Well, This One Is Licensed...

[Heidi]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578407/Day-care-worker-loaded-gun-basement-14-kids-hiding-authorities.html

So, the legally unregulated are vindicated for my thoughtless comment yesterday.

Edited to add:

I take that back, she was registered, not licensed. I know each state is different on that. We have both here, too. Also, she will be closed until "At least May" whaaaaat?

[Cat Herder]

23 kids. Multiple past citations for over ratio.

The provider, parents and inspector are equally to blame.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

23 kids WHAT?! A gun? Alcohol? Unsupervised toddler in yard? Dead infant? Too much too much ...

[Sugar Magnolia]

4 , yes 4 times the legal limit.
DISGUSTING
DISTURBING

also saw on Nancy Grace last night a story about a woman who was giving.Benadryl and prescription drugs to make then sleep. 5 kids go to the hospital.

Illegal......totally.

[melilley]

Unbelievable! But I can see the over ratio thing happening. I know that here, money is tight and licensing almost never comes by unless there is a complaint and even then, they may never show or it will be weeks later.

Here you are registered if you are a family home (6 children) and are licensed if you are a group home (12 children). My inspector said it's the same thing, they basically have 2 different terms to distinguish group from family. I just say I'm licensed, I always forget about registered term.

[melilley]

4 , yes 4 times the legal limit.
DISGUSTING
DISTURBING

also saw on Nancy Grace last night a story about a woman who was giving.Benadryl and prescription drugs to make then sleep. 5 kids go to the hospital.

Illegal......totally.

It's people like this that give us a bad name. I sometimes hear people say "I'll never take my kids to a dc or it's inevitable, we will have to take Jonny to dc". Just like in any profession, unfortunately, there are always bad apples.

[Bookworm]

This happened in my state so we are bracing for the flurry of new regs that come out of tragedies like this. It's my understanding that the baby was in a bassinet filled with blankets and stuffed animals, there was an unsupervised toddler in the yard and her daughter was hiding downstairs with about 14 kids.

[Blackcat31]

I just read a DHS report for a provider in my state that left an infant alone napping while she ran to the school to retrieve her other kids.

When the state stopped by for a visit...they had to wait 15-20 minutes for the provider to return.

When she did return, her reasoning for leaving the infant was that the infant was sleeping and she had a baby monitor in her pocket so the child WAS within hearing...

[Cat Herder]

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When she did return, her reasoning for leaving the infant was that the infant was sleeping and she had a baby monitor in her pocket so the child WAS within hearing...

This kind of ridiculous rationalization, to suit the providers wants, is why most of us have such stringent regulations.

Somebody, somewhere did something STUPID and the rest of us pay.

Because of the news story in the OP many of us will be required to take yet another class on ratio, proper supervision, ethics and accountability.

[KidGrind]

I just read a DHS report for a provider in my state that left an infant alone napping while she ran to the school to retrieve her other kids.

When the state stopped by for a visit...they had to wait 15-20 minutes for the provider to return.

When she did return, her reasoning for leaving the infant was that the infant was sleeping and she had a baby monitor in her pocket so the child WAS within hearing...

[Heidi]

This happened in my state so we are bracing for the flurry of new regs that come out of tragedies like this. It's my understanding that the baby was in a bassinet filled with blankets and stuffed animals, there was an unsupervised toddler in the yard and her daughter was hiding downstairs with about 14 kids.

See...writing more regs is not the answer, but that's what every state does. ENFORCE the ones you have. She was checked out numerous times, and had violations. She had 23 children when she was regulated to have up to 6. They'll write more regs, and people like her will continue to IGNORE them.

[snbauser]

A warrant found that Wood had a record for the same offense on a different occasions.

The day care facility has now been forced to close until at least the middle of May.

Like there should ever be the possibility of her opening ever again!!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Like there should ever be the possibility of her opening ever again!!

Exactly.

[Play Care]

See...writing more regs is not the answer, but that's what every state does. ENFORCE the ones you have. She was checked out numerous times, and had violations. She had 23 children when she was regulated to have up to 6. They'll write more regs, and people like her will continue to IGNORE them.

[Bookworm]

See...writing more regs is not the answer, but that's what every state does. ENFORCE the ones you have. She was checked out numerous times, and had violations. She had 23 children when she was regulated to have up to 6. They'll write more regs, and people like her will continue to IGNORE them.

In SC, the problem is that the people making the regs have never worked with in Childcare. The majority of our regs are basic common sense. When will they realize that there are people who flat out don't care about the regs and will do what they want. If parents didn't use these providers because of cheap rates, they would be out of business. I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for.