My child was abused at her daycare center. Where I can contact in TX?

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My child was abused at her daycarecenter. Where I can contact in TX?
From daycare screen I saw my daughter's teacher took her blanket away rudely
from her hand & throw to the top of shelf without any explanations. Let her cryed out by her self. I rushed in, hold her up & went to the
instructor's office rightway.
Next day, the instrutor told me, that teacher said she told my daughter twice to put her blanket away, but my daughter said no.
Also, teacher had bad day she was frisdrdby her family problem. so she did that to my 3 years old daughter. If I wouldn't stop by the screen & find this horrible things rightway, I can't think how poor this little innerscent girl's hopeless day. The instructor also said to me that she does not like I share those information to the other parents. She said I exchange phone number with other parents to share the information at daycarecenter was against law


Standing front of screen, chat,exchang phone # we did all the time.

Answer 1

find another center. you can ask the day care for the state licensing number. If they refuse, you can find it by going to the weblink below. sadly, many day care teachers claim to be caring and trained, but yet they are very unknowlegeable about being professional. teaching isn't just numbers or letters, its also caring for a child's emotional health. you just don't 'tell' a under-5yr old to do something and expect them to do just that right then. Sometimes you must expect immediate compliance like in a safety issue. other issues may need a warning first, and then sitting with the child to help them through it. THAT is called teaching. guiding kids to make right decisions.

Answer 2

This may not have been abuse by some definitions but it was still wrong. A person who would snatch a blanket from a child in that manner is not the kind of person who should be working with children. She had a bad day? Then suck it up and do your job. She should not be taking it out on the kids. If you have a child who is refusing to do something there are better ways to handle it in a calm, nurturing manner.

I would pull my child from that daycare so fast. And I'd spread the word. The provider knows she did wrong or she wouldn't be so insistent that you not tell everyone. If she was in the right then what does she have to hide?

I worked in daycare for a number of years. I've even worked in management in daycare centers. I've also taught preschool and worked as an elementary school teacher. We all have days we're frustrated and moody but that is no reason to treat the children in such a way.

I hope you are able to contact the correct people and I hope that woman loses her job.

Answer 3

I think that you have every right to report her to the state or the local police department to file a report. Please tell me you took your daughter out of that day care. I'll be dammed if someone would treat my 4 year old like that. Either call the Department of Human Services and see if they can direct you in the right direction or contact the police that's what they are there for, to protect and serve. And yes I feel that you should be able to talk to other parents about this incident, if I had my children in the same day care I would want to know if something like this has happened it would make me reconsider who's watching my children. Somebody like that should not be able to work with little ones or kids of any age, and I would speak up if I were you, you are only dfending your child and any others that she's done the same too. You never know maybe if you speak up then someone else might come out who didnt then you can really nail this sob to the cross. Please take some kind of actions soon, no kid deserves that over her blanket, let her have it no need to rip it out of her hands she's a baby still. Give me the number I'll call her and give her a piece of my mind.

Answer 4

You can call CPS who will put you contact with the daycare department. But I have to tell you that if your baby has no documented marks on her body, then the worker was just being really rude to your child. Since your child doesn't have to stay there, then they will not be all that worried. Everyday angry parents call and report centers because they are upset about the care the child has received.
Although you are free to choose the daycare and tell parents you didn't like the way your child was treated, if you are saying they let your child be physically abused, then that is slanderous. The center does have the right to ask you not to loiter on the property and they can ask you to leave.
This may not have been what you wanted to hear, but it is the way it is.

Answer 5

Probe an investigation or something. If she's doing it under broad daylight, she may have been doing it for quite some time now (to others). I dread to think what 'drastic measures' she takes at home (to her children.

Insist on seeing the supervisor for that particular day, ask questions like, "Do u ALWAYS allow this here?" Trust me, they're more afraid than that mental patient u were talking about

Make sure u spread it around. Make other parents aware that such thing could ACTUALLY happent to their children. A lotta people actually fall victims to gossips/rumors. Liike i said b4, the person in charge of the center has more reasons to worry about his/her job than the woman in question

If u spread the rumor around, make sure it looks like ur doing this unintentionally. Against the law? If u were 'busted', they'd be in trouble first, trust me

Answer 6

I am the assistant director of a private school. The phone number for child care licensing in the Austin office is [phone]

The following web site is the site for child care licensing in the state of Texas. Also, if you ask the director, or any employee of the center, they are REQUIRED by child care licensing to give you the phone number of the local representative.
I suggest that you contact child care licensing and register a complaint against the center and they will investigate.
If you have doubts about your child's safety, find alternative care for your child.

Answer 7

If you are not happy with her daycare go somewhere else. I know how the teacher handled this was not right but they all have rules to go by too. If she told your daughter to put it away, then at 3 she should have known the rule in her classroom. This is not abuse but just handled wrong. Just find another daycare that you feel happier with

Answer 8

First thing is find your daughter another day care.

Second, call the licensing board in Texas and give them a report.

It seems suspect to me that they don't want you talking to other parents, or anyone else about what goes on in the day care. It makes me wonder, what is going on there.

What is the big deal about the blanket anyway - let the child sleep with what she wants.

Answer 9

Congratulations, your English is coming along. I, as a parent, am unsure of what abuse occurred. Allowing a child to cry alone because we took something from them after repeatedly telling them to put it away is NOT abuse. If you are unhappy with how the situation was handled, please find another daycare for your child. But all facilities have rules and guidelines that you and your daughter must abide by. Good luck!!!

Answer 10

Owner of Daycare
Corporate Center if it's a chain
The Liscensing Agency for Daycares in your area.