Here's Why You Check Potential Families FB Pages...

[Blackcat31]

You may can here, but I have never tried. I have never had a reason to check that far into a client's life

Me either. I don't do background checks on potential or current clients.

There are just some things I do not want to know. ::

Plus, I've worked closely with several rehabilitation centers in my community so I KNOW I've had parents with criminal histories but it has never been an issue for me so I don't check on anyone.

I know about the court calendars because of my background in law in a previous life.

[Annalee]

Me either. I don't do background checks on potential or current clients.

There are just some things I do not want to know. ::

Plus, I've worked closely with several rehabilitation centers in my community so I KNOW I've had parents with criminal histories but it has never been an issue for me so I don't check on anyone.

I know about the court calendars because of my background in law in a previous life.

And as long as the client abides by my rules, I could care less about their past. I have had a couple clients that did not have the greatest reputations but treated me with respect and were better to me than some upscale clients I have had.

[LysesKids]

You may can here, but I have never tried. I have never had a reason to check that far into a client's life

For me, a basic check is habit... I use to skip trace & serve court docs on people for a living . I don't dig further unless a big red flag has shown up

[permanentvacation]

I've done daycare for over 20 years and never even thought about checking clients' backgrounds until a few months ago. I had one shady interview/client after another for a while. After the one man (who's child I watched for almost a week) told me that the police arrived at his house to take his child back to the child's ex of whom the father (the one that hired me to watch the child) KIDNAPPED the child from I decided to start doing background checks. A FEW of the people that had interviewed me had been in and out of jail for violent offenses. I'm sorry, but I really don't feel comfortable with inviting someone into my home who has been in jail for armed robbery, home invasions, etc. Remember, I live in a pretty rough area. There are a lot of people in my area who conduct themselves in ways that I do not wish to expose my private life (single mother at home all night) with.

Think about it. I am a single mother. I am here all day by myself with little kids. Then at night, it's just me and my daughter here. I need to feel safe about the people that I invite into my home, whether for personal visits or business reasons.

I might be being too picky or paranoid. But I just don't want to conduct business and invite people into my home and have them around my daughter if they live certain lifestyles, especially if they have a history of being violent. I believe that my daycare children, daycare parents, my own children, my pets, and myself deserve to feel safe in my home/daycare. And inviting people who have a violent criminal background does not make me feel like I am creating a safe environment.

[daycare]

the one and only time I did a FB check I found out that the prospective client owned her own DC.. I called her out on it and that was the end of our conversation.

I do plan to FB check all potential clients. Even though it may not be fair of me to judge or assume, bringing people into my private home, i should have the right to know a little bit about who I am inviting in.

[permanentvacation]

To check people's police records, Google your county/city's name and the word's public record. Such as Baltimore county public records. You should be given a website that you can search by people's name and if they have ever been in trouble with the law, it should show you information about each case.


I'm not sure what I am going to say to not watch the child. I might tell them I have decided not to watch their child's age group. Or that someone else took the spot already. Or have the interview and tell them that I don't think things will work out with them coming here and not give a reason at all. I don't really have to give a reason as to why I don't want to take them on as clients. Just like they don't have to give me a reason as to why they don't want to hire me. I am also still advertising, so hopefully someone else really will hire me before their interview and then I can simply tell them the truth that I have already filled the spot.

[Annalee]

the one and only time I did a FB check I found out that the prospective client owned her own DC.. I called her out on it and that was the end of our conversation.

I do plan to FB check all potential clients. Even though it may not be fair of me to judge or assume, bringing people into my private home, i should have the right to know a little bit about who I am inviting in.

I also have ways of checking around and such but have never got into deep background checks. I do not take every client that interviews but I have had good relationships with clients that respected my child care program despite their "lifestyle choices". My relationship is a business relationship so as long as they follow the rules, I am a happy camper.

[Blackcat31]

the one and only time I did a FB check I found out that the prospective client owned her own DC.. I called her out on it and that was the end of our conversation.

