I’m scared of paedophiles having access to my child when in childcare

[OrangeSprout]

Yes I know how insane this sounds...but I don’t want to hear about me being OTT or getting help for being irrational.
What are other mums doing about childcare who are thinking about this too?
I have a meeting with a childminder today, who looks great. Her husband is also a childminder and will be around in the day too. Registered and dbs checked and all the qualifications and experience, ticks all boxes and I think DS would thrive in her care, but how can I get reassurance? Or minimise risk with choosing Childcare?
Quitting work and being with DS 24/7 would obviously get rid of risk but then stifle his development and I need to work!
There’s no other easy answer, but would really appreciate other’s ideas or thoughts on being as practically safe as possible.

[quote jannier]@1940s
For there to be a higher risk with male childcare given so few men are in childcare you would have to be assuming every man in childcare is a peadophile and then it would be pushing it. The risk of child sexual abuse in childcare is so low hence why when it happens it makes the news whereas the thousands of cases happening in the child's home are not news worthy.
I think its awful you have such a low opinion of men. Are you the one doing all the changing, bathing and bedtimes at home?[/quote]
So you don't believe males pose a heightened risk of sex abuse in childcare settings?

*1940s
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Of course they don't pose a heightened risk because of their gender !
What an obscure view.

You'll be saying only girls are vulnerable to abuse next and not boys.

@Tinacollada

*1940s * Of course they don't pose a heightened risk because of their gender ! What an obscure view.

You'll be saying only girls are vulnerable to abuse next and not boys.

So you're going against statistics and facts. Very bizarre

@1940s
You cant have it both ways one minute saying you dont trust men in childcare or changing rooms the next saying they don't pose a heightened risk.....if they don't why are you objecting to them and depriving children of seeing that men can be loving caring people capable of nurturing children role models that can make them better parents rather than the ones who believe boys cant play pushchairs and girls can't be engineers.

[quote jannier]@1940s
You cant have it both ways one minute saying you dont trust men in childcare or changing rooms the next saying they don't pose a heightened risk.....if they don't why are you objecting to them and depriving children of seeing that men can be loving caring people capable of nurturing children role models that can make them better parents rather than the ones who believe boys cant play pushchairs and girls can't be engineers.[/quote]
I never said they don't pose a heightened risk! I said they do pose a heightened risk!! Males are more likely to sexually abuse children. That's a fact

Statistically men are more likely to abuse. However you don,t know in childcare if thee women your leaving your children with are a minority of the women abusers or one or the majority of men who are not abusers. Ultimately if you don,t trust someone don,t leave your child with them.

Some posts on this thread are so sad. We chose a nursery BECAUSE it had male staff. With comments as above there's no wonder there's a lack of men in early years. The male cook was a trained chef and made great meals for the kids and the male staff weren't scared of spiders or creepy crawlies and had all the kids handling bugs all the time! They took them to the park and created rope swings for them which the female staff never did. Not once did I have any concerns about their motives or behaviour towards my DD. Never. One was outrageous gay and very funny, and two I know have gone on to start families of their own.

the male staff weren't scared of spiders or creepy crawlies

How odd. Were the women all frightened of spiders and creepy crawlies?