Originally Posted by happymom:
I have been in a similar situation (daycare provider was leaving children in her home completely unattended) and one parent hired a lawyer and as far as I know, nothing came of it.
All parents pulled their children. The daycare provider's husband actually stepped in and issued refunds for all services paid for but not fulfilled. Of course this could be a rare case, but this was my experience.
I learned that almost all of the parents had seen SOMETHING to indicate something was off but until they came together and began talking to each other about it, no one could tell what was going on. Everyone wished they had expressed their concerns with the other parents earlier. Trust your gut. Don't send your daughter back. Report.
And this is hopefully a rare situation but the same thing kind of happened to a provider in our state a year or 2 ago. Families kept seeing things that weren't quite right but didn't feel right reporting issues, didn't want to cause those ripples.
Then a 3 yo dcb fell into the brook, WENT UN-NOTICED until a parent came to pick them up. They had been walking by a brook. And dcb never came back with them. I have no idea how something like that goes un-noticed.
But there were evidently lots of other issues leading up to the ultimate tragedy. Best to say something and have it go on file.