[Deptheads] Child Care at the Convention

[Heather Hughes]

Issues with "Volunteers" helping with kids.  You still need the the parent
to be there.  What if little Johnny needs to go to the bathroom, and all we
have is male, "volunteers" (no backgroung check, no prior child experience)
taking little Johnny to the bathroom, only to find that he has been molested
by our "volunteer".

Heather


As I mentioned earlier, a convention I used to attend in Boston had an
excellent children's activity track.  I talked with somebody about the
possibility of doing something similar, though smaller in scale, at
the Strategicon conventions.  At this point I don't remember if it was
Rocky or Eric (sorry, it was a while ago, and I have too much on my
mind right now).  As I also mentioned, it took lots of volunteers to
make it work, because it does take extra effort to coordinate
children.  I even had one of my regular volunteers express interest in
helping with the children's track if we get one going.  But we'll
definitely need more than the one person for it be effective.

Janice
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