Safety With Parents

[thetoddlerwhisper]

do you discuss safety habits with parents? i had a discussion with a daycare mom today who asked me specifically about carseat safety after seeing some posts i put on my personal facebook page about it. i just sent her some more links to her personally but it got me to thinking about sending a winter carseat safety brochure home with all of my kids.do you discuss it with your parents or have a safety awareness day or just leave it up to them?

[melilley]

If a parent were to ask me about it then I would give them all the info. that I could find, or I may put up a brochure on my parent board.

One of my parents is a big advocate on car seat safety so she does all the right things.

One of my other parents right out told me that she thinks it's bs that they recommend for kids to sit backwards until 2 so her son sits forward and is 15 mo. and is under weight as it is. He also comes in with a big puffy winter coat on (ironically he never has socks on though-he takes them off in the car and dcd doesn't put them back on).

[thetoddlerwhisper]

ugh i have one at 2.5 that is about the size or a 15mnth old. he rides in the front seatof the car with a backless booster scares me to death.

[butterfly]

I'm a little weird about these types of things... I don't want the liability to fall back on me if they were to get in an accident or something. Any information I would give, would be a link to our local carseat project (state funded program) or refer them to the police station since they do car seat inspections and installs there.

[Blackcat31]

do you discuss safety habits with parents? i had a discussion with a daycare mom today who asked me specifically about carseat safety after seeing some posts i put on my personal facebook page about it. i just sent her some more links to her personally but it got me to thinking about sending a winter carseat safety brochure home with all of my kids.do you discuss it with your parents or have a safety awareness day or just leave it up to them?

Part of our state's QRIS program is that providers share any info we get that is applicable.

I send out flyers about the cold/flu season, car seat safety, winterizing your car and/or traveling with young ones, vaccine info, recall info, where to go to apply for assistance etc...

Anything a parent may be interested in, we are to pass along in any way we choose, via links, newsletters, bulletin boards, personal letters, e-mails, etc.

[Play Care]

We are given things to hand out to parents all the time. Information about car seat safety, Lead testing, vaccines, etc. And someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in some states part of their rating system has a "parent education" component as part of their accreditation. They want to see a parent board with this info and they want you to have current information about these topics.
As for liability - I don't see how I could be liable. At the end of the day, I have information, but I don't push anything. I wouldn't, for example, offer to check a parents car seat install or insist they get certain vaccines. The information I have/would hand out is no different then what they get at their pediatricians office or school.

[melilley]

We are given things to hand out to parents all the time. Information about car seat safety, Lead testing, vaccines, etc. And someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in some states part of their rating system has a "parent education" component as part of their accreditation. They want to see a parent board with this info and they want you to have current information about these topics.
As for liability - I don't see how I could be liable. At the end of the day, I have information, but I don't push anything. I wouldn't, for example, offer to check a parents car seat install or insist they get certain vaccines. The information I have/would hand out is no different then what they get at their pediatricians office or school.

I'm in MI and for our Stars program, we have give/display info. to parents to get points in one of the standards. We can give info in a variety of ways like the ways that bc said.

[TwinKristi]

ugh i have one at 2.5 that is about the size or a 15mnth old. he rides in the front seatof the car with a backless booster scares me to death.

That's actually illegal as there's a minimum weight limit for those non-5 pt boosters plus the front seat! I would honestly tell them if they don't comply by the law I would have no choice but to report them to CPS. You may lose a client but God forbid something happened to that child and you knew? There's liability there as a mandated reporter which I am. I have told parents this in the past and it was also my friend. Her boyfriend would bring their kids (4.5 & 1.5yrs) in no seats because it was just a block away. The 4.5yr old went to preschool so they had a much further drive but I told her if I saw it again I would report them.

[thetoddlerwhisper]

That's actually illegal as there's a minimum weight limit for those non-5 pt boosters plus the front seat! I would honestly tell them if they don't comply by the law I would have no choice but to report them to CPS. You may lose a client but God forbid something happened to that child and you knew? There's liability there as a mandated reporter which I am. I have told parents this in the past and it was also my friend. Her boyfriend would bring their kids (4.5 & 1.5yrs) in no seats because it was just a block away. The 4.5yr old went to preschool so they had a much further drive but I told her if I saw it again I would report them.

ive reported before because of carseats and cps in tennessee wont do snot about it but it has crossed my mind

[sharlan]

I do. I'm not sure why because I know it goes in one ear and out the other.

[TwinKristi]

ive reported before because of carseats and cps in tennessee wont do snot about it but it has crossed my mind

Yeah me too but if I have it on file that I reported and that worst case scenario happens, I know I covered myself and did what I could. Perhaps print this out and have them sign that they received it?

http://www.tn.gov/safety/newCRD.shtml

[thetoddlerwhisper]

Yeah me too but if I have it on file that I reported and that worst case scenario happens, I know I covered myself and did what I could. Perhaps print this out and have them sign that they received it?

http://www.tn.gov/safety/newCRD.shtml

im definitely gonna run it off and put it with sign in/out sheet. but wanna check with my state lady about having them sign it.

[Cradle2crayons]

Part of our state's QRIS program is that providers share any info we get that is applicable.

I send out flyers about the cold/flu season, car seat safety, winterizing your car and/or traveling with young ones, vaccine info, recall info, where to go to apply for assistance etc...

Anything a parent may be interested in, we are to pass along in any way we choose, via links, newsletters, bulletin boards, personal letters, e-mails, etc.

Same here. For our QRIS, I have to have a parent bulletin board with car seat recalls and a handout on safety thigs like crib recalls etc

[Starburst]

do you discuss safety habits with parents? i had a discussion with a daycare mom today who asked me specifically about carseat safety after seeing some posts i put on my personal facebook page about it. i just sent her some more links to her personally but it got me to thinking about sending a winter carseat safety brochure home with all of my kids.do you discuss it with your parents or have a safety awareness day or just leave it up to them?

I'm not open yet but I have thought about sending monthly newsletters (electronic or hardcopy, haven't decided yet- most likely electronic) and having safety tips. I also thought about having an space on a bulletin/information board with safety articles for parent to read.

[daycarediva]

We are given things to hand out to parents all the time. Information about car seat safety, Lead testing, vaccines, etc. And someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in some states part of their rating system has a "parent education" component as part of their accreditation. They want to see a parent board with this info and they want you to have current information about these topics.
As for liability - I don't see how I could be liable. At the end of the day, I have information, but I don't push anything. I wouldn't, for example, offer to check a parents car seat install or insist they get certain vaccines. The information I have/would hand out is no different then what they get at their pediatricians office or school.

I just sent home a flyer about car seat safety with a reminder to not wear coats in the seat, or my personal favorite trick, putting their coat on reverse after they are buckled in.

I am a big car seat safety advocate. My 8yo is still in a high back booster seat and my 5yo is still in a 5point harness and wasn't forward facing until well after his third birthday.