Your Child’s Safety - It Stands Above All Else
Posted by Thad Pryor in Uncategorized, tags: child care, child safety, childcare, children, day care, family, family concerns, parenting, thad pryor, UncategorizedAll parents have concerns about the safety of their children and will go to any extreme to ensure their safety, knowing full well all the various forms that danger can take. Objects and activities can seem safe and innocent but given the curiosity and inventiveness of a child can turn into a dangerous situation almost instantly. Parents are very aware of the need to be ever watchful of their child all his waking hours.
The need for the safety of one’s children becomes even more pronounced when they must put the child in the care of another. Temporary care of a child is probably is not of too much concern because the caregiver will be needed for only a short time and is well known to the parents as being reliable in caring for their children. But even here, can that temporary caregiver be as concerned for the child’s welfare as the parents? I think not.
Professional licensed day care centers of course cannot promise to provide the same loving, affectionate care as the parents do, but a well-regulated and licensed daycare center can provide safety above all other issues. Parents can rest assured this is true because a state-regulated day care center will lose its license if proper standards are not maintained. The standards for paint, carpet, furniture, play equipment and toys must be met and maintained if the day care facility expects to remain in business. Attention is paid to cleanliness and sanitation as well as safety and supervision. The day center’s top priority is the safety of all the children entrusted to them.
The safety measures at a licensed day care center are vital for the security of the children. The center must insist the parents give them a list of people they authorize to pick up their child from the facility and sometimes the centers will ask for secret codes to be used over the phone if there is a change to this list. Codes can be of prime importance in the case of a custody dispute or a court order. Most day care centers are required to keep their doors locked at all times during regular hours of operation. Authorized personnel are given codes to enter the facility. If someone arrives to pick up a child who is unknown to the center, they will pay strict attention to examining all records or call the parents to obtain the child’s release to that individual. Picture IDs are very often a requirement to enter a day care center.
Supervision is a key factor in maintaining the safety of children. As everyone knows, kids are little devils when it comes to inventing new ways to harm themselves, even if danger seems very remote. A staff of several qualified individuals trained to supervise play and all other interaction can substantially reduce the risk of harm to the children. Just by making certain there is someone watching over the children’s activity can substantially reduce the instance of injury.
Sanitation is another important measure that a day care must provide even though it may not be considered a safety issue by many. Let’s face it, none of us wash our hands as often as we should and that goes doubly for kids. Yet frequent hand washing is thought to be the simplest and most effective method to ward off communicable diseases. Every licensed day care center is required to teach the kids to wash their hands at certain specific instances, such as before eating and after playing outside; after going to the toilet, sneezing or coughing. When the cold and flu season is in full swing, the frequency of hand washing increases and acts as a simple deterrent to these extremely communicable diseases.
Parents are, in most cases, the best defense against risk and danger to their own children. This only makes sense, since children are dearest and most precious to their own parents. But when a parent cannot be there to guard their child against injury or harm, it is vital that a parent be able to rely on a substitute caregiver to provide for the child’s safety. A qualified, licensed daycare center can offer this security to children, and peace of mind to their parents.
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