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We have all heard the horror stories on the news about children getting hurt and even killed while in child care or at the hands of their sitters .Hundreds of children each year are abused by care givers. With this in mind I can understand why parents would want to video tape how their child is being taken care of .As a mother of five I will do anything and everything possible to protect my children. But how far is to far. Is it okay for a parent or community to violate someone Else's rights in order to keep their children safe.

I do feel that it is a violation of the baby sister or care givers right of privacy. When we place video taping equipment in our homes we are doing so protect our home and our family.

I do feel that if a parent finds it necessary at first to video tape they should at least inform the sitter that they are being video taped.By telling the sitter then they are violating their rights because they know before hand that they are being video taped.

Recently we hire someone to care for our mother in her home. There were Two different care givers that took on two different shifts because my mother is in need of 24 hour a day care. When we noticed that my mothers phone bill was higher with call she didn't make and pills and other items were missing we asked each care giver about it. Each one placed blame on the other.

We decided to get a nanny cam. The issue of rights came up between all of us children. We were unsure if when we found who was doing it and fired them if they could sue us for violating their right. So instead of just installing the nanny cam , we installed them and then told both care givers. At first both caregivers did everything they were suppose to. But after a few weeks one caregiver felt we were lying about the tapeings and went back to using my mothers phone and stealing her pills and other items.
We held a meeting with her and showed her the tapes. Then we fired her.

My point is I do feel it violates the baby sitters rights but only if they do not know about it. But if they are told the video camera is there then every parents has a right to use it.

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