Want Your Opinions (Parents And Providers)

[Cat Herder]

Maturnity wards at hospitals are open to the public too. I should know, my wallet and my wife's purse were stolen from our room after our daughter was born.

OMGosh... Did you get to see the security video???

We had an orderly recently that was doing stuff like that.

Before it was all said and done..it was 18 people...

I will never understand it...

[Unregistered]

deal breaker

It is a deal breaker to me. When I was touring for centers way back when, I passed on all centers if they didn't have a secure individual door code. It was not adequete to have one pass code for everyone to use. And it's wasn't adequate if they didn't have a written policy that all parents signed that states that parents are to not let visitors inside building - only center workers. That way, if something did happen and another family allowed in a killer, the families would be able to sue the family that violated the policy. The point is to be able to secure the building and protect the children. Can't do that with one code because you'll never know what family was coming in if something happens. In our area, there was a center that didn't have a front door locked policy and also didn't have a secured pass code entrance and someone off the street walked in with a gun randomly and threatened the front office worker. I personally prefer the key fob system over everything else, but almost all centers in our areas use push button security pads as the norm.

[Cat Herder]

What is crazy is all of the home providers who are not allowed to lock their doors during daycare hours per licensing.....

I cringe for them every time I see that....

[blueclouds29]

i'm not licensed and i ALWAYS have our doors locked. I live in a good neighborhood on a corner but you just never know now a days what kind of person can just come walking in. Scary thought!

[daycare]

no it would not

I don’t think a door lock would be a deal breaker for me. For me it would be the people in charge that matter.... If someone wants in, they will find a way in and vice versa.

100 %proper adult supervision is the only thing that will guarantee that my child will be kept safe. I would expect this from a center, as they have more adults to make this possible.

[DCMomOf3]

Maturnity wards at hospitals are open to the public too. I should know, my wallet and my wife's purse were stolen from our room after our daughter was born.

that is sad. did you ever find who did it?

[Michelle]

I have a family daycare and have always left my door unlocked and one day this lady just walked in my house just stood in my kitchen staring at me, I asked her who she is and she said nothing, then she just left!
she was not related to any of the daycare kids and never saw her again.
It freaked me out, so I have kept the door locked ever since , I don't care about regs, licensing comes once every 3 years. I need to protect these kids and my family

[SimpleMom]

yes. it would be a deal breaker if there was no pass code and secured entrance.

[nancy123]

The center I use does have a 4 digit code that is used to open the door. I feel this is a great safety feature, otherwise anyone could just walk in.

[Unregistered]

When I lived in Pa. I worked at a kinder kare with a pass code system and thought nothing of it. In this day in age its not a bad idea but not nessasarily a deal breaker.
Debbie

[Unregistered]

Maturnity wards at hospitals are open to the public too. I should know, my wallet and my wife's purse were stolen from our room after our daughter was born.

I know of a new mom whose baby was stolen a few years ago!!

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=761525

[Hunni Bee]

We have one. It does its job most of the time...most of the parents dont know it, and must ring the bell to be let in. The only problem with it is that it has been the same the whole four years we've open...which means dozens of former staff have the code. Also, we used to give out the code to parents, so some of them know it as well. But we've never had an issue of unauthorized people in the building...

I think its a good thing to have, especially in large centers or centers located in busy, urban areas (as we are). But as long as its not possible for people to enter the building unchecked, I dont think its necessary.

[Michael]

it's almost impossible to keep people out of the hospital and even out of someone's room if they see something they want and really want to go in. chances are - the person who stole your purse/wallet was a family member or a visitor of someone else who had given birth. the place i work is HUGE and they've had issues with people coming in to take showers and use electricity during power outages or a water break in the community. usually patients are asked and warned to give their valuables to a family member OR let the nurse take inventory and lock their items up with security. i NEVER take my purse to work - ever.

it's NOT as easy to walk into the nursery without being identified as it is to walk into a room. most places have ID bracelets that are linked to a computer system and the have to be scanned/matched every time the baby is passed between the parents and the nurses. they have the same electronic system for medications which has prevented tons of medication errors aka saved lives. of course every system has flaws, but you have to remember also things have changed since dinosaurs roamed the earth. just kidding. ::

It was not a family member nor someone that was in the care of the hospital. We had the security review the camera/cctv footage and saw that it was a stranger off the street. The police were called but nothing ever became of it. Santa Monica after all, what would one expect? We were fortunate enough that the perp dropped both wallets in a mail box and the post office contacted us several days later. Only problem was we already had canceled all the credit cards.

[QualiTcare]

It was not a family member nor someone that was in the care of the hospital. We had the security review the camera/cctv footage and saw that it was a stranger off the street. The police were called but nothing ever became of it. Santa Monica after all, what would one expect? We were fortunate enough that the perp dropped both wallets in a mail box and the post office contacted us several days later. Only problem was we already had canceled all the credit cards.

i said, "chances are - the person who stole your purse/wallet was a family member or a visitor of someone else who had given birth. the place i work is HUGE and they've had issues with people coming in to take showers and use electricity during power outages or a water break in the community."

meaning - it could've been anyone.

that was nice of the thief to put the wallets in the mailbox though. seriously, i don't think a lot of people know that if they find a lost/stolen ID to put it in the mail.