I do plan to FB check all potential clients. Even though it may not be fair of me to judge or assume, bringing people into my private home, i should have the right to know a little bit about who I am inviting in.

Maybe that is why I don't do it....I'm not inviting anyone in.

They can drop their kids off but I don't invite parents in.

[daycare]

Maybe that is why I don't do it....I'm not inviting anyone in.

They can drop their kids off but I don't invite parents in.

I have parents that come in and will sit to play with their child and I will allow it as long as both parent and child can follow all rules/policies of the daycare.

I also allow for the parents to volunteer when want/needed. Most of my dcks have older siblings where the parents get to volunteer in their classrooms, so when I can, i do allow for this too. Normally at the park or such, not on my personal property.

i see it that I am having a relationship with these parents and will share a co-parenting responsibility with them, so inviting them into my house or not, I can get an idea of what they tell me and what i see.

I am a very open minded passive person, so it would have to be something really really bad that I saw for me not take someone.

A picture can paint a 1000 words, which I may only assume......

BUT if I saw a pic of a DCP smoking weed and blasting it all over social media, that is not the kind of person that i want to enter any FORM of relationship with........

[spud912]

I have parents that come in and will sit to play with their child and I will allow it as long as both parent and child can follow all rules/policies of the daycare.

I also allow for the parents to volunteer when want/needed. Most of my dcks have older siblings where the parents get to volunteer in their classrooms, so when I can, i do allow for this too. Normally at the park or such, not on my personal property.

i see it that I am having a relationship with these parents and will share a co-parenting responsibility with them, so inviting them into my house or not, I can get an idea of what they tell me and what i see.

I am a very open minded passive person, so it would have to be something really really bad that I saw for me not take someone.

A picture can paint a 1000 words, which I may only assume......

BUT if I saw a pic of a DCP smoking weed and blasting it all over social media, that is not the kind of person that i want to enter any FORM of relationship with........

This is me as well

[Blackcat31]

I have parents that come in and will sit to play with their child and I will allow it as long as both parent and child can follow all rules/policies of the daycare.

I also allow for the parents to volunteer when want/needed. Most of my dcks have older siblings where the parents get to volunteer in their classrooms, so when I can, i do allow for this too. Normally at the park or such, not on my personal property.

i see it that I am having a relationship with these parents and will share a co-parenting responsibility with them, so inviting them into my house or not, I can get an idea of what they tell me and what i see.

I am a very open minded passive person, so it would have to be something really really bad that I saw for me not take someone.

A picture can paint a 1000 words, which I may only assume......

BUT if I saw a pic of a DCP smoking weed and blasting it all over social media, that is not the kind of person that i want to enter any FORM of relationship with........

Totally understandable as to why you do it then.

I don't co-parent nor do I build anything other than a working relationship (client-business owner) with my daycare parents....I don't really need to know anything about their personal lives any more than they need to know about mine.

[daycare]

One of the things about my program is that we are all very intimate and close. All of my Dcks hang out with each other outside of care, just about all of my families are friends with each other through the daycare and I personally love having the closeness that we all have.

It is what makes us a FAMILY DAYCARE and what holds us apart from being in a place where they are treated like numbers or clients......

BUT it does make it hard for me to make decisions at times, because i am so emotionally invested it's hard to remove that emotion from my choices....YOU know that about me......

[Unregistered]

What kind of website would have this information.. Isn't this a privacy issue? :confused:

lexis nexis, provider watch. Lots of places. It's only a privacy issue if you give out the info (and identifying info) about the person you investigate.

[MarinaVanessa]

Totally understandable as to why you do it then.

I don't co-parent nor do I build anything other than a working relationship (client-business owner) with my daycare parents....I don't really need to know anything about their personal lives any more than they need to know about mine.

This is me too to a certain extent. I may feel that I need some background family info as far as seperated parents go because I want to know who has custody, I want a copy of the custody and visitation order and if I see challenging behavior suddenly I want to know what changes recently occured in the child's life.

Other than that It's none of my business