[Deptheads] Child Care at the Convention

[DB]

The pitfalls that Robert, Janice and Eric are warning about suddenly become
very obvious.


On 2/11/08 2:47 PM, "Heather Hughes" <heather at gibsongirl.net> wrote:

> 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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