It's a working parent's worst nightmare -- your child being beaten during daycare. Though this case is particularly disturbing because it wasn't a worker terrorizing the toddlers, but actually a 9-year-old abuser.
Parents in Mississippi were horrified when they saw the video of one boy beating up the smaller kids, including biting and punching an 11-month-old.
You won't believe your eyes as this brute drop-kicks a toddler in the back, picks her up, and then does it again. All the while, a daycare worker is just a few feet away with her back turned. I would literally go ballistic if this happened to my child. When the kids cry and adults come to check things out, the bully pretends to be concerned too, patting his victim on the back.
Understandably, parents with kids at the Kiddie City Child Care Center in Vicksburg are furious. I certainly would be. Well, a judge's ruling may only make them angrier. Because the attacker is under 12, he doesn't face any criminal charges. Police say punishment will likely be some sort of rehab. I won't deny this kid needs help, but a part of me wishes they could just lock him up for awhile too. The daycare worker was arrested and charged with two counts of contributing to the neglect of a minor.
This video should make every parent rethink putting their kid in a mixed-aged daycare. I used to think the main problem would be a toddler feeling left out as the older kids ran around together. Or perhaps a younger child getting hurt as they tried to keep up with the bigger kids. Little did I know, that should be the least of my concerns. If there is not enough room to keep the age groups separated at all times, then it's probably not the safest environment.
These toddlers could have been badly hurt. God knows what emotional scars they already carry from being tortured yet unable to tell anyone what was happening to them. It makes me angry at the clueless daycare worker, this cruel bully, and his parents. Clearly something is very wrong in his life to make him want to hurt other children like that.
See the vicious beating here:
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IF you read the actual articel it says the remaining few children were brought together at the end of the day waiting for their parents to pick them up. Standard practice. But, somebody wasn't watching like they should.
That Judge in that case is full of himself, because even though that little bully is only nine years old, he CAN be made to answer for his "crime". It's called JUVENILE DETENTION, and nine years old is definitely old enough to be put there. At least in the State of Texas, it is. But if you ask me, that boy as well as those day care workers all need to have the crap beaten out of them. Hold him down and let those toddlers do to him what he did to them!!
I know that in Michigan where i live they do put 9 year olds in lock up i know this for a fact i was locked up with a 9 year old when i was 16 they put him with the girls out of fear of him being with the boys
o and this is why i don't put my kids in child care for this reason my sister had a grown man put his hands on her 4 children
There is so much wrong with this, I don't know where to begin. WTH was a 9 y/o doing in the same room as toddlers? Why the heck did the parents let their babies come home for A WEEK with these kind of injuries before they asked questions? What the HELL was this dumb ass dad doing hitting kids in the daycare?? This is so eef'd up I want to puke.
What kind of home environment and experiences must that 9 y/o have that he strikes out at babies? Wait....after seeing how that douche bag dad walked up and struck someone else's kid, I am not surprised that this boy thinks that's how you behave. Apparently, in that community it's de rigure.
I've always worked and my kids have attended daycare since they were babies. It is our responsibility as parents to know what kind of daycare our kids are attending and what goes on there. Thankfully, I've always had good providers, but I have also always been very observant and asked a lot of questions. If my kid came home with an injury that was not completely explained to me, I'd be keeping my kid home until I got some answers. I realize these parents may not have had the same resources that I do, but they are still ultimately responsible for what happens to their kids.
Daycare needs better regulation and parenting classes should be mandatory for all the parents who put their kids in that kind of place.
Morgen Wood....did you actually suggest that a 9 y/o child should be shot???
It is amazing how many of you are saying that a 9 year old child who is acting violenty needs a beating. Brilliant parenting, ladies. Brilliant.