Background Checks

[JEL]

Background check irony......

The Mrs. runs a child day care business from our home. She had to have a criminal background check, as well as myself because I live here. I can understand that, and because at times I help out with the childcare really have no problems with that. Cost was about $25.00 for her, $8.00 for me (I wasn't required to have the fingerprinting.

When the three daughters turned 18, they also had to have the background checks done which seemed a bit nitpicky. At 17 years, 364 days they were OK, but one day later, possible criminals! Cost there was about $8.00 each also.

Here is where the laws get flaky...

If there is ever a repairman in or around the house, she is required to also have a criminal background check on them! I work from home also and should have checks on my customers. If the mailman, or UPS delivers a package, there should be a check for them as well. (They could "expose themselves to the children through the window" was the state inspectors response!). Even at $8.00 a pop, that could get to be expensive.

By the way, she is not required to send these checks to any agency, just have them on file.

So anyway, that is the cost for those. Can't see why it should cost anymore than that, after all, we are trying to protect the kids, right?