WWYD about this situation?
If you found out there had been an accident at your daycare several weeks earlier where a young toddler had been burned by a hot liquid. The details don't really add up (there are conflicting stories about where the hot liquid was and where the child was at the time, regardless hot liquid shouldn't have been around the child and I can't figure out how they had anything *that* hot in the school), the parent was notified but wasn't made aware of the severity of the situation. The child was in pain for an hour before she came to get him vs. them telling her to come right away or calling 911. The child ended up spending almost a week in the hospital.
Would you take your children out? Would you if your kids were preschoolers already? Do you think that accidents sometimes just happen?
Re: WWYD about this situation?
I would take Jake out.
I understand that accidents can happen, but the lack of details and explanations make me think cover up and I wouldn't trust them.
Also, WTF! They let her wait an hour. That right there is a huge red flag. I would expect an immediate call.
This.
Accidents sometimes happen but you have to alert the parent immediately. That is inexcusable. I wouldn't feel comfortable with my child there. I might even report it to the state licensing authority or whatever.
Ok Edit - Ok I re-read and it seems the DC did alert the parent immediately. I guess it is possible the providers didn't know how serious it was at the time? In that case, I would ask for a full explanation of everything that happened, making sure it DID all make sense, then decide whether to pull my kid out.
Well said.
I disagree. If the kid had to spend a week in the hospital, I find it hard to believe that the severity wasn't evident.
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Like so many have said, accidents happen. Especially when young children are involved. Kids can get hurt and in trouble faster than you can blink. We actually have a nanny, and I have some home to find DS with bruises and scrapes that weren't there when I left him in the am. The nanny usually tells me right when I walk in the door what happened, and if she is worried about it after it happens, she calls me on my cell and explains what happened and how bad she thinks it is so I can decide if I need to come home.
I wouldn't be upset that an accident happened. Burns can get infected very easily. But, it would have to be a fairly bad burn to get that infected for a weeks stay in a hospital.
So, like everyone else, what would worry me would be that they aren't giving all the parents all the details. Perhaps this daycare has called and exaggerated illnesses/accidents to this parent before and the PARENT made the decision to not pick up the child right away thinking this one another incident like that. Before pulling your child out, I would make sure you have the FACTS and BOTH sides of the story... you'll have to judge the rest for yourself.