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Videocameras at Day Care Centers
April 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (25)
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There's a day care center where working moms can watch their toddlers toil their day away playing, eating, and sleeping over live video feeds. Parents go to a website and type in a password to see the streaming video online. The center has 21 cameras throughout the center.
Some of the moms of children in the center give the passwords to grandparents live out of town, as a way to keep them connected to their grandchildren.
I would have loved this option as a brand new mom nervously handing off my new baby son to complete strangers for the very first time. I couldn't concentrate on work at all. It took a while before I was completely comfortable with the idea of other people caring for my baby and worrying about his safety.
Now that I'm an old pro at the day care thing, and my second child is older and in preschool, I wouldn't want the distraction of watching her play all day.
First off, I'd just want to jump into the video and play with her, feeling even more guilty that I wasn't there with her. And second, I love to ask her about her day and be genuinely surprised and delighted when she recounts how she built a castle out of blocks with her friend Emma, heard music by Mr. Kurt, and played superheroes during outside time.
Poll
Question: Would you like to watch streaming video of your toddler at preschool or day care?
Total Votes: 106
FILED UNDER: child care, nursery school, safety
Comments:
Not to disrespect the post prior to mine but I'd rather be able to see first hand my kiddo is ok when he/she is away from me then be worried about someone possibly hacking in and viewing it.
The daycare we will be taking our son to has the video option, and the site they use requires parents to change their passwords every week... Safety thing I guess.
God knows I hope this never happens to anyone else, but we've experienced a bad daycare. If I'd been able to see what was going on first hand, maybe it never would've happened.
This is a hard one! I voted "other" for now, bc I would really like to see how this worked first. I honestly could see some of the kids figuring out that they were constantly being filmed and "playing up"to the tape for Mom and Dad.....you know which kids I am talking about!! LOL!! Daycare needs to be comfortable for everyone, and I don't know how the employees would handle constant survelance either?? That would be kind of strange, I think. I wonder about like video checks..or certain video message time..something like that for the parents to get to touch base with their kids.
As for using it to monitor bad daycares..I think the bad daycare just wouldn't offer it. Daycares just need to be better surveyed and overall monitored to put a stop to them! (Big pet-peeve of mine!)
My daycare has this option. I love it! I check in on my son throughout the day. I don't watch it all day but I check on him when I get to work, in the middle of the morning, at lunch, in the middle of the afternoon(during naptime to see if he is sleeping) and then again before I leave work.
Are you kidding me? That would be totally awesome!
The moment my girls see me at pick-up time they are ready to go. There is often not an opportunity to talk with the daycare provider about their day, something I prefer to do regularly. Having the option to check out their days through a webcam would be great!
I voted no because I'm a SAHM :)
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You have to be careful with videocameras in daycares. There are ways to access the video in an inapproprate manner. I would be afraid that a pedophile would find a way to see the video.
monroesmum Apr. 10, 2009 at 2:06 PM