Yeah. I'm a teacher, and when incidents like this are reported, there are always voices that jump in to say, "This is getting blown out of proportion, it's not that deep, it was one bad decsion," etc. What alarms me more than the incident itself is the reasoning behind it. This wasn't a split-second bad reaction; it took forethought and multi-step planning. If they thought this was a reasonable thing to do, they don't possess the judgement necessary to work with children and keep them safe.
A similar incident happened many years ago with my Grandmother and Great Aunt in a nursing home. They both had dementia and were bedridden. My Grandmother’s wedding ring was stolen off her finger and we put a hidden camera in the room. Long story short, we found verbal abuse, neglect, pain pills were said to have been given but clearly were not. Six people were fired and we sued but settled out of court.
My great great Aunt was in a home in Scotland and the care givers were like Nazis. I remember taking her ice cream and a pumice stone that my mom said she used for removing hair from upper lip, OUCH if that's true, not the ice cream though, she ate that!! Some people have no business caring for others.
If I had had the poor judgement of wearing such a mask in front of children this young, and saw that I had frightened them, I would have immediately taken it off, lowered myself to my knees, show them the mask front and back, let them touch my face, and asked for their forgiveness once they had calmed down. Chasing after them, screaming, and threatening them with "you better be good" while they screech in terror is so cruel, it's beyond comprehension.
Exactly. This is normal. The wearing of the mask for the first time can be attributed to poor judgment but as soon as you see that they are terrified the humane thing to do is to show them is not real and stop using the mask. The fact that they continued to do this shows that they were sadistic and just terrible human beings.
@@VisionThing wrote: You would have fallen to your knees and begged for forgiveness from children? So theatric. Why not just behave like a normal adult? REPLY: It sounds appropriate to me. Falling to your knees just means getting down on their level while reassuring them. .
Their punishment must include a permanent ban on working with, or being alone with vulnerable people (kids, disabled or the elderly). Anyone capable of this cruelty is messed up at their very core and can not be trusted to ever change. I also saw the video with the kids faces and it broke my heart. I’m so sorry for all those kids and parents. I’m having trouble getting their terrified little faces out of my mind.
It was a Purely evil act of trauma that the children will deal with forever… and I too saw their faces and I too cannot get their faces out of my head. I wonder how much abuse and trauma they experienced. Just evil.
I am a preschool teacher. Children at this age are developing the social / emotional skills needed to function well outside of the home. As a teacher, my focus is on making sure they feel safe, secure, seen and are soothed when they are having trouble adjusting. This behavior is beyond unacceptable and the damage it can cause can be long lasting. My goal as a teacher is to see that my children have a positive foundation upon which to build so that learning is seen as fun. I hear from parents of children I have had in my class years later and they still talk about how much they loved Ms. S’,s class. I cannot fathom anyone doing this to little ones like this. You reap what you sow.
I'm also a preschool teacher to ages 1½ and 2. The preschool I use to work at....oh....my god. I had NEVER seen such a horrific preschool in my life. I mean, screaming, calling kids names, cussing at them, HITTING, grabbing. When I got pregnant, I was terrified to not only work in another preschool, but put my daughter in there with me. Luckily, the preschool I work at now is so amazing. The teachers all help one another, if you feel yourself getting overwhelmed, someone will come and help you or give you a minute, they treat the kids like they were their own children, their teaching method is research backed and on point. The only downside is the pay is shit, but a 75% discount is awesome 👌 those kiddos get the best there and I'm proud to have my daughter there as well. Edit: prob should mention I did report the actions that went on there. As there weren't cameras and because I moved states shortly after to help my dad, I'm not entirely sure what the outcome was. However, I will say, do not work at nor put your children in a preschool that starts with the word "Kinder". I don't know if I can legally say the whole name or where it was without it being considered doxing. But the reviews for "kinder" are quite bad, so yeah.
I’m a preschool teacher and there is NO WAY any teachers I know would even consider this appropriate. It’s heartbreaking honestly, we are there to care for, love, and nurture these children. Scaring them - simply insanity. Disgusting I’m glad they have been arrested… although if they think this was ok I would hate to think what else went on before this!! 😢
Exactly!!! I I firmly believe a felony charge and prison is in order! I was “innocently” harassed by my brother and a snake… nothing innocent about it, with gagging me (can’t wear a mask) and holding me down too.🤬 I am still to this day, some 50 years later traumatized around scary movies & I HATE snakes!!! Can’t even see a drawing of one. There will be some long term effects for these children. I hope the parents sue the workers on a civil level as well.
I know! I can understand a teacher popping up w a mask and saying "boo!" And jump scaring kids 5th grade and older who understand its mask, understand its a jump scare Halloween prank, who won't be traumatized and will jump then laugh...its a whole different beast to do that to young kids who don't know the world well enough to understand what's going on and experience true fear for their lives for prolonged periods w other adults standing around not helping them!!!!
They're not teachers, they're daycare employees. I wonder what training they went through to be able to have that job. Doesn't seem like they were trained or vetted at all.
Not one of them cared that the children were upset and needed comforting. If a child is crying, any adult should attempt to find out what is wrong and do everything they can to stop the child's pain. These people were not moved by the pain of these children, but obviously enjoyed the harm they were inflicting.
@@Filthy_Larry well, the Bible is a pretty scary work of fiction and considering its full of rape, murder and threats of going to hell just for questioning God. I don't think it's a good book for kiddos. There are far better works of fiction that are more appropriate and don't include all that "do what I say or you'll go to hell" fire and brimstone BS.
Years ago I dropped by an acquaintance's at-home daycare and as we were chatting, she suddenly stopped and screamed at a child for doing something trivial. The kid got such a shock. It was all too loud and sudden for the kid. The child couldn't catch her breath and the woman had to go into emergency mode to calm her down and get her to breathe properly again. Afterwards I learned that the kid suddenly developed a pronounced stammer after the incident. It lasted a few weeks and thankfully she recovered. I was just a teenager at the time but I often wish I'd had the mindset and confidence to tell the mom what happened.
At home day cares are not safe for children. I have first hand knowledge. The fact is not every at home daycare is bad … but every at home daycare is an environment that is not monitored well enough to know what’s truly going on. Really schools in general are areas where parents don’t know a lot of what’s going on in the classroom unless the teacher posts it on tik tok. Schools in general aren’t so safe anymore, and we shouldn’t throw our trust at them just because.
