Not a safe space for children. The children's apprenticeship program reminds me of the boy who drowned due to an instructor's neglect: https://bit.ly/3cvKfQq. The owner has failed to provide suitable safety for children in the following ways:
*No adult background checks
*Placed his "girlfriend" as safety lead. Completely distracted, no legal training. He also shared that she is/was an undocumented citizen and they had been "together" for over seven years but he refused to marry her (asked me for help with getting her, her citizenship ... um... no? lol) - seems like a green card and/or trafficking hustle to me. I thought maybe she was escaping a bad country but the owner divulged that she and her family flew back and forth a lot and that he wanted to move there??? Children and unsuspecting adults should not be around this. Do not have her work with your children unless you are sure she has proper legal training to do so.
*No proper emergency contacts for children.
*Inappropriate comments from owner about young women in the program (this was not done around children).
The program is free but is being used as a way to create a curriculum that he'll be making money off of. Another way for unsuspecting black/brown bodies to be profited off of without permission. read more