Locked Myself Out Today - What Should I Do?

[Jujube835]

For what it's worth, I personally wouldn't have told anybody about it. Licensing already controls my life, no reason to give them even more ammo. More ammo, more rules.

NEW LICENSING RULE : Providers are strictly prohibited from ever leaving the house, ever. Even on weekends or evenings. Providers may never go outside. This is to ensure that children are never locked in the house. If a fire or other emergency happens inside the home, the provider may usher the children outside but the provider must remain inside the house forever.

[lovemykidstoo]

Honestly I would not have reported to licensing, but I wonder how old the kids are. Now to answer whether or not I would have told the parents and I'll be perfectly honest here, it would depend on their age. If they were old enough to bring this up in conversation I would tell them because a childs story can get pretty big, but if they were young enough where they didn't, I wouldn't say a thing. You had your eye on them the entire time and like BC said, if something bad happened, you would have found a way inside your house immediately..

So did you also tell your parents and if you did, what was their reaction?

[Laurel]

This.



And this.

Several years ago I was loading kids into the car to do the preschool run. I had kids lined up by the door so I could supervise while I loaded in one at a time. A 3 yo decided to shut and lock the door to the garage while I was buckling another child. I went out the garage door to the front door, unlocked it and went in and gave dcg the business.
Problem solved and no tattling to licensing or parents necessary.
Either trust me to do my job or not. Frankly this self reporting business is nuts. I've never worked another professional job where I was expected to tattle on myself every time I made a mistake. I was treated as the professional I am and expected to deal with and learn from it.

Exactly!