@@tgin7100 I know, I can't either. It made me so sad for them. They were all seated for their luncheon, but I am sure they weren't able to eat after that.
There were actually imbeciles on social media thinking it was funny. Kimmel likes to see kids cry and encourages people to send in their videos, he's sick and so is his audience.
The worst was the little boy who was chased and 'caught' For a kid to run in terror but then actually get caught by the monster could cause at the very least nightmares or bed wetting. I am curious if the parents noticed any aftereffects from this.
I mean, watching the movie Psycho as an 8 year old gave me nightmares. Doesn't mean much. I mean hell, my grandpa dying as a kid gave me nightmares. Learning that nightmares are not reality is a necessary part of growing up. Unless you know a child who never had any. Doesn't really matter what the cause is. Of course, these dipshits shouldn't work in daycare ever again, but people claiming this was traumatizing is really diluting what "Trauma" actually means.
@@alpha1solace Thank you for laying out the possible repercussions of this terror incident. You've provided much valuable information these children and their families will be able to use should sleep disturbances and other mental health issues occur; I'd be surprised if they do not.
If your child came home, frightened and upset, and said there was a ghost/monster at daycare ... the average parent would comfort the child and say something like monsters aren't real. But this really happened ... it's scary that a child potentially asking for help may not be believed if this video was not created.
I had this exact thought as well! Children at that age have a very vivid imagination, are fearful of very seemingly silly things to an adult AND do not yet have the vocabulary to articulate things very well. So, I can only imagine the confusion the parents must have felt when their children came home traumatized and talking about a monster! It’s Halloween time too so most parents wouldn’t have even took talk of a “monster” seriously, when in fact, this monster was very VERY real!
I was a very sensitive child. I would have been severely traumatized and had nightmares had I experienced this. I experienced some negative things as a child that effected me for years and in someways I still fight and those experiences in no way were this atrocious. These children could have lifelong effects from this
those babies will have PTSD my daughter was bitten by a dog and terrified for a couple of years, had nightmares, had to sleep with me, those kids will be traumatised
@@spuddy4845 Nothing is guaranteed what they will have. And no, I'm not in agreement with what they did. Im sure you'd immediately say that. Im saying everyone is different. Dr.Grande isn't even diagnosing, so you shouldn't either lol
This was an accepted culture within the facility. Lack of care and empathy, disregard for the children, their dignity and their feeling of safety around adults. This behaviour comes from the top down, it has to or it would never have happened.
So sickening. The fact that multiple adults witnessed this and thought it was ok? I have a four year old and would go to jail over an incident like that. We trust these people to take care of our most precious on this earth. Innocent. Defenseless. They will get their karma.
I agree. This was not just “one mistake” as that lady explained in her video. And it was premeditated! She went out and specifically bought the mask for this purpose.
Exactly how can you hear a room of screaming, terrified children and not do anything but laugh. I bet there was no aftercare to ease their fear and pain
I watched short segments of the video and it was heart wrenching. Like you said Doc, the masked woman just went on and on and on… screaming, panicked and frightened little babies and not one of those idiots thought “ I should stop”. It made me sick. I’ll also add that if it was one of my kids, those women would’ve had hell to pay.
...or they are in that line of work because that low-paying job is all they can get. I'm not sticking up for them. Send them some mask-shaped soap and off to prison.
@@clairewillow6475 day care worker is a very low-wage job...so may attract people who just need a job, any job, without necessarily being qualified. But if education, training, and qualifications were required from day care workers, they would make a higher wage...and so many parents could not afford day care at all.
@@kelseymathias3881 where I live, some daycares do require a DEC in early childhood education. There are government subsidies involved which keep daycare costs lower for parents here. I’m grateful for our high taxes. It’s not a perfect system but it’s better than the alternative
@@clairewillow6475 I was lucky that my mom could afford to stay home back in the day (like many moms could) and I went not to daycare, but preschool at about age 3 to learn to play nice with other kids...60+ years later, I'm still learning 😁 It is sad the cost of living is so high that a mom with babies must leave them somewhere so she can go to a job to put food on the table. Best wishes.
Thank you for covering this, Dr. Grande. I commented on videos that initially reported this incident and received hateful responses from people claiming these toddlers will just “get over it” (I’m going to take a wild guess that the charged daycare workers had this flawed and ignorant mindset as well). I have a background in early childhood, have worked with children since 2014, and yet…NONE of that should be required to understand how obviously upsetting and horrible this was. These children are already at such a sensitive age when Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are capable of terrifying them. I cannot fathom the fear they experienced from something so intentionally horrifying. And I want to stress, this was a DAY CARE, not a haunted house! These people were being paid and trusted to look after these children, not to traumatize them. Many other commenters on other videos seem to miss that as well.
Those children will not just “get over it.” They were traumatized in a place they felt safe; and had no one to save them nor a safe place to hide at the moment. Their trust foundation has cracks now. Anyone who says “they will get it over it,” must have 0 empathy and have never been around children.
forget Santa and the E Bunny, they're at the age where daddy shaving his beard off can scare them, and they cling tight to mommy even if it's a beloved aunty coming by (until they get used to her) My kids were scared of the scream mask when they were 5-8 and even a bit older. It's freaky. They did this maliciously and should Neveer work with kids again. And Yes, this Should be on their permanent records!
My daughter is on the spectrum. This would absolutely destroy our progress. All of it destroyed, because that hateful woman wanted to have a laugh. For anyone to say they’ll “get over it”, they must’ve never experienced trauma as a child.
This case made me so angry that I couldn't watch anything about it for some time. I appreciate that no footage was shown here & just discussed. It's too maddening to watch what those little innocent babies went through. The one consistent thing I have seen over the years with people that harm children is that they have zero remorse for what they did. They only ever feel sorry for themselves which is exactly what I saw with the apology video(s). I say felony charges are warranted. I have zero pity for those monsters.
These children were eating. I can't imagine what would have happened if one or more of those children would have choked on their food. I used to work at a daycare center and we only dressed up in fun and friendly things. I was a unicorn, there were a couple very friendly looking witches and a scarecrow. There were others but I don't remember them all.
Had it carried on over time it could have produced eating disorders , if the idea of sitting down for food makes monsters appear you wouldn't sit down to eat again.
Even the witches costumes is too much to appear in front of children whose parents or guardians are not there with them to provide them a sense of safety.
They were literally just a hat and witches dress and cloak. Not even any makeup. Nothing scary about them. And, we dressed that way before we came in. Every parent saw our costumes when they dropped off their children.
