Massive over reaction. The kids wouldn’t be left unsupervised with them. And I can’t imagine the carers would let them be so rough that they pop them.

Over reaction. As long as the kids are being watched while playing with them, then it’s fine

It’s a good idea to supervise little kds with balloons, but I think she’s over reacting.

If there is always an adult around, I wouldn’t have any problem with the balloons.

I think it’s a slight overreaction simply bringing your concerns to the attention of the educators should be enough

Kids love to play with balloons but once at the end of a party (I was in my early teens) a friend’s little brother bit a balloon and initially we thought it was funny even though he’d gotten a huge scare when it popped (yep horrid teenagers that we were), he then had trouble breathing. What followed was a scary race to the hospital as they could see blue in his mouth but couldn’t get their fingers in to remove it. All turned out ok but a sound telling off by the hospital staff has left me with a sense of unease about littlies with balloons.

People are offended by everything. Balloons are horrible for the environment so if that is your concern then I understand. Saying your “trust is eroded” is just over the top. People are sooks.

Balloons are a lot of fun for all ages, no surprise to find them in a childcare centre. For the benefit of the environment, I hope they are using bio degradable balloons tho. Other then that, no issues as long as the kids are supervised

I think they are a great sensory thing for the kids and as long as they have adequate supervision and any broken ones are thrown away straight away, I personally don’t see the issue and think she is overreacting a bit

Now we know how dangerous balloons are to the environment I don’t know why anyone would consider letting helium balloons go.

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  • • mom81879 replied
    • 19 Mar 2019 , 2:06 pm

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  You can get bio degradable balloons these days. If only more people bought them!