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teacher manhandling baby

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edited March 2014 in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
i need some advice how to handle this situation. i am conflicted.

my boys go to a national daycare/preschool that we love. The teachers are great and from a very young age i feel like they are learning, not just being cared for. today my husband and i arrived to pick up the boys. we are standing at the window of my younger son's class (he's 17 months) no one sees us . . .we were just watching him, seeing what he was up to. All of a sudden the main teacher (who is sitting on the floor) grabs one of the kids and pushes him off her . . .not really throwing him down, but pushes him forcefully and he falls down and is screaming. we were both like woah, wtf. I've gotten the impression that this boy may be a little on the difficult side, and he seemed to be consistently poking at her and wouldnt' stop. that is no excuse though, and i would have been livid if that was my son. they really are just babies still.

So now i'm left wondering what to do about this. My son only has 2 weeks left in this class. We have like this teacher ok (not as much as all the other ones) up untl this point. Do I go say something to the director? I kinda feel like i can't not say anything, but i'm worried what this is going to set off  . . .i hate feeling like i cost someone their job.

Sigh.
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  • EandIMommy86 EandIMommy86 member
    To me, NO ONE you have care for your child or anyone else's should be manhandling the children like that, especially that young. Regardless of how difficult they are there is no excuse. I probably would say something, because I would think what happens if she accidentally gets more forceful with that child or my own? She shouldn't be doing that, and if you saying something costs her her job too bad, she shouldn't have been rough with the babies.

    I personally would say something, but that is just how my personality is. I would say go with your gut for what you should do.
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  • JTGochnourJTGochnour member
    I'd ask to talk to the director.  Maybe he can start in the new class a few weeks early?

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  • arilevinearilevine member
    Id say something to the director for sure- what if she is doing other stuff to babies that nobody had seen? Just consider if someone else had seen her do that to your little one- wouldn't you want them to say something?
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  • LSU628LSU628 member
    arilevine said:
    Id say something to the director for sure- what if she is doing other stuff to babies that nobody had seen? Just consider if someone else had seen her do that to your little one- wouldn't you want them to say something?
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  • minervacullenminervacullen member
    Absolutely. Who knows what other things she may be doing to other babies. If she looses her job it's on her not you.


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  • twinkletoes3126twinkletoes3126 member
    You said you would be livid if it were your son, so I would definitely report it. I would hope that if someone saw something inappropriate happening with my little boy that they would say something.
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  • AimeeL85AimeeL85 member
    Absolutely, talk to the director. They will handle it how they need to and it won't necessarily cost her her job...if it does, hopefully she will go on to a profession that suits her more because it sure sounds like this doesn't. I'm sure they won't use your name; for all she will know, one of the other teachers may have gone to the director about it.

    I used to work in a daycare and one of the teachers was fired for the way she physically punished/handled a child. The teacher who worked with her, who was friends with her, had no choice but to go to the director. At the end of the day you have to put the child's well-being first and let the teacher deal with the consequences.
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  • g8trkimg8trkim member
    Yes, say something. Why would this even be a question?




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  • deebride1020deebride1020 member
    Absolutely please say something! You would probably want someone to speak up if it were your child plus who knows next time what she'll do if shes already gone this far.
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