Due To New Reg. Changes....

[nanglgrl]

I totally understand what you're saying. Every time we speak up to say a reg doesn't make sense we are regarded as not caring about children when in fact we're just not butt-kissers who go along with everything and try to add a little common sense into the equation. It doesn't matter what studies we bring up. It doesn't matter if we can show that it doesn't make sense, isn't doable or takes away from ACTUAL high quality care.
It happens to teachers as well. If they want more pay or disagree with a new method they must not care about the children and they must be money hungry. Apparently anyone that works with children should do it for free/cheap because they love children and keep their mouth closed.
I spent about 6 hours this weekend doing homework to finish my BA in ECE and then spent another 14 hours on new trainings we have to do because of the new federal regs. Then I got groceries and cleaned the house for daycare on Monday. Not having any down time or me time does not help me be a better provider come Monday, it does the opposite. The training is worthless and stuff that anyone with common sense should know BUT it's mandated because unfortunately common sense isn't a requirement to become a provider. Can I just please test out of how to sanitize and disinfect and can I opt out if safe sleep, transportation and giving medication since I don't take infants and don't transport or administer meds? No, instead I get to waste my weekend. Sure I could have done it a little at a time over the month but then it's constantly on my "to-do" list stressing me out.
In my state we have the option to be unregistered which means no training, no unannounced or announced visits etc. and only one less child (but no one ever checks how many children you have and they basically do nothing if you're not in compliance) so guess how many providers just went unregistered with the new regs?

[nanglgrl]

To add, one of the suggestions that they act like is a regulation in the mandated new training I took said we should have signs on every piece of outdoor equiptmebt to show which ages can play on them. I take care of littkes that can't read! As you can tell I'm frustrated . Oh well there's always next weekend.

[LysesKids]

To add, one of the suggestions that they act like is a regulation in the mandated new training I took said we should have signs on every piece of outdoor equiptmebt to show which ages can play on them. I take care of littkes that can't read! As you can tell I'm frustrated . Oh well there's always next weekend.

I totally get this... I use to live on the Iowa/IL border & considered living on the Iowa side for a short time. Back in 2008 Licensing couldn't even tell me if they would approve my EPA, hospital grade , plant based disinfectant... needless to say, even then I would have stayed license exempt had I moved there instead of back to AR because nobody in the "office" had common sense

[Josiegirl]

I'm not sure who they're creating all these ridiculous rules for either. If the parents want to know if their child pooped, we definitely have that conversation. And really, why all the 'over the top' disinfecting/sanitizing?? How will kids' immune systems ever get stronger if we're trying to wipe away every germ?
And signs on every piece of equipment??? WTH? There must be many people sitting in their offices who ran out of things to do.
Love
Common sense
Supervision
Whatever happened to that? Seems like we don't even have time for it.

[Play Care]

Simple
If the government ever did decide to end home daycares, that just means there will be no such thing as legal home daycares. There would just be more illegal ones.

When the regs say things like "in order to use the bathroom, ideally the ASSISTANT should be placed in charge of the children. If that's not possible, then the provider needs to blal, blah, blah." It tells me they want the single, in home provider model done with.

[daycarediva]

When the regs say things like "in order to use the bathroom, ideally the ASSISTANT should be placed in charge of the children. If that's not possible, then the provider needs to blal, blah, blah." It tells me they want the single, in home provider model done with.