DS (3) does an activity. It is run from a small rented hall. The standard practice is for parents to drop off the child, and return at the end of the session to collect. I have sat in on one of the classes (the taster session, I sat at the side in a mask) so was able to observe how the lessons worked. DS had a great time and wanted to continue attending.
However, and here’s my AIBU.....AIBU to think this isn’t entirely safe? The building, I assume due to Covid, has ALL the doors and windows wide open all the time. The room DS is in is opposite an open door - there is the room with the door open, a tiny lobby area, then another open door to outside. There are two members of staff in the session, but as one is often engaged with taking the little ones to the toilet, for much of the lesson there is just one. At one point when I was there, one staff member was away to the loo with a child - and the other member of staff was bent over looking for something in her bag, her attention on that, while the children (all 3 and 4) were milling about getting changed.
I just feel that if one of the kids had slipped away, she wouldn’t necessarily have noticed. The street is just round the corner - there are no further doors or gates once you leave the building. When you think how safe school and nursery buildings are, it just seems so odd.
The next time DC attended I stood outside the building and read my Kindle, but I could tell they were a bit puzzled as to why I didn’t just go. Literally every other parent dropped off and left. So maybe I am being bonkers! But does this seem safe? I am a bit of a worrier, but my kids attend other nursery/school/other activities without me - it’s literally just the way the doors are wide open in this scenario that’s bothering me. I feel that the room’s windows being open would be adequate to ensure good ventilation, and that the external doors should be shut. AIBU?