problem solved and no tattling to licensing or parents necessary.
Either trust me to do my job or not. Frankly this self reporting business is nuts. I've never worked another professional job where I was expected to tattle on myself every time I made a mistake. I was treated as the professional I am and expected to deal with and learn from it.