> Carrots are chocking hazards
Even mashed? They specifically say that carrots in any form are forbidden. Maybe that's just badly phrased, though.
Even mashed? They specifically say that carrots in any form are forbidden. Maybe that's just badly phrased, though.
Sadly, its a real problem every time you put the responsibility on parents. This is just the reality of two systems interacting which should be a familiar theme for the folks on HN.
I'm still not convinced that putting in a kitchen is a better approach than having parents bring food; parents need to feed their children at home anyway, so they're going to have food. And if children have specific needs, parents will be better able to handle those as well. (For instance, the room my kid is in has children aged 4-10 months - the very small kids can only drink milk, mine is at the age where she can eat some pureed foods, and the older kids are happily eating crackers and other stuff.)
Kitchens also take up space - which is probably a bigger concern here in New York than your rural area.
I'm equally dumb then, but in our defense, someone has probably tried
> Kitchens also take up space - which is probably a bigger concern here in New York than your rural area.
Probably, but an urban area is in a much better position to contract with a local group to buy meals appropriate to the children. I look at it as a point of contention that can blow up. Your now mixing work and life in a very personal way. The easiest way to handle that is to provide the meals and document any issues for individuals that the provider (be it you or a contractor) need to handle. Avoiding problematic parental choices is worth quite a lot in the sanity of your child care staff.
Or can you?
http://simplegreensmoothies.com/tips/carrots and http://www.willitblend.com/