Family Daycare with Swimming Pool

[dave4him]

Pool cleaning stuff is so very expensive, I never assume someone with a pool has any money at all....

[tabitha]

I don’t think having a swimming pool at daycare centres is a good idea.The kids are too young to swim and it brings up a lot of responsibilities. If you do plan on having one make sure that you keep all the safety products around the pool the whole time and ensure that you keep a mobile phone nearby so that you could call the emergency services immediately incase something happens.Here is an article that provides some safety tips for kids round the pool(http://www.soldapools.com/safety/swi...ety-tips-kids/).I hope you find it informative.

[lovemykidstoo]

It's hard to say that an insurance company won't insure you or licensing won't let you have one etc. Each company is different and each state is different.

I don't understand saying that you shouldn't have a pool. I mean, this is our home first, daycare second. If my kids want a pool or if I want one, we'll have one. We had an above the ground one at our last house and will be getting one here too. The daycare kids never used it. In our township, it has to be 4 foot high with a locked ladder. I did not have to have a fence if it met this requirement and I did not have to have a separate fenced play area either. Call an insurance company and look in your rule book for the rules on pools.

[Unregistered]

Waht about a fish pond

In Maryland we would like to start a day care center, but we have a backyard pond and that would be in the same area as the play space. It is three feet at its deepest. it is in a location that would look very silly with a five foot fence around it. Do I have to fill it in? Or, can i have the parents sign a waiver and just be extremely vigilant with the children while near the pond?

[LysesKids]

In Maryland we would like to start a day care center, but we have a backyard pond and that would be in the same area as the play space. It is three feet at its deepest. it is in a location that would look very silly with a five foot fence around it. Do I have to fill it in? Or, can i have the parents sign a waiver and just be extremely vigilant with the children while near the pond?

MD is one of the tougher states when it comes to licensing; AND it's still water & a danger - most states will probably treat it the same as a pool (that means a fence or you fill it in) and your insurance company might not even ok a daycare if the pond is there - you also can't have parents sign waivers stating they are ok with it if goes against a state regulation either

[Second Home]

I am also in MD and I am required to have a fenced in play area .

[Second Home]

In Maryland we would like to start a day care center, but we have a backyard pond and that would be in the same area as the play space. It is three feet at its deepest. it is in a location that would look very silly with a five foot fence around it. Do I have to fill it in? Or, can i have the parents sign a waiver and just be extremely vigilant with the children while near the pond?

I believe you will need a fence around it . You will not be able to just fill it in if it's considered wetlands . So you should check with the county first .

[LysesKids]

I believe you will need a fence around it . You will not be able to just fill it in if it's considered wetlands . So you should check with the county first .

I totally forgot some of MD was wetlands & I lived there for 25 years