In response to the letter by Maggie Dyer (15 March) about childminders being allowed to smoke and smack, I would like to tell her that we childminders are fighting to change this. We don't want the right to smoke in the presence of children. May I add that I am a smoker myself and I have never and will never smoke with children in my care. I would also refuse to smack children in my care, even if requested. I have it printed in my registration. So please help those of us who are working to lose this stigma that has been unfairly attached to us by the Government.
In response to the letter by Maggie Dyer (15 March) about childminders being allowed to smoke and smack, I would like to tell her that we childminders are fighting to change this. We don't want the right to smoke in the presence of children. May I add that I am a smoker myself and I have never and will never smoke with children in my care. I would also refuse to smack children in my care, even if requested. I have it printed in my registration.
So please help those of us who are working to lose this stigma that has been unfairly attached to us by the Government.
Donna Mulqueen, Birmingham
