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Posted by Duncan on October 17th, 2009
England’s Children’s Minister wants a review of the case of two police officers told they were breaking the law, caring for each other’s children.
Ofsted said the arrangement contravened the Childcare Act because it lasted for longer than two hours a day, and constituted receiving “a reward”.
It said the women would have to be registered as childminders.
Minister Vernon Coaker said his department was talking to Ofsted about this particular case.
The two detective constables, Leanne Shepherd, from Milton Keynes, and Lucy Jarrett, from Buckingham, told the BBC how Ofsted insisted they end their arrangement.
Get it. The nanny state is even concerned with…… wait for it… babysitting.
Each.
Others.
Children.
Not running a daycare center mind you. But allowing your co-workers children to stay over.
Not the governments business. Period. But most troubling of all:
Ms Shepherd, who serves with Thames Valley Police, recalled: “A lady came to the front door and she identified herself as being from Ofsted. She said a complaint had been made that I was illegally childminding.
W…T…F…!?! Someone TURNED them in to the nanny state. For looking after each others children so they could work.
Turning people in. Sound familiar and think it couldn’t happen here?
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October 18th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Unfortunately the same crap has been happening here in the US, too.
http://reason.com/blog/show/136356.html
October 18th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Welcome to the world as it will be, compliments of your local community organizer. Supported, of course, by the Organizer-in-Chief.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
That’s not even the half of it, either. Their homes will necessarily have to be inspected for safety, the building for codes violations, the kitchens in each redesigned to meet commercial standards, and on, and on, and on…
I’m sure glad I live in a country where none of that happens! /sarc on