Friday, March 30, 2007

What does it mean...

....when the windows at a daycare center are bulletproof? Evidently the windows did their job recently near Orlando, but it's troubling to think that the proprietor had enough evidence to justify installing them (they're not cheap) before this nut-job came to visit. Any former daycare workers out there care to comment?

5 comments:

pentamom said...

Hmmm....I wonder....

it used to be that buildings that contained groups of children were generally designed not to be too exposed.

Then came the daycare abuse scandals of the 80's, in which some people were falsely charged with perpetrated horrific forms of abuse in daycare centers.

The response to this was to make places such as daycare centers far more exposed, with larger windows, etc. Safer for the management and staff (since they couldn't be charged with doing in secret that which was visible from the street) but more exposure for everybody to potential violence.

I wonder if bullet proof glass was considered a necessary safeguard for so much exposure?

Just a theory, maybe totally cracked pott'd.

kingdavid said...

Way off the theme here; but it made me think about one of my favorite Far Side cartoons. He had Ed's Dingo Farm next to Doreen's Daycare, with a fence in between. All the dingos were lined up on the fence watching the kids. The caption simply said: 'Trouble Brewing'

Give the owner credit; he's prepared. He's the one that would get sued as a result of the actions of some lunatic.

Bike Bubba said...

Pentamom, welcome here, and I can't say that you're far off. If you're catering to working and single moms, I would dare suggest that you're going to get someone who wants to misbehave from time to time.

Still very sobering, but understandable.

pentamom said...

BTW, Bert, it's me -- Jane D. of WorldMagBlog and Blog and Mablog notoreity. ;-)

Bike Bubba said...

A double welcome then--make sure you keep me honest in the time you spend here, then.