I understand waiting before calling the doctor when a child is sick, too, but a lot depends on the symptoms and their severity. Impalement, though? Especially where he was impaled?? The poor kid! I wouldn't have felt comfortable taking him into my care without a dr.'s note stating he had been checked and was ok to attend day care.

I'm not sure I'd report for abuse/neglect. In my opinion, they didn't use good judgement and they probably won't win any Parent of the Year awards based on what you've said but it sounds like the impalement was an accident. Is dcb old enough to tell you what happened in his own words?

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