I belong to a group in support of my husband's military unit. 

It doesn't get much better 'private' than that. 

So yes, I would be QUITE comfortable with it.

Yes, I would. However, I have to add that it seems like all of these requests for her to send pictures home might be a bit much. She is going above and beyond by even taking the pictures, let alone responding to each request. Normally I wouldn't think a thing of it other than..."Wow she is super nice" but the fact that you said she is undergoing chemotherapy right now makes me think that people may want to ease up with the requests for additional work on her part. I've seen how cruel chemo can be to people.

If only other parents could be on that page (ie, it doesn't become her own personal page) I think it would be better for everyone.  As long as the kids aren't in the profile pic, putting the page on private should keep others from seeing the pics.  It sounds like a great way to let parents get what they want without a ton of extra work on her part.

Why not have her create an MPIX account (its FREE!).  She can upload the pictures to a password protected gallery and YOU can order them to be delivered to your house in the sizes you want.

Totally hands off in every way for her and way more convenient for everyone.

mpix.com

I agree.  As long as it's kept private, I think it would be a great way to have even more communication with the parents. 
 
If I were the owner of the daycare, I would have each parent sign a permission waiver explaining all the details, just in case.

Rachel wrote:Why not have her create an MPIX account (its FREE!).  She can upload the pictures to a password protected gallery and YOU can order them to be delivered to your house in the sizes you want.
Totally hands off in every way for her and way more convenient for everyone.
mpix.com

 
ITA -- we use Shutterfly.com and it functions the same way.  She could upload the pics, give all the parents the password, then you all could order copies & have them shipped to your homes.  Less work for her!

FarrahTTC#2 wrote:Yes, I would. However, I have to add that it seems like all of these requests for her to send pictures home might be a bit much. She is going above and beyond by even taking the pictures, let alone responding to each request. Normally I wouldn't think a thing of it other than..."Wow she is super nice" but the fact that you said she is undergoing chemotherapy right now makes me think that people may want to ease up with the requests for additional work on her part. I've seen how cruel chemo can be to people.

 

Well, trust me, NONE of us are requesting ANYTHING of her right now!  In fact, there was one day where she was only going to have 2 kids, my ds & his best friend.  I called her mom, told her what was happening & said "Why don't I take L for the day?"  And did.  Trust me, we are all trying to get her to do less.  *sigh*  However, she credits the kids for how well she is responding.  She is awesome!  Trust me, no one asks her to take the pics.  She does it because that is who she is.  She is just . . . awesome!  We all love her.  We all know how lucky we are to have her.  She is amazing.  I credit her with ds potty training.  lol  I swear he only did it because "Miss Teecee" wanted him to.  She was the only daycare person we even spoke to.  I found her at gymnastics.  Yep, she takes the kids to gymnastics every week.  We really just love her.  ALL her parents do.    You know you have the best when the employees at the local daycare referral place tell you "Oh, you go to TRACEY!?  If I had kids that needed daycare that's the ONLY person I would even CONSIDER!"   

Sorry, didn't mean to turn it into a Tracey love fest there!  lol  The thing is, sometimes we will ask her for pics (which honestly, her dd is usually the one who sends them) but usually she just sends them!

Although it's a good idea, I personally would not like that at all.  I guess I'm just paranoid, but I don't trust facebook, no matter how "private it is."  I don't put pix of my son on any websites, except Kodak gallery. 
I guess she (the teacher) would have to get written permission from all the families in the class before she could post anything. 
Also, as a parent, (if I were to agree to this) I'd let the other parents in the class see the pix on facebook,, but no one else.  I would not even let grandparents on the page.  Again, my own paranoia about the internet, but who knows, maybe johnny's grandmother is a perv. or something.  You never know.   
Oh, the reason for my paranoia stems from an episode of CSI, special victims unit
Jeannine

i'd use it, wouldn't object to it, but then i am not private about our names or pictures on the internet.

the daycare that a lot of my friends use has a facebook page.  they use it for carpool messages, calendar events, and fundraisers.

I wouldn't like the idea just because I don't use faceboook.  But, something like that may convince me, soley for the purpose of connecting with other parents who's kids are in the same daycare.  Access to pictures would not be motivation enough.  I am all about talking to other parents when it comes to my boys!!!!
 
If I were a daycare provider I would NOT do it.  Our last daycare, although they say they want parents to talk and get to know each other, really do not from a business standpoint.  Problems happen in every daycare.  All it takes is one parent upset about their child's care, and they could have a mess of hearsay on their hands and people leaving or difficulty getting new kids.  I experienced this firsthand as ours terminated our contract because I talked with other parents about my child's care.  I was not the only one this happened to.
 
I like the idea of a snapfish / mpix / webshots / etc. account where all she has to do is upload pics.  But keep in mind, you not only have to trust her, but the other parents too.  What if they get a pic with your kid in it and they send it off to all their friends, post it on a blog, etc?  I'd still be for it given the small numebr of kids and if I knew the majority of parents.  But for a bigger facility, not so sure.

as long as it was only for the parents, I would not want thier friends and family on there.
 

I'd have no problem with it personally.  I'd assume she'd just have to make sure the other parents felt the same way.  Seems like a good solution for such a small daycare setting like your DS is in.  My DD is in a daycare center with 6-8 classrooms so in that case it would get much more complicated! 

Sazsa wrote: 
If I were a daycare provider I would NOT do it.  Our last daycare, although they say they want parents to talk and get to know each other, really do not from a business standpoint.  Problems happen in every daycare.  All it takes is one parent upset about their child's care, and they could have a mess of hearsay on their hands and people leaving or difficulty getting new kids.  I experienced this firsthand as ours terminated our contract because I talked with other parents about my child's care.  I was not the only one this happened to.
 
I like the idea of a snapfish / mpix / webshots / etc. account where all she has to do is upload pics.  But keep in mind, you not only have to trust her, but the other parents too.  What if they get a pic with your kid in it and they send it off to all their friends, post it on a blog, etc?  I'd still be for it given the small numebr of kids and if I knew the majority of parents.  But for a bigger facility, not so sure.

 
None of my other replies to people have shown up.  This crap is getting old.

Well, we all know each other & hang out.  So that kind of eliminates the whole us talking AND trust issue!  We live in a small community, everyone knows everyone & most of them are related!  lol  The biggest "problem" we've had was the sadness of the children when one of her dogs had to be put to sleep.   


For other people who have commented, she would ONLY friend the parents themselves.  (Funny enough, only 1 family has no parent background checked for their job!  Many of us are in education.)