Policy Prohibitting Daycare Teachers from Babysitting After Working Hours

I have never heard of a policy about that. I could understand why one would be there though. I know when I worked at a daycare I was only working part time and I got a part time nanny job. Well when they daycare found out I was a nanny to one of the kids siblilings they didnt like that idea. So they told me either I stay and work for them or not. I went and worked part time as a nanny I made more money that way anyways. I think some are just afraid of their help leaving or playing favorites. I understand how you would want to hire one of your childs teachers cause they already know your child and your child knows them. You have to understand though they are with kids all day long. When they leave they may just want to go home and unwind. Not saying all are like that. I hope you find someone to watch your children. I used to daycare in my home and I loved watching children. Good luck

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Hi,
This is not the case in my son's daycare. They are certainly allowed to babysit, yet it is a not for profit daycare so perhaps that is the difference.
I assume the rule is more over favorites and favoritism. Maybe they are worried that a family will hire them away from the daycare or perhaps that it causes in-fighting with the staff when one is chose over another.

I worked in four different day cares. The reason there is a policy is because they do not want to be liable if something happens with your child and that teacher after hours. they do background checks but if something were to happen they do not want it coming back on them. Since at day cares they can match that tecaher but at your house they can not. Its all so nothing comes back on them.

I am surprised that they can legally do that? The top paying daycares around here only pay $12.00 an hour and that is the exception rather than the rule...if your daycare teacher is a single parent than any supplemental income is probably extremely welcome. I think it is rather ugly of your daycare to have such an insensitive rule (insensitive to their employees)...I am surprised they can enforce it?

When I had my child care center a couple of my teachers ended up babysitting and after some discussions I had to make a policy that said that staff was not allowed to work for parents. They teachers felt pressured to work for the parents, even if they liked the kids, because they didn't want the parents to dislike them or think they didn't like their kids. They want your approval, they are in a position to not be able to say no.

They already spent 8-9 hours a day with your children. They have had them all day. They need a break from work stuff too. They have friends, family, children and seperating work from home is a big deal.

Let's say you go to work 8-5. Kida are at the center by 7:30 and picked up around 5:30, then you go out at 6:30 and you go to dinner then to a 9pm movie. Home by 11pm. So they have your kids from 7:30am until midnight, then they have to go home, get unwound from a very long day, get ready for bed and then get up around 6 to get ready to go to work.

The policy gave my teachers an honest way of declining that made me the bad guy and they could still have a good relationship with their class parents. They asked for it and then helped me make the policy so it was iron clad. They had it say they could be terminated if they worked for any persons related to any children past or present enrolled in the center.