Hi ladies hope you can help!
My DS aged 5 goes to a childminder 2 mornings a week who gives him breakfast and takes him to school. 2 of his little mates also go to her and she spoils them rotton, needless to say he loves it! he has been going to her for the whole of Reception and sees her house as a 2nd home!
On Tuesday he came home and told me (starting with a random comment) that they drove to school this morning instead of walking - that's fine - BUT that there were 5 children to take and they all squidged into the car, he and his mate had one seatbelt across the 2 of them, and no booster seats! I asked him about who was there are there were 5 kids altogether. She has a small car which I would say was max 4 passengers (4 passenger seatbelts).
Now I am probably being paranoid but I am not happy with this. It is only a short drive to school BUT surely this is not safe and she shouldn't be doing it? the car is not big enough for that many passengers.
My son thought the whole thing was great and no harm was done, but now I am so worried that this is happening regularly. Also I am friends with one of the other children's Mum but she is a real worrier and if i told her this it would totally freak her out, so haven't said anything but feeling very bad.
I don't think this is illegal but certainly not good practice and not sure what OFSTED would think? - or would be not be bothered?
I did raise it with the childminder this morning but she just looked annoyed and said that sometimes the bigger ones share a seatblet as if that's normal?? What would you do? He loves going there and she is a real motherly type, and lives just round the corner. He is only in year 1 and I was hoping to stay with her for most of primary school if possible. Childminders are hard to come by round here and I would struggle to get a new one.
Am now in a bit of state trying to work out if i am going way over the top about this - and how to tackle this - any advice welcome!
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Childminder and seatbelts in car - am i over-reacting? help!
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ally2006 · 22/09/2011 14:06
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