Originally Posted by mommyneedsadayoff:
This is an old post, but I just wanted to recommend that you don't ask your other families for permission in enrolling an unvaccinated child. I would think that would be a breach of confidentiality in some way. Since you are talking about their medical records, and the other families will obviously know which child it is, I guess I would just be hesitant or very careful about doing that. Besides the privacy issue, once they know which child it is, they may blame them if illness spreads around the daycare. Also, once you give them a say in enrolling a child, they may still think they have a say in that decision a year down the road, if anything changes in their opinion. Also, if their children are vaccinated, they have very little reason to be concerned in terms of them getting sick. The unvaccinated child would be at the slightly higher risk level, not their children. Anyway, that's just my advice, Just so it doesn't backfire on you.
I can definitely see how some would feel this way, however, this policy was created at the request of some of my current parents. Their concern was that their daughter is an infant and might not have yet gotten a vaccine for some disease that might be brought in by an older, unvaccinated child. Before I made it policy, I asked the other parents how they would feel about doing it this way and everyone was in favor of it. It’s a one time chance to give an opinion and I would not even hold discussion about dis-enrollment later if they were to change their minds. And as for the privacy of the unvaccinated family, I would inform them during the interview process that enrollment was dependent on my current families being okay with it and I would obtain consent to move forward from there. If the unvaccinated family was at all hesitant in me discussing it with my current families then the interview process would end there. I would never discuss their medical choices without consent just as I would never enroll an unvaccinated child without full disclosure to other parents.