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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am suspicious of every day care.  You never know who might be around your kids - especially at family day cares there could be cousins, neighbors, etc dropping by.  I would check everything and everyone out.  As for the gender of the owner-  you are being sexist.  [/quote]

[b]You should at least know what you're talking about before spouting off. Anyone who comes in contact with your children at a family daycare must have passed a background check and been fingerprinted. Cousins, neighbors, friends, etc. cannot simply drop by and be in contact with your kids.[/b] And yes OP to judge him as suspicious purely by virtue of being man is wrong. You have mutliple reference who had nothing but good things to say about him, and he has two assistants with him all day. Shouldn't these facts carry more weight than your mother's prejudiced fears?[/quote]

Well, yes and no.

You see it's not quite as thorough or complex as you might want to believe.

Generally, they will background check and fingerprint any one who the provider documents living in the house at the time of application.  This is the only time the check is run. They don't recheck each year or even after the license is granted.  Of course, if the provider has someone new move in, they are supposed to get the checks run.

Depth of background checks and fingerprint checks matter.  You need to check the guidelines for wherever the daycare is situated - do they run local, state or national level checks?  This applies to both background checks as well as fingerprint checks.

In terms of who can come over during the day, pretty much anyone can.  It's still the provider's private residence, and they are allowed to have visitors.  Is that best practice? No, but thinking it can't or won't happen isn't realistic.  It's also possible that in a pinch the provider will get someone else to cover for them.  Consider if the provider has to run  an errand mid day or go to a doctor's appt.  You would be amazed how many providers will think nothing of getting a family member or friend to watch the kids for a few hours.  
You can find information like this out when interviewing providers.  Ask open ended questions and see how they respond.  Ask what they have done in the past in various scenarios.

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