Hamilton MOMS Club

Code of Conduct

• Kids must be healthy. Mild colds are the exception. See Illness Policy.
• Moms must closely supervise their children.
• Aggressive or uncooperative children are not allowed. See Discipline Policy
• Moms must clean up after their children.
• Moms are responsible for their children’s actions.

It is important to remember that children can be moody, dangerous and unpredictable at times. You understand that by participating in group activities with other children you are assuming any related risks.

If a there is a problem, please contact the child's mother first to resolve any issues. If the problems continue, then please consult someone on the Executive Board.

Illness Policy

Please don’t attend meetings or activities if you or your child(ren) have or have had any of the following symptoms in the preceding 24 hours:

• vomiting
• diarrhea
• extreme lethargy
• rash
• oral temperature of 100+ degrees
• severe cough or pain
• discharge from eyes
• green mucous
• communicable disease (chicken pox, etc.)

This policy helps to protect all our children and mothers from illness. Infants and pregnant women need all the protection they can get, since any disease can be more dangerous for them.

Swine Flu / H1N1 Virus Policy
Hamilton Township requires all organizations that use its facilities to have a H1N1 Flu policy. After discussing it at a recent board meeting, we presented the policy to the members at our monthly meeting, where it received unanimous approval.

• If you or your child has this virus, do not attend any MOMS Club events until after being symptom-free for 24 hours or until 7 days after the onset of the virus, whichever is longer.
• Also, do not attend any MOMS Club functions for at least 48 hours after being exposed to the H1N1 virus, as the incubation period is usually 24-48 hours, although it could be up to 5 days.
• If you or your child are diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and have attended a MOMS Club event during the incubation period, please contact a board member, so that the other members who also present at that function can be notified.

Discipline Policy

Stop any child from hurting another or oneself and If necessary call the situation to the member's attention. If your child displays aggressive or uncooperative behavior, please try and correct the child and if necessary please exit the event. Children who have continued behavioral problems should be removed from group events for a time.

Remember that even the most angelic child occasionally has a bad day. If your child starts being aggressive either by hitting, pushing, grabbing things from others, or shows uncooperative behavior such as refusing to share or take turns, has over-the-top tantrums, etc., take your child home, or at least give him/her a last chance to calm down with time-out in an isolated area before taking the child home.

Moms are responsible for their children’s actions. Please speak up politely to the Mom involved if someone misses their child’s activity. If the problems continue, then please consult someone on the Executive Board. The Executive Board will review any repeat non-action on a member's part. The final decision will rest with the Executive Board, which shall use the same criteria for all children.