Originally Posted by mountainside13:
That's so upsetting!!! Those poor kids! There was a provider here in Iowa, 25-30 years ago. She put them in cardboard boxes with crayons and left them in there all day. My mom now works with one of those children. 
She just had a little girl and won't put her in daycare because what she experienced. I don't blame her!
She's exactly why I started doing daycare! My friends all knew what happened and were worried, and when I had my next baby I just couldn't put him with someone else after what happened. I really trusted her and she was our provider for 7yrs at that point and watched all 4 of my kids. I really thought I knew this person, we even went on family trips together! Looking back I was young and naïve, too trusting and looked at her as more than a provider but a mentor.