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OP put her AP in a lose/lose situation: Be late for pick up, or take the car without a car seat (or take the car and realize once there that you are missing the car seat?). This should be easily avoided by having a seat in all cars used to transport the children. Of course this could have been avoided if AP were early for pick up- but that is something that could happen to any of us and being 'almost late'  or even late by a few minutes does not endanger anyone.

I think this is a prime example that we should not jump to conclusion. We often hear only parts of the story (from either side) and make the other party appear like a monster.[/quote]

I would expect my childcare provider to be on time every single time.  And I would expect that if they were late for some reason and decided to take the car a few blocks, then she would confirm that my 3yo was buckled in appropriately before driving.  And if the carseat wasn't in the car, then I would expect her to call or text me to ask me where the carseat was.  And if she couldn't reach me, I would expect her to run like crazy the few blocks to pick up my older child so that she was only a couple minutes late (because really, how much faster is it to drive a few blocks than to walk? - and in your words, being a few minutes late "does not endanger anyone").  And I most certainly would expect that she would not knowingly drive without my 3yo in a carseat and then continue on to run an errand with her not buckled in.

If a childcare provider drove my 3yo without a carseat barring a huge emergency (e.g., terrorist attack and need to get out of the area quickly) and especially did so without trying to contact me first, then she would no longer be my childcare provider.  Carseat use is absolutely basic and they drill this into all au pairs during training and so do host parents.  And if she did this and then didn't tell me about it?  Forget it.[/quote]

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