Do you notify other parents when a child goes home ill?

[taylorw1210]

I'm curious as to how many do/don't notify the rest of your group when you send a kid home for illness, and why.

[Play Care]

I don't tell other parents if a child went home - that could violate privacy rights. I only tell them if there is a contagious illness in day care.

"Hey Bob, we had a case of strep in day care, here's the info sheet!"

[Blackcat31]

I don't tell other parents if a child went home - that could violate privacy rights. I only tell them if there is a contagious illness in day care.

"Hey Bob, we had a case of strep in day care, here's the info sheet!"

[taylorw1210]

I don't tell other parents if a child went home - that could violate privacy rights. I only tell them if there is a contagious illness in day care.

"Hey Bob, we had a case of strep in day care, here's the info sheet!"

That's what I meant. Not a specific child or give any details - just that their was an infectious illness in the daycare.

[Cat Herder]

It won't be hard for them to figure it out from the sign-in/sign-out sheets.

I give notice of communicable illness, then silence. Like everyone else... ::::

[taylorw1210]

It won't be hard for them to figure it out from the sign-in/sign-out sheets.

I give notice of communicable illness, then silence. Like everyone else... ::::

I never tell families what kid it is, but I have a small group of kids and many are referrals from existing families and most are friends - so they'll find out one way or another.

I had a little girl vomit 3x in a 35 minute time frame this morning (how long it took for me to call Gramma for pick up and for her to get here) less than an hour after her arrival. I was planning on sending home a reminder to everyone about my illness policies since cold/flu season is upon us, and now I have a pretty good reason to in addition to warning parents of the exposure.

I was just curious how other providers handled situations like this.

[Cat Herder]

I never tell families what kid it is, but I have a small group of kids and many are referrals from existing families and most are friends - so they'll find out one way or another.

I was just curious how other providers handled situations like this.

My group is the same. I have to play referee and remind them that the blame game does not work, that their turn is just around the corner. ::

In a sense we are luckier as they have peer pressure to do the right thing. Because they know each other, they can hold each other accountable if it is chronic.

Of course, they can try to gang up on you from time to time.... than is when the loop hole free contract comes back into play. Fun game, huh?

[e.j.]

I don't specify who is sick but I do give the other parents a heads-up so if their child is acting a little "off", they know what symptoms to start watching for. Also, when parents know there's an illness going around, they're less likely to blame their child's fever and diarrhea on teething or "something she ate". They tend to keep the kids home vs. trying to drop off at day care when they see the symptoms show up in their own child.

[TaylorTots]

I don't specify who is sick but I do give the other parents a heads-up so if their child is acting a little "off", they know what symptoms to start watching for. Also, when parents know there's an illness going around, they're less likely to blame their child's fever and diarrhea on teething or "something she ate". They tend to keep the kids home vs. trying to drop off at day care when they see the symptoms show up in their own child.