Disclosures

[fairycakes69]

Hi there, my daughter has moved to a small village and her daughter has started playgroup, my daughter has been told she cannot come into the room with her child until her disclosure has come through, she has to hand her over to someone and the door is kept shut, it is the same when she goes to pick her up. Is this right? I get the need for a disclosure so she can become a parent helper, but I feel this is too far, she's not left on her own with the children, just taking and picking up her child. Also if they cannot get hold of you or your emergency number then phone social services, they have done this to one poor woman whose childminder was 15 mins late. Is this common now or has the power gone to the committees heads? I've been on playgroup committee and a parent helper at school and I know know rules change, but feel this is a bit much.

[EvianBaby]

Sounds completely mental to me. They're really doing a great job in teaching kids that every adult - seemingly including their own parents - is probably some sort of child hating pysco.

[Maydup]

Outrageuos, please please do all you can to encourage your daughter to find another playgroup where children are treated in a safe but natural environment. What will happen when the poor child turns up with a bruise on her knee after playing in your garden?

[fairycakes69]

Thanks for the replies, there is only one playgroup there, its a small village. She would take the little one out, but she loves it there, so she is holding out till she can get a nursery place. She is finding it hard to mix as she is only 23 with a 6yr old and 3 yr old, the other mums are older and won't talk to her, she is missing her friends from where she used to live, she is only 8 miles from the town we live in, but is scared to go out when the little one is a playgroup in case they try to contact her and she misses the call.

[RATTER15]

This is the problem when the laws state that we are to be over protective and it is now an issue just putting a plaster on a child's grazed knee, it could be seen as abuse!

Where will it all end?

[NOX]

I would personally steer as far clear as that pack of mental cases as is physically possible and I certainly wouldn't be leaving my child with them, they sound totally crazy. This is a serious enough issue for her to try hard to find a different playgroup imho.

[Nini74]

isn't there a playgroup in the town you live in if its only 8 miles from where you are?
x

[joko]

It sounds like theyve heard the rules an are sticking to them rigidly...somewhat misunderstanding them...and as its a small town theres perhaps no-one to advise otherwise...maybe do some research...collect printouts, brochures guidelines even buy a book or somehting on running a play group and present it to them? or could you get a someone in a position of authority to come an explain to them what is expected, and how to do it properly...? (gp, midwife, nurse,...even a solicitor)

[The-HouseHusband]

It would appear that the playgroup has totally taken things too far. Disclosures are only required for adults working with children.
If all schools went by this ruling then parents would have to watch the school play from the gate or a gap in the fence!

However the playgroup may have a policy in place that parents wait in a certain area so that when children are arriving and leaving they can be checked off easily on the register. It would also prevent children leaving in a mass of people without thier parents being there. The first play group my children attended had a similar rule, parents would line up at the door and the children would be sat on the mat waiting for their name to be called when their parents get to the front of the line.
In a way it enhances discipline in the children and also ensures the safety of the children is maintained, it also helps break the clingy link that some children can have when first attending play group.