The "Don't Use This Daycare" Thread Made Me Wonder

[youretooloud]

Do you smoke?

Would you take your child to a provider who smokes?

[ABCDaycareMN]

The only smoker my kids are left with on rare occasion is their paternal gramdma. But she smokes outside only. When my daughter was a baby I used to hate when she held my daughter after she smoked. I always found a reason for her not to hold her.

[Brooksie]

I didn't vote because my situation was not an option. I am an occasional smoker as in I smoke 1-2 a day but its really just at night. My daughter has never seen me with a cigarette and I have NEVER smoked during DC hours. I usually do it at night after she's in bed. Its actually against licensing to step 2 feet out of the house without the kids. Technically if you do that's considered abandonment and I could lose my license. I don't think that I would leave my child.. well with any one else (that's why I'm kind of doing this ) but I would probably choose a non smoker over a smoker. Someone who smokes regularly but couldn't during DC hours, I think would just get too frustrated and be unreliable in their demeanor with the kids. And I definitely wouldn't want someone smoking around the kids.

[Maddy'sMommy]

I don't smoke, and wouldn't pick a care provider who does.

We have a few relatives that smoke, but outside, and I wouldn't ask them to babysit. My husband quit smoking when I got pregnant with our first.

[daycarediva]

I don't leave my kids with anyone, really. My mother on occassion BUT if I did work outside the home, I would never leave my children with a smoker. As in the other thread, where is the supervision when they go smoke?

I have never been a smoker, and the smell gags me. Even if you smoke outside, even if you douse yourself with body spray, even if you chew gum...nothing hides that odor.

[safechner]

I don't smoke but it makes me so SICK! Every time I see someone who smokes and I have to cover my nose before I get through. Yuck! I would never, never put my children in the daycare if someone who smokes. I also never allowed my daughters to be around my husband's father or brother who smokes. It is so gross!!

[KnoxMom]

I hate smoke. I'm asthmatic and would never leave my children with a smoker. I don't care if they don't smoke in the childcare area; it gets in their clothes, their hair, their skin.. I think it's absolutely gross. Also, for those that smoke in their cars I don't want an emergency to happen where they may need to be transported in a cancer-stick-riddled vehicle. I know I'm over the top with this but the short answer is NO!

[EchoMom]

I don't think that I would leave my child.. well with any one else (that's why I'm kind of doing this )

Me too!

[Lianne]

I don't smoke but I grew up with a father and then a stepfather who smoked. I wouldn't leave my child with a daycare provider who smoked but I would leave my child, on an occasional basis, with someone who smoked like a grandparent or friend. I would prefer they smoke outside when my child was there but it wouldn't be a hill I'd choose to die on for an occasional visit, either.

ETA that I don't doubt the care provider's ability to care for children whether she smokes or not but I'd rather my child wasn't around cigarrette smoke on a regular basis.

[snowball]

Ahhhh, I accidentally voted for the wrong one.
Sorry, I skewed your results

[MarinaVanessa]

I don't smoke, no one in my household smokes, my friends or family are not allowed to smoke in or around my home and I would not leave my child with someone who smokes.

I grew up in a household where both of my parents were pack-a-day smokers each and everything in the house reeked of smoke ... including me. I hated smelling it all of the time. When we moved (when I was in 3rd grade) to a new home and my mom became pregnant with my sister my mom quit completely and my dad quit during the pregnancy but after her birth began smoking again but only smoked outside away from the house. I could tell where he smoked because that part of the front or back yard smelled of second hand smoke (the chair, the porch beam etc). Eventually my dad quit too and what a difference it made.

Because of my personal feelings and experiences I wouldn't leave my kids with someone who smoked because I would never really know for certain if they were keeping the second hand smoke completely away from the kids. I would worry that on a cigarette break the second hand smoke would still somehow get to the kids through an open doorway or window, through the clothing etc.

[Play Care]

I don't smoke (allergic) and pulled my oldest DD from a child care after a week when one day I came to pick up and the provider had her friend over and the friend was smoking on the deck - my baby was not a foot away from her
While it was not the actual provider, I felt it showed extreme poor judgment on the providers part to allow it.
I also grew up in a house where a parent smoked. The house smelled, and we never had any money because of the habit, so I tend to take a hard line when it comes to smoking.

[clep]

I do not smoke nor does my husband. He used to smoke and even when he smoked outside he wreaked. I complained so much and refused to kiss him. He finally tried one of the e-cigarettes. I was sooooo happy as now he doesn't smell at all, has his fix and doesn't have any health implications. We were even able to list him as a non smoker for our insurance and he used it in the hospital. He was so impressed he started a business selling them and the liquid he makes as well. Live is gooood.

[momofboys]

I don't smoke & neither does my DH & I would never leave my kids with a smoker.

About the e-cigarettes, aren't you technically still taking toxic items into your body??? I don't know the details about them but is it not just as bad as smoking/snuff except for the no smell part???

[Meeko]

I have a few daycare parents who smoke. Even though they don't smoke near my house, I can tell when they have had one in the car.....yuck! I always rush around with the freshener spray the second they walk out the door. They obviously don't have a clue how bad they stink.