Nothing Is More Important Than Your Child's Safety

As any parent knows, keeping their child safe is a fundamental duty of parenthood

, and danger comes in many forms. Activities and articles that seem innocent and harmless can, when introduced to the curiosity and inventiveness of a young child, become risky to the point of dangerous. Parents know that they need to be on their guard during their child's every waking moment in order to make sure that they stay safe.

This care for safety must be in place when the parents entrust their child to others also. There can be informal arrangements made on a temporary basis to care for a child. This can be safe assuming the parents know well the individual that is doing the babysitting. Still, no one cares for a child's safety as vehemently as his parents.

While professional daycare centers cannot promise to provide an equivalent amount of love and affection to a parent in a child's life, a high-quality, regulated and licensed center can provide safety above all else. This claim can be backed up by licensing regulations that a daycare center must meet in order to stay open. Standards for paint, carpet, furniture, play equipment and toys must be adhered to if a daycare center hopes to stay in business. Close attention is paid to cleanliness and sanitation, security and supervision. The safety of their young charges is a top priority.

The safety measures at a licensed day care center are vital for the security of the children. The center must insist the parents give them a list of people they authorize to pick up their child from the facility and sometimes the centers will ask for secret codes to be used over the phone if there is a change to this list. Codes can be of prime importance in the case of a custody dispute or a court order. Most day care centers are required to keep their doors locked at all times during regular hours of operation. Authorized personnel are given codes to enter the facility. If someone arrives to pick up a child who is unknown to the center, they will pay strict attention to examining all records or call the parents to obtain the child's release to that individual. Picture IDs are very often a requirement to enter a day care center.

Supervision is a key factor in maintaining the safety of children. As everyone knows, kids are little devils when it comes to inventing new ways to harm themselves, even if danger seems very remote. A staff of several qualified individuals trained to supervise play and all other interaction can substantially reduce the risk of harm to the children. Just by making certain there is someone watching over the children's activity can substantially reduce the instance of injury.

One measure that is not always considered by the parents as to be a safety measure is sanitation. None of us wash our hands often enough, this doubles for children. Frequent hand washing is thought to be the easiest and most effective method available to stop the spread of communicable disease. Licensed day care centers teach their kids to wash their hands before or after specific instances, such as before eating, after playing outside, and after going to the bathroom, sneezing or coughing. In the midst of cold and flu season, hands cannot be washed often enough. This simple action can be the difference between spending days in bed with a cold or flu or back in the day center engaged in play with little friends.

Of course parents are the first line of defense against harm befalling their precious offspring. But when a parent can't be there to supervise, it is of vital importance that he can depend on a substitute caregiver to keep his child from harm. A qualified, licensed day care center can provide the necessary security to children and give their parents some serenity while they must be apart from their beloved little ones.

by:Thad Pryor

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