Contractor brought kid to our house - WWYD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be concerned if the kid got injured on your property.

which would clearly be covered under the Reno company's insurance

Do you want that headache?
No kids.

[Anonymous]

I can't tell you how much I love it when service people/contractors bring their kids. It's what it is to be human: to parent/mentor, provide guidance and learning to self and others and to have fun. I honestly think of 'carpenter', 'smith', 'cooper' 'fisher' etc- all the generations before us who nonstop taught their kids the family skills. You don't see it as much these days. I've never had an impolite or disrespectful kid do this- they help, learn, explain (super cute) and clean up the site. Sometimes they play with our kids- other times the parent refuses as they don't want to be obligated and the kid is there to learn. If the contractors don't mind our dogs practically lying on them/backing them into a corner as they work (literally our huge husky encroached on our tile guy row by row as he laid and mudded the tile), then we sure don't mind the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be concerned if the kid got injured on your property.

which would clearly be covered under the Reno company's insurance

You sure about that??

Anyone can sue anyone they want in America. Kid gets injured and you will be sued. Then you have to pay an attorney to get out of the lawsuit or pay then something to go away. Also a lot if contractors and subs aren’t keeping up with their license or insurance. You need to see copies of both

[Anonymous]

In the current world were children are targets of terrorism, I’m nervous to let my son go to any daycare or school. I want to personally homeschool my son and teach him what I know In construction so by the time he’s old enough to work. He will be ahead of his peer group that is in school.

It promotes safety for the crew. Making safety our number one priority when my child is with us. The days my child’s not there my team still treats the job as if he was.

The days we need heavy machinery I make sure my child is supervised on those days. Usually his mother (we are separated with 50/50 parent time) or a babysitter that is my family. It’s hard to trust strangers with children. I want what’s best for my child in our current world.

There is a liability issue. But I’m comfortable to sign anything that puts full responsibility onto me if something happens. Being I’m his father and he’s my responsibility to begin with.

This is the working class contractors view. People honestly don’t understand our struggles. When most people in construction can barely afford day care unless they have some type of assistance. Wether it’s government or family. Not to mention the day care systems aren’t always safe because of the predators in society.

This is a controversial topic. I’m not saying my views are the best solution or the right answer. Just speaking my views as a single father who works construction. Good luck to anyone with these issues and I hope you get them resolved in the best timely fashion possible.

[Anonymous]

I’m a contractor and over the years there have been lapses in childcare coverage and kids have been to my jobs.
Both daughters and my son have swept and cleaned up debris at customers houses, certainly no power tools and no ladders but all have known how to prime trim and load a dumpster without air pockets since 6th grade. My customers have all been great to my kids, in the 20 +\- times they came to work that they thought that I just go from house to house collecting snacks and soda from really nice women.

You mention the kid being inside so the site is likely not in a condition that’s any more dangerous than a messy room and him talking incessantly indicates that he wasn’t given enough to do.

[Anonymous]

Give the kid some snacks and some milk. Give the kid some books to read (if you have kid books.)

[Anonymous]

Some men are trying to work and feed their families and pay rent in these challenging times.

Have some generosity of heart.

Give the kid some snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are really too much. There is nothing wrong with the contractor bringing his kid. Here’s a tip—leave the house and get out from under the contractor’s nose.

Kids fall and break and/or steal something is not covered under anyone’s insurance. Big NO. You’re too much a young kid needs supervision which requires the contractor to be focused on his kid and not the job for which he is being paid. Hard NO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really surprised by these responses. I would have zero cares if a parent brought their kid onsite. But I also, do a ton of home improvement projects with my kids (and have since they were toddlers) and am very comfortable with them (safety wise) in an active construction site. If your parent is in construction, you know how to navigate a worksite.

+1
Kids can learn a lot from tagging along with their parents. FIL owned a business making motors for things and DH is extremely handy around the house because of this. He worked for his father a lot during his childhood. What's wrong with that? Why are all these posters jumping to 'poor child' or 'it's going to be my legal problem'?? Stupid crazy UMC city folk!

[Anonymous]

We had this happen this summer with painters. We didn't mind, but when the dad had a tween loading stuff into the van my husband (a lawyer) nicely asked him to not have the kid do work and just hang out instead.

[Anonymous]

Yikes at the PPs playing lawyer on this thread. This is a bad idea, though yes, in a perfect world we'd love to welcome children to the job site. That said, if a contractor's child is injured at a homeowner's residence or if an accountant's child is injured in a conference room, no matter how nice everyone is and how much they agreed that this was OK, all bets are off when the insurance companies get involved.

Don't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really surprised by these responses. I would have zero cares if a parent brought their kid onsite. But I also, do a ton of home improvement projects with my kids (and have since they were toddlers) and am very comfortable with them (safety wise) in an active construction site. If your parent is in construction, you know how to navigate a worksite.

+1
Kids can learn a lot from tagging along with their parents. FIL owned a business making motors for things and DH is extremely handy around the house because of this. He worked for his father a lot during his childhood. What's wrong with that? Why are all these posters jumping to 'poor child' or 'it's going to be my legal problem'?? Stupid crazy UMC city folk!

You mean well educated people who understand liability and the need to protect their assets. And if you don't line "stupid crazy UMC city folk," go get a new job. No one else can afford big projects.

[Anonymous]

We had a subcontractor do that and put them to work plus. We did not pay for nor expect, nor felt comfortable with unlicensed, underaged children working on our home plus there was a language barrier. We explained this to our contractor. They all left quickly and he returned the next day with adult workers.

[Anonymous]

I think you are forgetting liability. I had a child brought on to my property. She was walking all over my flowers beds, hitting my trees with sticks etc.

The subcontractors insurance won’t cover her, the main contractors insurance won’t cover her, so if she got injured they could sue me the homeowner. My yard has mole holes, and other items that could cause injury. But it’s my yard! I don’t have to have it safe for a subcontractor kid to be in!

A good lawyer would could make a case and I’d be liable! Don’t scoff. It has happened to innocent home owners!!

[Anonymous]

Depends on how dangerous the work being done is, I’d say.