This is the first time I am hearing about this. It is sad for all parties involved. I do feel to a certain degree that anytime a parent decides to used unlicensed care they are taking a risk. I think if the childcare provider and the parent were penalized for this kind of thing it would happen a lot less. More parents would verify that childcare providers were licensed and that would be the end to most of this mess. Was the mother negligent for using unlicensed care? Yes. When I look at the definition of neglect I feel this mom did not provide the child with proper childcare in her abscence. When bad things happen everyone has to start blaming and finger pointing but not many thinking about if they contributed to the problem. The more we keep allowing people to pass the blame and sue unnecessarily the more people will continue to take risks and not make better choices.

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