@@ButterflyWings1900 To add though, the woman who 1.) VIDEOS THE THING and doesn’t say anything other than egging her on with pointing out the “bad/good kids “? 2.) Doesn’t report it to authorities, but posts it on social media Then plays the “hero”? Like, umm.. you’re an adult, why not say something and stop it? Not sit there filming!
I am a former preschool teacher (25 yrs.) I have worked with all ages in daycare. One year while working with 4-5 year olds, many of them began talking about "Freddie Kruger" from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. They were watching them at home 😞, and talking about them at school. I tried to tell them that he wasn't real (just an actor) but, none of them believed me. At this age (older than those younger children in this incident), it is hard for children to understand what is actually real in movies, etc. Shortly after, I came upon a magazine article about the actor. It pictured him as himself, next, in the process of being made-up & finally, fully in character. I got a copy & took it to my class to show & talk about. (I would not have shown this if the children had not first started talking about him being real & scary!) We talked about him as a regular, nice person who put on make-up to act in a movie. They finally believed me! One of my reasons for them knowing this was also a concern that some of their family members (older siblings, etc.) might have been using this character as a threat, if the children didn't behave at home.
@@parttimehallmonitorthis wasn’t a lack of training. No one needs to be trained not to terrorize children like this. Yes owners will be held financially accountable in a civil suit. In terms of criminal liability, you’d have to prove that she knew or reasonably should have known this was going on.
I don't have children and definitely don't work with children... What these daycare workers did is disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach. Obviously dressing up for Halloween wasn't on their mind given how far away from the day this was. These women wanted to terrorise these poor babies. I can't imagine the trauma these children went through. I don't get what was going through their heads. Why did they think this was a great thing to do? Didn't they give this any thought? Terrorising children is not funny... This just makes me sad for the children.
Childhood trauma follows you into adulthood. I remember certain incidents to this day that terrified or upset me. Surely they learn an element of child psychology when training or studying to become a child care worker.
I was 9 or 10 when my (slightly) older cousin told me a scary story about being eaten by a haunted bed, I Still remember it, and sometimes even have nightmares. I'm over 50
@@kristic4472 Are you suggesting that remembering a scary story and having occasional nightmares are symptoms of trauma? Trauma is a serious condition that impacts your ability to function (that is the actual clinical definition). Also, every person occasionally has nightmares. If you are having them regularly, they were impacting your ability to sleep, if you became fearful of going to sleep, developed insomnia, were nodding off at work, having difficulty concentrating, that would indicate you had trauma.
@@bethy8886 yes like if a sibling was removed from your family for trying to kill you over 4 times. Then as an adult she wants to have a relationship with you and your family thinks you should let the past all go and move on but you still feel like she will plot to kill you and your children because she is a clinically diagnosed crazy person but they let her become a nurse somehow? It’s a bit traumatic.
My sister is 10 years older and would babysit me a lot. I remember she would put in masks and do a bunch of stuff to scare me. I remember feeling terrified and it seemed like when she put on the mask their was a real monster in the room. I am still scared of the dark at 31. This stuff has a lasting effect.
@@mananana1911 I know a lot of people who work in daycare and even though I don’t think they have this kind of attitude of being callous with people they don’t like, their supervisors certainly do. They treat their employees with callousness because that’s the way they treat the children. If someone is giving them an ounce more of work or they just happen to be in a bad mood, then they can have it. They think of the kids as their subordinates as opposed to someone that is paying to receive a service from you. Is there a significant difference between wearing a mask or simply ostracizing a kid you don’t like every single day until they cry? I just think that if they are going to charge these people with anything, they should also be charging everyone who ostracizes children and purposefully makes them cry and that would include entire school districts all across the country.
I was playing with the little child next door when his baby sitter told us there were witches in a closed off room. She was laughing and threatening to throw us in the room with them. I was absolutely terrified and the fear of anything supernatural stayed with me for years. Obviously my parents didn’t know what had happened. I am 72 years old now and I can feel the fear that those poor little children were feeling. The child care workers were bullying and exacting revenge on children they didn’t particularly like. They shouldn’t be allowed near children. Parents must know WHO is taking care of their children.
US childcare workers barely make minimum wage and aren't vetted by an Ofsted. I know someone who has their kids taken away for neglect that's child care worker.
My daughter was in daycare and the daycare I chose I made sure they had cameras in every room. At the end of the day you are in trusting your child to be taken care of and that the people working at the daycare are kind and compassionate. This behavior was egregious and a betrayal to the parents of these children who trusted these daycare workers. The fact is we have no idea how many times these daycare workers acted inappropriately. But when someone shows you who they are believe them. They deserve this felony charge because something tells me based on their reckless behavior that this is not the first time they have done this.
These women behaved in a sadistic manner. Children the ages of these can't differentiate between fantasy reality. They were obviously terrified, and I'll wager, will be scarred for years to come. One woman whose child was a victim in this situation, said in an interview, her son was never afraid of anything, but after this incident, is now afraid of everything. How can that be reversed? With extensive therapy, maybe these children will one day... "bounce back." If my child had been exposed to this level of appalling, systematic abuse, I'd want these women all convicted of felonies. In this case, sorry isn't good enough. They can think about the effects of fear in prison cells.
When I was about three yo my great uncle scared me with a Santa mask. Told me I'd been bad and he was going to take away all my toys. At the time I was terrified and startled but thinking about it now it's just a funny memory. Hopefully these toddlers will soon be to normal.
I agree with your post completely. I also believe that these women behaved in a sadistic manner and that these children will be scared for years to come. I think Dr. Grande has made a mistake in stating that they should only be charged with misdemeanors. I think they should be charged with felonies.
That would be terrifying to a child! Screaming at them is bad enough. I had a 1st grade teacher who screamed at us a lot, and it colored my school experiences through adulthood. There is no excuse for frightening kids like this.
I did the very opposite with my own kids because they were scared to go out for Halloween. They were very young 4 and 6. I bought a scary mask and let them play with it so they understood it was "made up" and nothing was scary about it. I did the same thing when they were afraid of a movie character. I made them help me to disguise myself as the character. It helped them alot. And even if they were still scared, I told them it was OK. But still show them was the actors looked like without their make-up, with the actors webpages. (They were afraid of Jack sparrow, not Jason vorheese, mind you. ) I wish parents and educators took the time to explain these things instead of scaring them.
