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Out of the thousands and thousands of children left with church nurseries on a regular basis, I've never heard of any incidents of a child coming to harm because their care.

There may be a lot of questionable activity in churches, but poor child care isn't one of them. Your kids are perfectly safe.

I am no longer religious, however, I used to take part in church and worked in the nursery for a few months -- I was able to watch the service from a TV broadcast of it, and communion was brought to me in the nursery -- and for the most part, I think it was a perfectly fine place for children to be. I'd had several years of experience with children at that point, as do many who work in church nurseries.

If you're worried about it, feel free to ask them any questions you like about their experience, or give them special instructions. However, as a parent, you'll eventually need to realize that sometimes it's time to let go of your child for a little while, and allow them a chance to get to know others.

Me and my husband go to a church that I have been going to since I was 15 (not faithfully, though.) Our church has a ton of new people becoming members all the time, so I hardly recognize anyone anymore. My husband is very distrusting of us leaving my son in the nursery, but there are cameras in our nursery, and I am trying to get to know the people better before I am comfortable to leave him there. It makes me feel better that my niece volunteered to help out in the nursery, so a few days out of the month she will be there. Why don't you also join the nursery team, only having duty like 1 Sunday a month or less, so you can get to know the people better?

nicely, i'm the Nursery chief in my ward, so do a examine on me :-) we've 3 different helpers, all everybody is females with toddlers of our very own, 2 people have nursery age toddlers. We get father and mom out and in of our nursery and we by no ability take them to the potty, it relatively is a rule in my ward. we detect their father and mom, or their siblings. it is likewise a rule that if there's a male instructor he would desire to maintain the door of the room open in any respect situations. i assumed those have been church huge policies, in the event that they do no longer look to be i urge each ward to undertake them no longer in uncomplicated terms to guard the toddlers however the adults too. regrettably, there are perverts around each corner and in each faith. it relatively isn't the 1st time a individual with religious authority over minors did some thing like this and it should not be the final.

I'm a nursery worker, I'd say it's pretty safe. When their gets to be a lot of kids we make sure we have enough workers to help watch them. In my church we always have at least 2 workers per nursery (so you know they wont be abused).

I know how you feel. Why not stay with your baby and see what goes on in the nursery, if you don't feel comfortable?

I also was anxious when leaving my small baby with people I didn't know in the nursery, until I checked on him before service was over and found him laying across the rotund belly of one of the male workers, both snoring contentedly!

Having autistic children I was unable to find a church with a nursery which would include them.

Not that it matters now because I am no longer a believer.

At my church that I worked at. For any one who worked at that church had to do a background check, because they cared about the kids there.

I don't think a church nursery should be trusted any more or any less than any other childcare facility.

yes it is a safe place

it was a little rude for the women to make that comment to you though

A church can be held responsible for anything bad that can happen to a child so they take care in who they allow to look after the children.