House Fire Story

[BumbleBee]

I'm not knocking this woman for babysitting (I'm not just calling her that, the story has labeled her as such) and for all I know she was wonderful with kids. Probably just helping some friends out and making a little bit of money.

What upsets me is this could've been soooooooo much worse. 3 infants, 2nd story apartment. It scares me to no end to think about what could've happened. As sad as it is that the one baby has 2nd degree burns, again, it could've been so much worse.

http://touch.woodtv.com/10023/5119905

[Unregistered]

No wonder people look down on FCC

When they said their was a language barrier that was a RED FLAG for me. I personally would not put my child in a daycare where the provider did not know how to speak English. I'm not saying I am against it that if she is trying to teach children another language and only talk to them in that FL during DC- that is fine. But if she cannot speak, read, and write in English- I would not allow my child in her program. Not even for just the fact that I wouldn't be able to communicate with her but also because like in this situation it was hard for emergency people to give her instuctions or understand her. They keep calling her a babysitter, so I doubt she was liscensed. Also she went back to get a purse, not a child- a purse! In elementry school they tell kids to leave personal items during a fire drill so that they don't risk their life for something that can be easily replaced- and I'm sure most license FCCP's would know not to go back for anything but a child (possibly a pet if children are safe or with pet) because smoke inhalation is the biggest cause of fire related deaths- more so then burns.

There was also woman in a small town near Sacramento (where I plan on opening my FCC) who had a SFCC- only allowed 6 kids under 6 (+ 2 SA) no more than 3 infants at a time- though in her defense she said she was trying to get a large family license. They called her a babysitter on the news, even though she was liscened (given this situation she's in I am mixed on weather or not to think this is offensive to FCCP's). During a routine state inspection she had 11 children (all infants/toddlers), she did have an assistant but the assistant was not TB tested, fingerprinted/ background check as state required. But the thing that was really the icing on the cake was that they found infants in carseats that were hidden in CLOSETS! So she did know what she was doing was wrong, she just didn't want to get caught!

http://origin.news10.net/news/article/176541/2/Lodi-daycare-provider-accused-of-putting-babies-in-closet

I think this is why we need to hold ourselves to higher standards through training/education, liscensing/title 22 requirements, planning for all possible emergencies regularly, and keeping strict policies without breaking them. That way we are seen more as "professional child care providers" and "teachers" and not just "babysitters"