Here's my story,
I worked in a daycare about 2 years ago from Nov-Jan. I thought the daycare job was going to be perfect since I was able to work there and enroll my children. After about 2 months, I realized that the owners/director had no self control when they were around children. The daycare (which was and still is in a business setting...not a home) is ran by the owners (both married) and the director which is the sister of one of the owners.
One day the director struck her 3-year-old in the mouth for not covering his mouth for coughing. I was naturally flabbergasted. That day, my children and I walked out the door and I quit.
About a week after I quit, I noticed the business painted kiddy things like rainbows, butterflies, flowers and such on the windows to where people cannot look in anymore.
Today, my daughter (age 6) tells me that they spanked her because she pushed another kid off her for trying to kiss her. She says that they laughed because they thought their child "kissing" her was "cute". Apparently I was at lunch during this time because I didn't see this happen. However, I did see a same situation happen with the same boy trying to kiss another little girl and they did laugh (which I confronted them on). My daughter has spoken about the "attempted" kiss and seemed upset but today she finally told me the rest of the story about her being spanked because she pushed him. If I found this out during the time I quit I would have taken them to court.
This business is being ran by people who should not be running a daycare. Two things I would like to see happen is 1) apologize to my daughter and 2) the assurance they are not practicing these things now. I want them to be closely watched and to make sure other children are not being mistreated. Before I confront them, I wanted to make sure I had the rights to do so and if it would be in the best interest mainly for my daughter. Anyone can look on BBB and see they are rated "A"...but they are far from being an A because they are good at hiding their problems. Three of the teachers quit because of the mistreatment.
Should I just leave this problem under the "rug" since it's been 2 years or should I push for justice? Right now I can't think clearly because I'm angered that someone spanked my child and I wasn't aware. This situation has obviously affected my child and I'm really angry about it. I'm totally against spankings and now that I know this...what else happened when I was on lunch. I shudder when I even think about it.
I worked in a daycare about 2 years ago from Nov-Jan. I thought the daycare job was going to be perfect since I was able to work there and enroll my children. After about 2 months, I realized that the owners/director had no self control when they were around children. The daycare (which was and still is in a business setting...not a home) is ran by the owners (both married) and the director which is the sister of one of the owners.
One day the director struck her 3-year-old in the mouth for not covering his mouth for coughing. I was naturally flabbergasted. That day, my children and I walked out the door and I quit.
About a week after I quit, I noticed the business painted kiddy things like rainbows, butterflies, flowers and such on the windows to where people cannot look in anymore.
Today, my daughter (age 6) tells me that they spanked her because she pushed another kid off her for trying to kiss her. She says that they laughed because they thought their child "kissing" her was "cute". Apparently I was at lunch during this time because I didn't see this happen. However, I did see a same situation happen with the same boy trying to kiss another little girl and they did laugh (which I confronted them on). My daughter has spoken about the "attempted" kiss and seemed upset but today she finally told me the rest of the story about her being spanked because she pushed him. If I found this out during the time I quit I would have taken them to court.
This business is being ran by people who should not be running a daycare. Two things I would like to see happen is 1) apologize to my daughter and 2) the assurance they are not practicing these things now. I want them to be closely watched and to make sure other children are not being mistreated. Before I confront them, I wanted to make sure I had the rights to do so and if it would be in the best interest mainly for my daughter. Anyone can look on BBB and see they are rated "A"...but they are far from being an A because they are good at hiding their problems. Three of the teachers quit because of the mistreatment.
Should I just leave this problem under the "rug" since it's been 2 years or should I push for justice? Right now I can't think clearly because I'm angered that someone spanked my child and I wasn't aware. This situation has obviously affected my child and I'm really angry about it. I'm totally against spankings and now that I know this...what else happened when I was on lunch. I shudder when I even think about it.