Sex Offender Issue

[Unregistered]

Where I live, licensed daycares are supposed to be informed if a registered sex offender moves in within a certain distance. They are notified for a lower level of offender than what the entire neighborhood is notified for. And not allowed to tell parents, certainly not allowed to put up a sign. Also not allowed to distribute the info sheet that daycares get about the sex offender or to alter it in any way.
So basically they just get the info for their own knowledge, to keep their kids safe and to be on the watch for that person. Licensed daycares also have to be outside if any of their kids are outside, under school age. So the real risk would only be with the school age kids - that is where a daycare should probably feel the need to change supervision levels.

[Blackcat31]

Also, an 18 yr old who dates a 16 yr old COULD be found a sex offender.

The 16 yr old would also be considered a minor (not necessarily a child but still a minor).

On paper the 18 yr old would be registered as a sex offender that committed a crime against a minor child.

Sometimes unless we know the whole story, we should assume or judge.

What we can do is protect yourself and make sure you do what you need to do to supervise the children in your care.

If none of them are ever left unsupervised, you really have nothing to worry about.

The guy living down the block from you could be a sex offender that has done far worse and has yet to be caught.

One never knows

[NightOwl]

I also see this thread getting HOT. .

[sharlan]

The registered sex offenders are the ones authorities are tracking. I wouldn't worry.

Its the ones who haven't been caught yet that would worry me.

I also would not notify parents....what exactly are they suppose to do?

I will never understand why people freak about REGISTERED offenders. Registered means someone knows where they are and is monitoring them.

This also has NOTHING to do with whether OP is licensed or not.

My state notifies anyone wishing to be on a mailing list the whereabouts of registered offenders.
I also think it's fair to mention that there are different levels of offenders. Some may be likely to re-offend but some did their time, paid their debt to society and just want to move on.

Sensationalizing stuff like this by prematurely notifying parents is what creates drama in this type of thing.

Unless you plan on leaving the children in your care unsupervised, you have nothing to worry about. For all you know, he could have been arrested for having sex with his underaged girlfriend.

If you were molested as a child, then you know that the majority (no I don't know the actual figures) of children are molested by people known to them with open access.

[Blackcat31]

True, but what happens when her parents do a sex offender search and see this info? People do it routinely now because it's so much easier to access the information these days.
Then they're angry she didn't tell them? Then they withdraw their children and tell all their friends and family that she kept this secret? Then she's ruined. This is a hypothetical consequence of not telling, but it is a very realistic hypothetical consequence that I can easily see happening.

I've seen several offender registration sites that were FULL of errors and inaccurate information.

Kind of like mapquest...it never really gets you to where you wanted to go.

Close but not always perfect

[NightOwl]

Also, an 18 yr old who dates a 16 yr old COULD be found a sex offender.

The 16 yr old would also be considered a minor (not necessarily a child but still a minor).

On paper the 18 yr old would be registered as a sex offender that committed a crime against a minor child.

Sometimes unless we know the whole story, we should assume or judge.

What we can do is protect yourself and make sure you do what you need to do to supervise the children in your care.

If none of them are ever left unsupervised, you really have nothing to worry about.

The guy living down the block from you could be a sex offender that has done far worse and has yet to be caught.

One never knows

But that's not the case here. She said she checked the site and he's a child molester.

[Blackcat31]

But that's not the case here. She said she checked the site and he's a child molester.

Like I said above, a child molester COULD possibly mean an underage minor.

It didn't say 3 yr old.


Here are other threads about this subject https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.php?tag=sex+offender

[NeedaVaca]

The registered sex offenders are the ones authorities are tracking. I wouldn't worry.

Its the ones who haven't been caught yet that would worry me.

I also would not notify parents....what exactly are they suppose to do?

I will never understand why people freak about REGISTERED offenders. Registered means someone knows where they are and is monitoring them.

This also has NOTHING to do with whether OP is licensed or not.

My state notifies anyone wishing to be on a mailing list the whereabouts of registered offenders.
I also think it's fair to mention that there are different levels of offenders. Some may be likely to re-offend but some did their time, paid their debt to society and just want to move on.

Sensationalizing stuff like this by prematurely notifying parents is what creates drama in this type of thing.

I think the OP mentioned not being licensed because some states have laws that a registered sex offender can't live within so many feet of a school or daycare.

OP-I also am in the "wouldn't say anything" camp for all the reasons PP's have mentioned. I would think about this before you make any decisions.

[NightOwl]

I'm not sure about other states, but here, it specifically says if it's a child under the age of 12. So you know if it was truly a child or an under age girlfriend.

[TickleMonster]

First of all Thanks to everyone giving input But let me straighten one thing out. This person is in their 40's with 3 offenses, 1 in the year 2000 against a 10 yr old girl, then again in 2004 after being released with another 10 yr old girl and the last one was in 2009 and that was a 6 yr old girl. What worries us that he is a multiple offender. The dck's are NEVER unsupervised outdoors or in one of us is always there at all times.

[NightOwl]

Where I live, licensed daycares are supposed to be informed if a registered sex offender moves in within a certain distance. They are notified for a lower level of offender than what the entire neighborhood is notified for. And not allowed to tell parents, certainly not allowed to put up a sign. Also not allowed to distribute the info sheet that daycares get about the sex offender or to alter it in any way.
So basically they just get the info for their own knowledge, to keep their kids safe and to be on the watch for that person. Licensed daycares also have to be outside if any of their kids are outside, under school age. So the real risk would only be with the school age kids - that is where a daycare should probably feel the need to change supervision levels.

Omg... Not allowed to notify parents? So they're protecting the sex offender's privacy? This is absolutely crazy. May I ask which state you live in?

[NightOwl]

First of all Thanks to everyone giving input But let me straighten one thing out. This person is in their 40's with 3 offenses, 1 in the year 2000 against a 10 yr old girl, then again in 2004 after being released with another 10 yr old girl and the last one was in 2009 and that was a 6 yr old girl. What worries us that he is a multiple offender. The dck's are NEVER unsupervised outdoors or in one of us is always there at all times.

So he's a repeat offender who will likely offend again. Get that license tickle! Make him move!!

[Blackcat31]

First of all Thanks to everyone giving input But let me straighten one thing out. This person is in their 40's with 3 offenses, 1 in the year 2000 against a 10 yr old girl, then again in 2004 after being released with another 10 yr old girl and the last one was in 2009 and that was a 6 yr old girl. What worries us that he is a multiple offender. The dck's are NEVER unsupervised outdoors or in one of us is always there at all times.

Were the victims relatives?

[Unregistered]

Omg... Not allowed to notify parents? So they're protecting the sex offender's privacy? This is absolutely crazy. May I ask which state you live in?

Minnesota

[Blackcat31]

Where I live, licensed daycares are supposed to be informed if a registered sex offender moves in within a certain distance. They are notified for a lower level of offender than what the entire neighborhood is notified for. And not allowed to tell parents, certainly not allowed to put up a sign. Also not allowed to distribute the info sheet that daycares get about the sex offender or to alter it in any way.
So basically they just get the info for their own knowledge, to keep their kids safe and to be on the watch for that person. Licensed daycares also have to be outside if any of their kids are outside, under school age. So the real risk would only be with the school age kids - that is where a daycare should probably feel the need to change supervision levels.

Minnesota

Is that a licensing regulation? If so, could you post the link?

I am also in MN