Boy’s mother ‘devastated’ daycare staff cleared
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This article was published 20/08/2011 (5213 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THE mother of a boy who was duct-taped to a chair at his daycare said the incident highlights the need for parents to keep a close eye on what’s happening to their kids.
Two daycare workers were cleared of criminal wrongdoing this week after they were charged with assault for the 2009 incident. Court heard the then three-year-old boy had demanded staff change his soiled pants and then threw a chair when he was told he’d have to wait.
After he picked up another chair, the staff taped him to a chair, an act that appalled the boy’s mother, Maryann Herridge.
“I was devastated. I couldn’t believe that they got absolutely nothing for it,” said Herridge, adding her son, Braxton, developed “trust issues” as a result of what happened.
The director of the daycare and Child and Family Services contacted Herridge after the incident to tell her about it.
“(Parents should) ask the children and be more on top of the daycare,” Herridge said. “I would ask them, ‘How was his day? And they would say, Oh good.’ “
Though the employees won’t face criminal consequences, they didn’t get off totally scot-free.
A spokeswoman for Child and Family Services Minister Gord Mackintosh said in a statement the workers were suspended when the allegations surfaced.
“They were fired when they were charged. Their accreditation as ECE workers was taken away,” she said.
“They will never be able to work in a licensed child-care centre again.”
Judge John Guy said in his decision the context of the incident was important to consider, adding daycares should come up with ways to deal with misbehaving children so similar cases don’t crop up.
gabrielle.giroday@freepress.mb.ca