@@xminusone1 agree! My babysitter/ Godmothers teen boys were showing my toddler horror movies. We found out because he started acting out scenes of a movie that his step dad recognized. We did everything to show him it wasn't real - including buying a tales from crypt doll- which he loved so much that he brought it to school and we got in trouble. When he was older, he wanted to be an actor or writer.
@@franwebb7756 the police should have been called. Earlier Yelling at somebody right in their face is not good one because covid and two they are small children I'm glad that after the court hearings that the teachers got some time never will work with pins again
It truly is chilling and terrifying how many adults who CHOSE to work with children are mean, insensitive and take pleasure in bullying the vulnerable kids they are responsible for. I could write a book about horrible adults I faced as a child within education, and I am only 25, and I was already a very sensitive and withdrawn child. One was even told about my parents divorce and said to me in front of my peers 'I bet your Mum still dresses you in the morning?' when my mother had just abandoned me and my brother. I'll never trust anyone who takes pleasure in upsetting children. Its wrong on its own, but it can easily branch out to other types of horrific abuse. Wonderful video, Doc!
Wondering if something like this is why I'm terrified of clowns at 57 years old. I don't remember much of my childhood at all. Thank you for your videos.
Fear of clowns is really common. Many believe it has to do with our primal fear of the uncanny and how clowns tap into our distrust of concealed identify.
I actively remember my first interaction with a clown and I was already scared of them and remember because I freaked TF out so I think it's an innate phobia at least for me.
Clowns often look pretty creepy, even when they’re not intended to. It’s possible that you just saw an ordinary clown and were scared of it and didn’t have the opportunity (or weren’t helped) to calm down while you were still in its presence. Or you may have witnessed _someone else_ appearing afraid of the clown.. fears and phobias can be learned/modeled in many cases.
I had a repetitive nightmare as a child of my mom and aunt taking me to a kids fun center and then me being locked in an empty room with a clown who chased me in circles. I was eventually able to tell myself during the dream that I was dreaming and wake myself up (what is now known as lucid dreaming) and then I stopped having the nightmares. If I weren’t able to do that I’d probably be an adult scared of clowns too 😢
I’m blessed (or cursed) with a lot of memories from when I was very little, and I _remember_ when my fear of clowns started. I was three or four and my parents took us to the Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey circus one night. I loved everything about it-until the clowns came out. I just grabbed my dad’s hand and stared in horror. My thought was, “What _are_ they??” I had no idea they were people with makeup on. I wondered if they were aliens (I apparently had heard of space aliens by then) or if they were mutants-and I did _not_ know what a mutant was, so I just thought maybe they had some hideous deformities that made their mouths noses, and feet red and huge, their skin a horrible white, and made them unable to speak. It was terrifying, and I didn’t understand why everyone seemed to like them so much. On the other hand, my parents didn’t understand what I was thinking and I didn’t have the wherewithal to articulate it, so they wondered why I _didn’t_ like the clowns. I remember watching some episodes of a TV show with Bozo the clown some time after that, however, and as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke normally, I felt less scared. I must have realized there was a regular person under there, or at least that he spoke and acted like a regular person, sort of. People need to understand that little kids are like the real (much cuter) aliens, with no frame of reference to a huge chunk of experiences, the understanding of which we adults take for granted. And their brains are vulnerable and still developing, so they might not even have the capacity to perceive things the same way we do. TLDR: these workers piss me off in all kinds of ways!
Deplorable behaviour! Arrests were definitely warranted. But judging by those mugshots, I don't think that any masks were really needed to frighten those sweet children. Just my opinion! Thank you, Dr. Grande!
Something so similar happened to me with a baby sitter when I was about 4 years old. The baby sitter’s husband dressed up as a gorilla and would have me wait outside in the dark (alone) for my mom to pick me up. At some point before my mom would arrive, he’d jump out from some unknown location and start screaming at me and making monkey noises. He’d get in my face, grab me, and laugh too. I was sooo scared, and I don’t think my mom believed me… It was very traumatic for me as a child, and to this day I don’t trust baby sitters, daycares, or monkeys of any kind. 😣
This kind of daycare behavior is more prevalent than you may think! I worked at a daycare center where the OWNER fed Chinese hot mustard to an 18 month old baby strapped in a high chair, bc the baby bit another child. Another woman teased a 10 month old with her favorite blanket.. (held it just far enough from the baby to make her cry), and one more of the workers faced an 8 week old infant toward a back door and hung a blanket over the child’s swing! Another child was put a foot from the snack table.. so she couldn’t quite reach snack while the others were eating!! It was my first and last day there!! I called child protective services that day! I was told hot mustard is food, and none of the instances are abusive! (I beg to differ, and so did the child’s mom when I told her) I called the nearest police station to see what could be done, and they told me to let the parents know.. this was 18 years ago, and I’m still traumatized! I can’t imagine how those babies felt! This daycare had a wonderful reputation in an affluent neighborhood. For the life of me, I can’t understand how people who don’t like kids could choose to work with them!
People who dislike children work at daycares deliberately to abuse them. Much like pedophiles deliberately choose to work in churches, youth groups, soccer teams, Boy Scouts. The list goes on. Daycare is a sadist's playground.
Our son was bitten repeatedly, I believed until now was by a child, because that is what I was told, but now, I still see that bright red horseshoe shaped bite mark in my mind, and for the first time wonder if that really was done by a child, or was it done (3 times) by an adult...
@@01splitpea In this economy, people need to work to support their families! Mine and my ex’s parents watched our children for us when the kids were little, and I’m forever grateful that they did!
Unfortunately I think some people get in this field because it is relatively easy to get the job. Many places do not require a degree or even special training or coursework. Some do it for the free daycare for their own kids. I worked at a daycare for a couple of years and came to this conclusion based on what I saw.
I think it's telling that they mentioned not being allowed to use corporal punishment. They 'had to' terrify the kids as punishment because they weren't allowed to hit them instead. Imagine what they would do, if they had the power to strike the 'bad ones'...
Well yes, otherwise they would have to figure out how to manipulate the kids into doing things they didn't want to do, which would take an extreme amount of effort that they probably were not being adequately compensated for
I feel you are overreacting. Have you interviewed the kids? What did they say? How many have forgotten it or brushed it off? Do you know? Please don't act like you professionally counseled these kids. You just saw a few stills from an internet video. SHeeesh!
