Why relatively more accidents in Day Care Homes?
Inherently homes are deigned and build for protecting privacy. We do not know what is going on inside a house. While, day care centers are designed and built for public use. I believe that is the main reason why there have been so many accidents/violations occurring in family/group day care homes including the famous death of 3-month old baby in Troy in July 2003. Child day care itself is a serious business. Doing the serious business in an inappropriate place makes the business dangerous. Homes are located, designed and build to maximize privacy. Inside the home, caregivers and family members feel that none is watching. Legally speaking, none can watch inside the home to see what is going on. It is easy to have negligence, violence, and temptation to molest inside the home. In addition, homes are designed and built to be used by all age groups, not just for several children. Home furniture is not designed and located for the safety of several children. Because of that, as the examples
