Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:04
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
DC and Maryland has searchable databases for all court cases going back many years. You could do that. Or google. But I wouldn't pay.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:03
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anonymous wrote:Won't do any good. My step-dad molested me when I was 12. His bio daughter is now 13 ( my parents are divorced). He is not a registered sex offender because my mom cut a deal so he could keep his gov job. no record, paid child support. she lived off it. good for everybody except the concerned parents of his daughter's friends...
If this is true, you need to contact the police in the jurisdiction he currently lives in, and the mother of his daughter. You need to protect that kid.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:03
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
I google everyone.....EVERYONE. Until I find out different, everyone is suspect.....EVERYONE.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:02
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
I always check Facebook
Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:00
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
I'd Google them at least.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 15:00
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone done this before allowing your child at their house unsupervised?
What is wrong with you? This is gross invasion of privacy.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:58
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are kidding, right? If not, you have serious issues.
Why? People run background checks on babysitters. This is still a person you don't know so what's the difference?
The difference is that you don't know anything about a babysitter or a nanny other than what she or the references tell you. This person is going to be spending all day, every day with your child. Probably an infant who can't tell you anything.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:58
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
Won't do any good. My step-dad molested me when I was 12. His bio daughter is now 13 ( my parents are divorced). He is not a registered sex offender because my mom cut a deal so he could keep his gov job. no record, paid child support. she lived off it. good for everybody except the concerned parents of his daughter's friends...
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:55
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anonymous wrote:You are kidding, right? If not, you have serious issues.
Why? People run background checks on babysitters. This is still a person you don't know so what's the difference?
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:53
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
Unless you work in law enforcement and are willing to run an illegal check, you are simply running an extensive "google" of this person and even that is weird. If you have specific qualms, don't make the playmate. If they are just run of the mill parents, get a grip.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:51
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anonymous wrote:If you are uncomfortable leaving your child at another parent's house unsupervised, try a supervised playdate first. Background checking your kid's friends' parents seems weird and paranoid to me.
And I don't even know if it's legal if they don't know you're doing it.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:51
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
Is it just that s/he is new to the community? Or does s/he give you the creeps? If it's the latter, just go with your gut and require all playdates with this kid to be at your house. If the former, invite the parents along so you. can get to know them.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:50
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
If you are uncomfortable leaving your child at another parent's house unsupervised, try a supervised playdate first. Background checking your kid's friends' parents seems weird and paranoid to me.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:48
Subject: Re:Have you run a background check on another parent?
You are kidding, right? If not, you have serious issues.
Anonymous
04/26/2012 14:38
Subject: Have you run a background check on another parent?
Anyone done this before allowing your child at their house unsupervised?