This is so heartbreaking and disgusting. Children don't have the says having to go to daycare while their parents are at work. I've worked as a daycare teacher for 21 years,and never in my career have I seen such abuse. This is sadistic and cruel,as well as demonic. These are little children!! This could be very traumatizing for them as well as for their parents. My prayers go out to these children and to their parents.
@@CowSaysMooMoo They are not goldfish. They're little humans and can suffer trauma and the effects from it for a very long time. They will in fact remember it for a long time and those incidents could shape part of who they are.
This is unacceptable on so many levels. It may just be because I’m a mom and experienced my son being terrified over something that an adult wouldn’t fear. When babies are afraid it scares them to their core. I can still remember times in my own childhood where I was so scared I almost peed. A child’s fear is not a joke
Just the size difference on its own is intimidating. I remember when I was so small that everything looked huge. When that huge thing is an adult screaming at you and you don't even understand what you did wrong, it's hard to be more powerless than that. The perpetrators are obviously devoid of empathy.
Even if they're not charged with a felony, they should never be able to work in a day care center ever again! I love watching your videos, Dr. Grande! I look forward to them every day! Thank you, and have a great day! 😊
They should be sued for what they did to those kids. It wasn’t off the cuff, it was planned and videotaped. Posted to social media? Who do these dumb broads think they are with other people’s children. Kind human beings? Psh.
@@Filthy_Larry They terrrorised children in their care. That is a crime. I think that there is a video somewhere about what these twats did. Not sure where I watched it... There's also articles discussing what happened, so maybe I watched the video there. Believe me, if you watch that video then read these articles, you'll see why this is being considered a crime. Being blacklisted from their professions should be the least of these daycare workers worries. I think that they should face consequences to what they did. They were screaming in the faces of children. Regardless of what the reason, that is enough to traumatise any child.
I'm not sure they'll want to work in a daycare center again. My guess is that they have few occupational opportunities in that area, hence they work at a daycare.
My wife and I did an outdoor daycare this summer which was an incredible experience in terms of seeing young children develop and express themselves and as well getting to know their parents.! .. this story is extremely filty and evil - unimaginable but I can believe it seeing all the (adult) people obsessed with horror, the occult and domination of the helpless.
I've worked in childcare all my life, I've done in home daycare and worked in daycares. I now work with the elderly in the Alzheimer's unit. At no time in my life have I ever seen this kind of behavior. It truly is frightening and evil. Unbelievable.
Hearing those poor kids screaming and crying just broke my heart. What made them think that scaring them to cooperate would be a good idea? Should they go to prison,I hope Big Bertha & Co. gives THEM something to be scared of!
Lmao. It's not funny at all, but very true. Yikes. Looks like their insides match their outsides. Their behavior makes me sick. I'm glad they are being held accountable.
@@breelee4362 I know I was just trying to make people laugh... Their behavior was unacceptable they should never work in daycare again but I do not think they should be actually thrown in prison
@@joececchini8597 What do you think should happen? Looks like the one did get a beat down with that ripped nose. Maybe community standards will be enough for them. I’d say jail time should do it. There are no easy jails in Mississippi.
I used a Lambchop hand puppet when my children were little when they wouldn't clean up their toys, or other times to get them to listen. Worked very well!! The Barney clean-up song was very helpful too.
These kids may have nightmares and fear issues for years. I worked in childcare. It can be tough. It requires a lot of patience. I used to motivate the children to clean up by saying, "Who's going to be the quicker picker-upper?" I had a box in the middle of the room and would say "On your mark, get set, go!" and we started throwing toys into the box really fast. The kids thought it was great. We made a game out of it, and made it fun.
I tried something like this with my cats. On Chinese New Year in our area, firecrackers were going off everywhere, more than on a typical day. So I got all excited, told the cats it's The Year of the Tiger, and it's their time to celebrate, while madly throwing treats all around the room. I won't say that engaging their wild side made them enjoy fireworks, but I think it gave them a more positive experience.
Oh my gosh, when we were that age, my brother and I were so scared of the witch in snow white we wouldn't watch the movie. I cant even imagine the trauma these kids must have gone through.
Watching W of Oz when I was a kid filled me with absolute dread...waiting for the Wicked Witch of the West to appear...afraid to go upstairs afterward.
I would absolutely be pressing charges if this happened to my kids as well. It's disgusting behavior and I'm glad they're all being charged. Let's hope the charges stick with all 5 of them. I imagine the one scaring the children will be convicted for sure but I'm hoping all of them get convicted in child abuse charges.
@@riseuplight same. Their behavior was disgusting and difficult to watch. I've seen the original video. Absolutely horrific. Those poor kids will have lifelong trauma because of this
@@G123. When I was in graduate school, I did my first internship at a skilled nursing facility. It was an amazing experience. They really cared about their patients and took care of their physical and mental health. I started this internship a few months after my father died. My dad had Parkinson's disease and developed Parkinson's psychosis. We kept him home until the final two months of his life because he was starting to try to leave at night. He was in a Navy approved nursing facility which was horrible. We went on Easter and I noticed everyone else had a food tray. I asked if he had eaten and the nurse told me to ask him. He didn't even know where he was. They finally brought up a cold cheese sandwich and Chips 😡🤬. Some are amazing and some are beyond abusive and neglectful.
@@aanonymousamanda1711 The nurses working on the maternity ward when I had my son would lie to me and tell me it was safe to leave my son with them for the night so that his father and I could catch up on some much needed sleep (and I was post C-section and never took controlled pain substances because I was trying to breast feed and didn't want it in my milk, so recovery was so drawn out). We were also the **ONLY** ones on the entire ward for several nights (we stayed 5 overall), and there were three nurses on every night shift. Yet, the first night I let our nurse take him, she came rushing in where my son had clearly been crying for a WHILE (which can make newborns very sick, and even cause hernias from crying too long, not to mention he was literally starving, needing to be fed, and his social and emotional needs weren't being met, which sets a stage people downplay if it happens only a few times yet this was his earliest experiences as a newborn and teaches infant not to cry for their needs if their needs are consistently not met), and the nurse was all disheveled where she had clearly been sleeping and didn't care that it was lazy and unsafe, obviously didn't wake up when he cried, and must be all three of them were sleeping and not a one of them cared about the risks that posed. (I don't even care if they had taken turns sleeping with one staying awake to keep watch of him on little shifts, but nope, they were clearly all asleep.) Then his father gaslight me some more making me feel like I was making a mountain out of a molehill, so the next night very late and it took me a while because I was at a crawling pace to walk but wanted the post-surgery exercise, I walked up the ward past the nurses' station and watched my son WIDE awake in the dark, content but totally under-stimulated and being completely ignored while the two junior nurses sat at the desk with their backs to him absorbed in their laptops each with earbuds in their ears and didn't move when I went by, pretending like I'm stupid, then when I made my way back, as it took a long time for me to walk, the third charge nurse was back out at the desk from whatever backroom couch I'm sure she had been taking a nap on, the earbuds were out o the other two's ears and the most junior nurse who was assigned to us and had been sleeping the night before was holding my son like she should be, faking she cared and was interested and that she thought he was so cute, like I was an idiot and didn't know they are slathers. My son, and a host of many others, could've died choking on his own spit up, babies aspirate all the time, he could've had a SID, any number of things. I left a Google review and named the two junior nurses whose names I was able to gather, and my son's father was still more worried about me calling them out and that embarrassing him. I couldn't care less. They're lucky they didn't get fired, I hope they did once I reported it, especially the charge nurse, actually, who let it all happen by her "leadership." People who can't empathize with a newborn infant of all things, have no empathy for anyone, and the three of them were content to do it together. It's really sad, but I have been taught by life experience that you can't trust anyone, and 9/10 are at their jobs for a paycheck. Daycares are the same.
