Jewerly in Daycare

[pinkbunny85]

I have a feeling there is meaning behind the necklace that the dcm wants it to stay on. I had a necklace from my mom (she passed away when I was 3.5) when I was in daycare. dcp would always take it off when I got there and put it back on b4 my grams picked me up. I asked my gram why did dcp take it off and put it back on. gram asked her nicely to leave it on. I had never taken it off from the day my mom gave it to me at 2 yo. dcp kept taking it off. one day my gram came early to pick me up and asked why it was off. well dcp went to get it and it was missing. that was my last day there.

[countrymom]

I think nothing of it unless the child is taking the necklace off and messing with it. As long as the child just leaves it on, who cares? Honestly, what is the chance that the necklace is going to somehow choke the child while she's going about her normal business, or even while she's napping? When was the last time you ever heard of that happening to an adult? Plenty of adults wear necklaces day and night. I've never heard of one choking someone. And as for it breaking? I doubt that's going to happen out of nowhere unless the child is messing with it, and if she wears it everyday, I doubt she is. Or I suppose another child could mess with it, which the provider needs to nip in the bud immediately...but I doubt it's going to happen. And if it does break for some reason...what's the big deal?

No offense, but I think both you and your friend need to quit being such worrywarts and just leave it be. So you wouldn't do it if it was your kid...oh well. It's not your kid, the necklace is NOT likely to kill the child, and the parents put it on her and obviously want her to wear it. If it really worries your friend, maybe she could make up some sort of "liability release" or permission slip stating that the parents release her of any reasonable blame should something happen as a result of the child wearing the necklace or if the necklace should happen to break.

And, some of you who worry too much about things might want to check out the Free Range Kids blog sometime...get some perspective.

I agree with this so very much.