Child Abuse at Day Care

[Dusk]

Day Care Abuse (http://www.kare11.com/news/news-article.asp?NEWS_ID=60674)

I am so, so tired of these stories. I don't have children of my own, but it makes me physically ill to think about that poor child and any others that may have ben affected.

Honestly, I am so angry I don't even know what to say.

[Vampy]

I run a daycare out of my house, and I am a man, and let me tell you this, if some one assaulted one of the children I would not hesitate to kill them and I mean that literally. How some a55hole could do that to a child I will never know, I don't understand that.

I share your opinion Dusk

Forever Yours,

[Gareth]

I think it's funny that they put the address up for public viewing.

[Klucky]

It's just scary. Imagine the guilt of the parent. I mean, leaving the child to go to work isn't bad enough in their minds... :geez:

-Klucky

[Nighthawk]

I run a daycare out of my house, and I am a man, and let me tell you this, if some one assaulted one of the children I would not hesitate to kill them and I mean that literally. How some a55hole could do that to a child I will never know, I don't understand that.

I share your opinion Dusk

Forever Yours,

Don't need that kind around...

[Flar's Freyja]

I run a daycare out of my house, and I am a man, and let me tell you this, if some one assaulted one of the children I would not hesitate to kill them and I mean that literally. How some a55hole could do that to a child I will never know, I don't understand that.

I share your opinion Dusk

Forever Yours,

Please be careful, since as a male you are also at risk for being accused of this type of thing.

This story is just another thing to add to my what's wrong with the world list. In our state, day care centers must be licensed and when I was a child welfare worker, I did plenty of investigations. Sexual abuse perpetrators are the most manipulative people in the world and this is frequently happening right under our noses. Most perpetrators are family members or someone in a position with high contact with children, and 99% of the time are the nicest people you've ever met.

I'm glad that this child chose to finally disclose the abuse although I wish she had done so sooner.

[MysticMama]

This was taking place in HER house, with HER husband and a child that SHE was responsible for. How could she not have known? 2-3x per week for 2 yrs? Simply astounding...

[Sowelu]

:nuhuh: I have seen stories like this on the news...children being abused by their babysitter or daycare provider's. I've seen where hidden cameras were put in to place and where it actually has shown the caregiver hitting the child...Very sad....Very upsetting!!!! I'd hate to think of what I'd do if someone abused one of my children. We are naturally protective like that-as parents.
I think, because of the feelings that parents are left with after hearing about (or seeing) things like this that it (may) make business hard even for the day/childcare providers that DO have good reputations.

[Vampy]

Please be careful, since as a male you are also at risk for being accused of this type of thing.

This story is just another thing to add to my what's wrong with the world list. In our state, day care centers must be licensed and when I was a child welfare worker, I did plenty of investigations. Sexual abuse perpetrators are the most manipulative people in the world and this is frequently happening right under our noses. Most perpetrators are family members or someone in a position with high contact with children, and 99% of the time are the nicest people you've ever met.

I'm glad that this child chose to finally disclose the abuse although I wish she had done so sooner.

I am very careful, I am licensed by the state. And as a father of 4 I could not even imagine that, I don't even yell at my kids, let alone touch them out of anger or any other kind of touching. Thanks for thinking about me.

Forever Yours,

[Lunacie]

I think it's funny that they put the address up for public viewing.
I agree. Very strange. With the guy in jail will the rest of his family still be hounded by angry people driving by their home and yelling at them, or worse?

Things like this happen in private homes every day. Children are molested by fathers and brothers and uncles and friends of the family. But those incidents never make the news. Is it any worse when a child is raped or molested by a stranger than by a family member?

[redthewitch75]

A bit on/off topic...last night I read in our local paper that another city's paper published the pictures of some sex offenders and it was saying how 15 of the 65 or so had lost their jobs. I don't know about you, but I just don't feel a bit sorry for these people. One point that was brought up was that it was ruining their lives. Well, gee, excuse me...but what about the lives THEY ruined? Anyhow...

[MystIc_WolF]

In my opinion these sort of things are worse when the abuser, especialy in a case of child molestation, is a family member, especially a parent. I find such people absolutely repuslive, I can truly not understand how they can justify rapping and sodomizing their own children. I thought parents were supposed to protect their children?

[Dusk]

I agree. Very strange. With the guy in jail will the rest of his family still be hounded by angry people driving by their home and yelling at them, or worse?

Things like this happen in private homes every day. Children are molested by fathers and brothers and uncles and friends of the family. But those incidents never make the news. Is it any worse when a child is raped or molested by a stranger than by a family member?

The diffence is trust. Your family, daycare providers, clergy etc. are supposed to be people you trust.

How does it affect you when a stranger steals something from you vs a family member stealing from you?

Please don't read this to say I believe stranger molestation is not BAD.

[Yvonne Belisle]

You are right both are bad but when it is someone you know and trust something inside gets broken.

[EarthBull]

Two yrs ago my baby daugter was abused in a daycare her leg was fractured and everyday I suffer, because I feel like its my fault that this happened. I did not recongnize any signs at all after this happened. I just decided not to go back to work and stayed home with my children to this day I'm still depressed about what happen it's the most devastating thing that has ever happened to me and it hurts my heart a lot that people have this much cruelty in their hearts.And they keep doing it like nobody is ever going to recongnize what they are doing.But this was a big wake up call for me and i will never let anyone ever do this to my child again.

[Lunacie]

EarthBull, I'm so sorry that happened to your baby girl. We just can't protect the little ones from anything bad ever happening to them. **sigh**

[Dextra]

There was a story in the news around here about a small child that was dropped off by the day care van at her house, but no one was home. They were supposed to only drop the child off to her mother, but they just let her out in front of her house. I think the child was about 4 or 5. She ended up getting backed over by a car. :(

I just don't trust daycare centers in general. I've had bad experiences with them. When my girls were about a year old, I went back to work, and sent them to a daycare that my cousin owns, and I thought they would be well taken care of them. It was family, right? Well, I guess not. I picked them up one afternoon, and when I got home, I noticed Joey was favoring her shoulder. She had this huge gash on her shoulder. The next morning, I went and chewed out Bonnie (my cousin). Turns out that an older child had done the damage, and the only thing that was done was he was put in time out, and his mother was told about it. But no one told ME about it. I had to pitch a fit to find out anything because everyone was playing ignorant.

[skye*]

I too find it very upsetting!!

Especially since i i live in that state 20 min from st.paul!! AHHHHH so frustrating to see such innocent helpless children abused. I am a stay at home mom and dont even have any sitters, i dont trust anyone!! Not even family members theres always a 'what if', that i cant get over. What if they werent watching and she fell down the stairs,ect. Im even weary about putting them in school, so many kids get taken right on school property that it scares the crap out of me. Not to mention, janitors and bad teachers that are also molesting kids :( Im probably going to home school them:)
Its a scary world we live in!