@@G123. You're such a wonderful mom and I hope you and baby are doing great. I am a psychotherapist and I have heard horror stories from clients about how they were treated by past therapists. You're 100% right that sometimes people end up in the wrong profession. It's too bad that many don't realize that it's too late and they have done the damage of making people not trust others in the profession.
When I lived in Pennsylvania with my daughters, their babysitters husband used to scare my youngest daughter who at the time was 5, she is still traumatized by the situation even though she is 30 now.
When I was a small child in England, I was farmed out to many childcare places and even a licensed daycare for several weeks as my Mom had to have surgery. I have many memories of being terrorized in these places. In the "christian mission" daycare I slept in the same room as the owner's twin girls who were nine years older than me and frightened me every night when we were in bed with awful stories I didn't, at three years old, understand. I am sixty five years old now and know my life was adversely affected by all that mistreatment. I have never given comments to anything ever, but your dismissal of this behavior appalled me.
Thank you for choosing to comment now, Debbie. Nothing is more important than standing for and treating our nation's children, all children, well. I'm sorry you experienced the terrible things you did at those day cares. My son experienced several very negative experiences at day cares as a child, and at 40, still suffers from OCD and anxiety.
To DebbieCole…similar thing happened to me too, but it was my mom scaring me to get me to behave/be a good girl. I am 64 and in counseling. My lifelong sense of fear and feeling of not being good enough has been at times crippling. You are not alone.
I’m an infant caregiver at a daycare, and my actual job is to respect, feed and keep the babies safe. Keep your mental health in check, or find another job. Their behavior is disgusting and dangerous.
I’m pretty sure the scariest thing here is people may be realizing they have no idea the maturity and/or character of the people “caring” for their kids. I was home and cared for my own kids which was a blessing and privilege!!
@@hoperising7373 nice of you to support working mothers and fathers out there who are doing the best they can for their families. Not everyone is wealthy enough to avoid working for a living.
Terrorizing little kids so they will clean up after themselves. WOW! As far as long term emotional damage, my dad took me to a scary movie when I was 4 or 5. I was terrified and had nightmares for many years. I am 70 now and still remember the name of the movie.
I have always hated scary movies myself. I watched “when a stranger call” still scared. We all have things that do it but my daughter went on a rollercoaster with me and on the way up she looked at me and said “I love you mommy, can I get off?” It killed me. I thought at 5-6 she would’ve loved it bc she was a daredevil but never did that again.
I think the public shaming and loss of jobs and reputations is a punishment in itself, but it does feel like something else is required for the psychological damage they have done to those children. I experienced two comparatively mild incidents during my childhood at school and both left me scarred so I dread to think what nightmares those children are going through after being terrorised by people their parents had entrusted them with. Maybe those daycare workers need to do some community service. There definitely needs to be some penalty.
@Sllort If someone is willing to harm the most vulnerable among us they belong behind bars to keep the rest of society safe. How can you think child abusers deserve mercy? That’s definitely shocking to me.
Sadly.. stuff like this happens all the time it is a huge problem that needs to be talked about more!! I worked in two different daycares for a few years. At both of them I witnessed the most horrific things. At one of them a woman dislocated a child’s shoulder. He was only 2. She was notorious for yelling at kids and leaving them in a “timeout” chair for hours even when they were screaming and crying. The owner and other workers were trying to cover it up and did not call the cops or fire her. I was obviously pissed about these things and I would always speak up, but be shut down by the majority and yes we had cameras but they were never recording. It was just for show. Because of this and the other incidents I quit and called the cops and the state. They did nothing. She still was working there. I did the best I could to warm other parents that I kept in contact with, I even left a review about it on their page that was deleted. Another daycare I worked at also did similar shady things like lying to parents, using forceful “timeout” methods, etc. No matter how much I spoke up I was shut down at both places and threatened to be fired. I am now a nanny and I like this a lot more. I love kids and I love my job. It breaks my heart to see these people tournament kids and get away with it.. not all daycares are bad and not all workers are abusing their power.. but this happens a lot and unfortunately I have a ton of stories I could tell. There needs to be changes!!
If you watch the video of this incident I believe that you can see that the children weren’t scared- they were in agony. Some of them seemed to be absolutely frantic to escape this monster. They were terrorized-this was torture.
This story is another example of why I have a 5 year gap in my work history until my child went to school. It’s hard and isolating being a stay at home parent and it made my career lag but I would do it all over again. I know not everyone has the ability, or want to do that. Especially in our deteriorating economy.
It’s tough having a child with autism and trying to do that cause preschool at 3 and therapy is mandatory and because of Covid they stopped the therapist going to the house.
I live in upstate ny and we have very cold winters. Last winter a daycare center forgot a 3-4 year old out in a daycare van for a couple of hours then told her not to tell her mom about it.
I can attest to this first hand. I was a day care worker and the woman that was in charge of the infant room... Would literally physically smack children. One in particular she didn't seem to like. I took it to the director and they did nothing. So I called the state and then I quit. That was the second daycare facility I worked in where a worker laid hands on a child. The first I was stuck in a room with and she was a horrible and angry person that was not nice to little children. That daycare turned a blind eye too. I quit that job as well. When my own children required childcare... I had them in a facility that had live feed cameras that the parents could watch from their device. The bigger concern about this story is that we hire underpaid and undereducated people to take on the responsibility of one of our most precious assets. There should be at the very least a degree or licensing required by anyone caring for the most innocent and impressionable of our society. Live Cameras should also be mandatory. They don't stop everything but they certainly make daycare workers think twice about doing things like this. This is egregious.
