Off Limit Areas....What Do You Think

[daycare]

I have problems writing and often use too many words....how do you think this sounds? What would you change or add?


The ****** offers an exclusive room for all children to play and learn in a safe, stress free environment. All children are expected to use this room as their main area of play throughout their day while here.

All bedrooms, garage and living room are off limit areas to all children at all times. The living room will be used to pass through to get to other parts of the house, but is not child proofed and is not designed to be a play area. Please do not allow for your children to play in the living room area or open cupboards in these areas during drop off and pickup time. This is the Provider’s family personal space please help your children respect it at all times.

[TBird]

Oh, I like it! BUT, I am long-winded too so please defer to the other ladies. Recently termed a mom (for other reasons) who tried to invite herself into my refrigerator! I may need to add this to my contract too...

[daycare]

WTH...why was she in your fridge?

[TBird]

WTH...why was she in your fridge?

Because she brought her 15 month old to daycare at 11AM and hadn't fed him NOR given him a cup!!! Therefore, she just thought she'd help herself into my refrigerator. WELLLLLLLLLL, needless to say it didn't quite go down like she expected!!!

[daycare]

wow that woman is brave...... I just cant even imagine....... wow...

What did you say?

[TBird]

wow that woman is brave...... I just cant even imagine....... wow...

What did you say?

"He's thirsty, I'll go fill up his cup...." I said a firm....NO! I'll be coming downstairs momentarily to prepare for lunch anyway. "Oh, well can't I just get it for you???" NO! We'll be coming downstairs momentarily to prepare for lunch! She looks at me funny and backs out of the door looking all worried and helpless as if I'm the one who didn't feed DCB that morning.

Needless to say, once she left I rushed downstairs to give that poor baby a cup. She was good for showing up WAY late and announcing that DCB was hungry or thirsty. She was also famous for asking for a milk "refill" of his cup before leaving in the evenings (on her way out with her girlfriends and after showing up late of course). And it's not because she was hard on her luck....the baby's father paid for daycare (always late BTW).

Needless to say, I had to terminate. Miss that little boy.......Sigh........

[daycare]

wow that is down right respectful... Glad that you wont have to deal with that anymore...sorry to hear about the boy. I hate it when sweet kids have rude paretns and then you have to term them,......****s for you and the kid, not their fault their parent is rude.

[MN Day Mom]

I think it sounds pretty good... not too long winded and it gets the point across.

I would however still child proof those areas for liability purposes and to assure the children as safe as they obviously have access to the areas and then remove the part that says they are not child proofed... again for liability purposes.

[daycare]

great point... it is child proofed, I just dont want them in there...

[Abigail]

I have problems writing and often use too many words....how do you think this sounds? What would you change or add?


The ****** offers an exclusive room for all children to play and learn in a safe, stress free environment. All children are expected to use this room as their main area of play throughout their day while here.

All bedrooms, garage and living room are off limit areas to all children at all times. The living room will be used to pass through to get to other parts of the house, but is not child proofed and is not designed to be a play area. Please do not allow for your children to play in the living room area or open cupboards in these areas during drop off and pickup time. This is the Provider’s family personal space please help your children respect it at all times.

How many rooms total do you use for daycare? The way it's written sounds like they're only allowed in one room all day. I would brighten it up by mentioning what you do offer including outside space and then end it with "all other areas not mentioned as not for use of the daycare" or something along those lines. How many kids do you have and how old are they?

[daycare]

I gave it the title off limits areas but Maybe I should hVe said permitted daycare areas and offlimit areas.
I have 6 kids at one time. Ages 2-4.5
I am tired of the Dck destroying my living room. I have a DCB who broke my $8000.00 china hutch door. Right infront of mom who said nothing. Plus this is where my little guy has his special place away from all of the kids when he needs a break.
I have a huge daycare room and this is pretty much the only place they can go. ThT and the bathroom. Outside they can run the entire backyard

[TBird]

I gave it the title off limits areas but Maybe I should hVe said permitted daycare areas and offlimit areas.
I have 6 kids at one time. Ages 2-4.5
I am tired of the Dck destroying my living room. I have a DCB who broke my $8000.00 china hutch door. Right infront of mom who said nothing. Plus this is where my little guy has his special place away from all of the kids when he needs a break.
I have a huge daycare room and this is pretty much the only place they can go. ThT and the bathroom. Outside they can run the entire backyard

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA....DCB BROKE AN $8,000 HUTCH???? And mom didn't even OFFER to pay you for it or offer you ANYTHING??? Did she even apologize??? OMG...please add something like this to your contract....

Should the child deliberately destroy toys or personal items, including but not limited to furniture, through misuse or willful misuse, the parent will be required to replace it. ____________will not be held responsible for toys or personal items brought from home.

[daycare]

Nope no offer and the a few weeks later broke a lamp. He didn't want to put his shoes on. The lamp was not worth a lot of $, but my grandpa made it.
I wanted to put that statement in my PHB but my dc insurance said I wouldn't have much of a chance getting paid back for the item as it is my responsibility to be watching them.????? Ugh

[PitterPatter]

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA....DCB BROKE AN $8,000 HUTCH???? And mom didn't even OFFER to pay you for it or offer you ANYTHING??? Did she even apologize??? OMG...please add something like this to your contract....

Should the child deliberately destroy toys or personal items, including but not limited to furniture, through misuse or willful misuse, the parent will be required to replace it. ____________will not be held responsible for toys or personal items brought from home.

ITA!!! This is what I have in my contract.

.... The toys I provide may get broken as well and I understand the occasional break so it will be forgiven. However, should a child deliberately destroy the toys or other property through misuse or willfulness, or have repeated "accidental" damage, the parent will be required to replace them. I do have off limits areas in my home. If a child should cause damage to anything in these areas, again you as the child's parent may be asked to replace the damaged item. Please remember this is still a HOME. I cannot safeguard every item in my home from every child every minute of the day, this is why I have "OFF LIMITS" areas.

I usually try to only use the restroom during nap time after the kids are asleep (1:00) but sometimes I just can't hold it that long. I once went to the restroom and came back to find a 4 yr old climbed my entertainment center (wall unit type) got my cell phone from the 5th shelf up and 2 of the kids were throwing it back and forth. When I picked it off of the floor it was dead. it never did come back on so I made the 2 parents split the cost. They were not happy. I even got the cheapest phone I could find at walmart instead of the same 1 because it cost so much. 1 of the parents went around telling everyone she shouldn't be repsonsible because I had no right leaving them alone for any reason and my cell phone shouldn't be in the living room anyway. The same child was termed 2 months later for breaking 9 more toys after the cell issue which I never even made the parent replace but very well could have.

[PitterPatter]

Nope no offer and the a few weeks later broke a lamp. He didn't want to put his shoes on. The lamp was not worth a lot of $, but my grandpa made it.
I wanted to put that statement in my PHB but my dc insurance said I wouldn't have much of a chance getting paid back for the item as it is my responsibility to be watching them.????? Ugh

I would ask that person how long they can hold their bladder.

When I termed a client she begged to stay offering to pay for a couple things if I allowed him to stay but I refused because we stood there and watched him break many things on purpose. Once I warned it doesn't bend that way and reached to take it away... He gave me a smirk, forced it and said now it does! So it was Bye bye!!