Agreed. Fortunately for the children attending that daycare, the person posting the video never considered anyone might find her "film art" anything other than hilarious and smart. That ought to tell investigators something right there.
I have worked in early childhood for most of my adult life. What strikes me is that often day care is one of the only places kids feel safe. They trust their teachers, environment, and the schedule. Having something like this happen in a place where the child feels safe can have lasting damage.
Apparently the security cameras that were supposed to be recording in the daycare didn't work. Girl recorded her own crimes. I shudder to think about how many incidents with these workers happened to kids outside of this situation.
This is so sad! The challenging thing is that daycare/preschool is VERY expensive, yet it's often the only option for working parents. At the same time, the daycare workers do not get paid well. Especially classroom aids, it's a low paying job. So there is a disparity and sometimes people end up in these roles because they need a job, not necessarily because they have a passion for early childhood development. I wish we could pay people better for these jobs because they are important and we need the best individuals to help our young kids. As a parent, it's hard to find a childcare that you can trust AND afford.
I'm an early years teacher and child development specialist. And it never fails to amaze me how so many teachers are in the classroom just to parade their tyranny. No teacher with true integrity chooses force over guidance. That will definitely leave a mark on those kids. Schools are already being associated with insecurity. Sadism at its finest.
Oh! Good one Dr T. This is absolutely terrible. I saw a tv show age 6 which horrified me so much I cannot tell you the distress. If I had this ACTUAL experience….well, bless those children xxx
I hope these "adults" will never ever again be in a position where they have to take care for children. They clearly have no clue how to treat children or behave in their presence. What a bunch of awful & stupid people. Who knows what other disgusting things they did to these children that weren't recorded. Thank you for the insightful & entertaining analysis Dr. G (:
When I went to kindergarten and first grade, the teachers would yell at you and single you out for the purpose making you cry. There was one little boy named Mathew that they would pick on the most, he would cry the entire afternoon and she would yell at him for crying and degrade him even more. This is still routine in many many classrooms. How is wearing a mask any different?
I worked in daycare for several years, it is mentally exhausting at times, however terrorizing a child will never yield a positive change in a child’s behavior.
This is disgusting. As a parent, I cried when I saw this. Thank goodness they recorded themselves because these little ones would have been too young to explain to their parents what happened that day. I feel so bad for the children and the parents.
What's more disturbing is how comfortable they were in posting the video. They've done other stuff like this before. I'm also wondering what the owner has been doing all this time 😔
Exactly. What sort of monster does this and thinks it's a good idea to record it and post it somewhere!? Certainly not the brightest also combined with cruelty. A dangerous combination. They'd be paying for my kid's therapy and emotional damage for the rest of their life.
Totally, Alicia. I can't believe the owner was oblivious to her own employees cruelty toward the children. In fact, it's always been my experience employees copy their employers as a means by which to keep their jobs.
The age of the children makes this a over the top serious incident. In the video they sat at the table couldn’t move I am sure they will continue to have nightmares for years. How could those teachers look on while each child was tortured?
@@SIMARSONG Yep! It was absolutely sadistic & many people LITERALLY get off on this type of child abuse... SRA & especially with all of the "rituals" that go on around these wicked days leading up to Halloween/Samhain! These witches aren't sly or innocent in this matter & I don't care WHAT people say to the contrary! Smh
It is just really cruel behavior. Even if she thought it was a good idea to walk in with a mask and scare kids- she took it SO MUCH FURTHER by getting in their faces, screaming, and having it go on and on. How could you see a small child shaking, screaming and crying and not feel some sort of empathy, some sort of reaction to make it stop? Their callous disregard of these children’s mental health and well-being is just so mean.
This is how you induce PTSD into someone. Many people are insecure and have mental health issues, because something traumatic happens to them at a young age. Adding this to a child's mind and psyche along with whatever else that's going one in their lives that involve verbal abuse and physical abuse just makes matter so much worse.
Thank you Dr. Grande for your great analysis. Such horrid behavior seen from these daycare workers is appalling. Apologizing is good for the perpetrator, however; it cannot erase the terror that may have lasting negative effects with the children violated. Daycare is supposed to be a place where children feel safe, nurtured, learn about their social behaviors and to have fun. For a young child in this situation was terrorizing.
I was surprised at the mothers who so quickly resumed taking their children back to the center, and defended the owner. On the question of harm, will the state have specially trained investigators interview the children and psychological exams to determine harm?
These traumatized children will recall these incidents every time they see someone wearing a scary mask, and Halloween will be a frightening experience for them throughout their entire childhoods. 😢
I remember being a fan of some really scary shows and movies such as the Haunting- which goes full out in their terrifying depictions of demonic hauntings, etc. One of my sisters was a young child and she had come downstairs because she noticed that I was down there late at night and thought that she could watch something fun with me. I didn't even know she was down there until she ran upstairs after there was a scary part in the show. She still recalls what she had seen and she is an adult now. She can't stand watching scary things now even though our youngest sister loves those kinds of things. It did traumatise her in a way since she couldn't sleep and suffered through nightmares for a long time. Not sure if you ever watched the Haunting, but it was that episode where the young boy makes a friend with a ghost boy and it turns out to be a demon that could shape shift into a young harmless child. She watched the part where the mother hugs the child thinking it's her son but then the demon comes out and he warps back into the menacing figure that he really was...
Thankyou for your spot on critique of the Mississippi Day Care Mask Scare case. I appreciate the ways in which you searched it out to reveal the 'truth' as it were, & what a lesson for all involved. To me, as the owner of a 'day care' business, any and all activity which is not specific to & regulated by the day care educational accredation absolutely should NOT take place without written outline of requested activity/event, & the consent of all students parents, guardians, etc. before any such activity or event should take place upon acceptance & approval, in writing.
I think these day care workers generally didn’t care about the kids. This was just a paycheck for them and likely a very low one. That obviously doesn’t justify anything. The fact that they actually did this was evidence of a sadistic mindset. I think they thought because 2 year olds aren’t able to articulate an experience they’d be in the clear. This is a crime they never thought they’d get caught doing and likely keep doing all for their own sadistic pleasure.
Makes you wonder about all the inappropriate activities that went on that were not recorded.
Yikes! Plain old teasing and sarcasm can be very hurtful. Kids don't understand "jokes" the way adults might
I came here to say that very thing.
Yeah. I'm a teacher, and when incidents like this are reported, there are always voices that jump in to say, "This is getting blown out of proportion, it's not that deep, it was one bad decsion," etc. What alarms me more than the incident itself is the reasoning behind it. This wasn't a split-second bad reaction; it took forethought and multi-step planning. If they thought this was a reasonable thing to do, they don't possess the judgement necessary to work with children and keep them safe.
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Former daycare worker, current teacher here. These people are vile and should be barred from ever being around children again.
@@Threemore650 dysgenic crazy look all of em, mutational load levels off the chart
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@@greatbingus Yep, all look like each of their own parents are siblings.
A similar incident happened many years ago with my Grandmother and Great Aunt in a nursing home. They both had dementia and were bedridden. My Grandmother’s wedding ring was stolen off her finger and we put a hidden camera in the room. Long story short, we found verbal abuse, neglect, pain pills were said to have been given but clearly were not. Six people were fired and we sued but settled out of court.
Never leave elderly patients without hidden cams.
@@G123. my mom said the workers would sleep in her unused bed at night…the residents are fearful of making waves or they could be mistreated
My great great Aunt was in a home in Scotland and the care givers were like Nazis. I remember taking her ice cream and a pumice stone that my mom said she used for removing hair from upper lip, OUCH if that's true, not the ice cream though, she ate that!! Some people have no business caring for others.
Well at least you didn't press charges. Now they can go abus other people
@@NYD666 No. the court said they could never work in that capacity again.
If I had had the poor judgement of wearing such a mask in front of children this young, and saw that I had frightened them, I would have immediately taken it off, lowered myself to my knees, show them the mask front and back, let them touch my face, and asked for their forgiveness once they had calmed down. Chasing after them, screaming, and threatening them with "you better be good" while they screech in terror is so cruel, it's beyond comprehension.
Exactly. This is normal. The wearing of the mask for the first time can be attributed to poor judgment but as soon as you see that they are terrified the humane thing to do is to show them is not real and stop using the mask. The fact that they continued to do this shows that they were sadistic and just terrible human beings.
EXACTLY what I said! Wtf is wrong with them??
Exactly what I wrote on another thread. No one who works with children should be so cold that they don't recognize when a child is truly frightened.
You would have fallen to your knees and begged for forgiveness from children? So theatric. Why not just behave like a normal adult?
@@VisionThing wrote: You would have fallen to your knees and begged for forgiveness from children? So theatric. Why not just behave like a normal adult?
REPLY: It sounds appropriate to me. Falling to your knees just means getting down on their level while reassuring them. .
Their punishment must include a permanent ban on working with, or being alone with vulnerable people (kids, disabled or the elderly). Anyone capable of this cruelty is messed up at their very core and can not be trusted to ever change.
I also saw the video with the kids faces and it broke my heart. I’m so sorry for all those kids and parents. I’m having trouble getting their terrified little faces out of my mind.
Dr. Grande was right that the longer it went on the more horrible it was for the children, especially and also for viewers.
That and an a** whooping.
It was a
Purely evil act of trauma that the children will deal with forever… and I too saw their faces and I too cannot get their faces out of my head.
I wonder how much abuse and trauma they experienced. Just evil.
If it's bad enough to be charged as a felony it's bad enough to be executed for.
@daisyk How do you know they are fine?
I am a preschool teacher. Children at this age are developing the social / emotional skills needed to function well outside of the home. As a teacher, my focus is on making sure they feel safe, secure, seen and are soothed when they are having trouble adjusting. This behavior is beyond unacceptable and the damage it can cause can be long lasting. My goal as a teacher is to see that my children have a positive foundation upon which to build so that learning is seen as fun. I hear from parents of children I have had in my class years later and they still talk about how much they loved Ms. S’,s class. I cannot fathom anyone doing this to little ones like this.
You reap what you sow.
So so true! I am a preschool teacher too and agree with everything you said. It’s terrifying someone did this at a preschool 😢
I'm also a preschool teacher to ages 1½ and 2. The preschool I use to work at....oh....my god. I had NEVER seen such a horrific preschool in my life. I mean, screaming, calling kids names, cussing at them, HITTING, grabbing. When I got pregnant, I was terrified to not only work in another preschool, but put my daughter in there with me. Luckily, the preschool I work at now is so amazing. The teachers all help one another, if you feel yourself getting overwhelmed, someone will come and help you or give you a minute, they treat the kids like they were their own children, their teaching method is research backed and on point. The only downside is the pay is shit, but a 75% discount is awesome 👌 those kiddos get the best there and I'm proud to have my daughter there as well. Edit: prob should mention I did report the actions that went on there. As there weren't cameras and because I moved states shortly after to help my dad, I'm not entirely sure what the outcome was. However, I will say, do not work at nor put your children in a preschool that starts with the word "Kinder". I don't know if I can legally say the whole name or where it was without it being considered doxing. But the reviews for "kinder" are quite bad, so yeah.
Ty for doing what u do. Good teachers are so unappreciated these days.
This is exactly what I am thinking about. The fact that this can cause LONG LASTING damage. This is disgusting.
I’m a preschool teacher and there is NO WAY any teachers I know would even consider this appropriate. It’s heartbreaking honestly, we are there to care for, love, and nurture these children. Scaring them - simply insanity. Disgusting I’m glad they have been arrested… although if they think this was ok I would hate to think what else went on before this!! 😢
Thank you, Spring99. Well said.
They're bunch of trailer trash seems like it.
Exactly!!! I
I firmly believe a felony charge and prison is in order!
I was “innocently” harassed by my brother and a snake… nothing innocent about it, with gagging me (can’t wear a mask) and holding me down too.🤬
I am still to this day, some 50 years later traumatized around scary movies & I HATE snakes!!! Can’t even see a drawing of one.
There will be some long term effects for these children.
I hope the parents sue the workers on a civil level as well.
I know! I can understand a teacher popping up w a mask and saying "boo!" And jump scaring kids 5th grade and older who understand its mask, understand its a jump scare Halloween prank, who won't be traumatized and will jump then laugh...its a whole different beast to do that to young kids who don't know the world well enough to understand what's going on and experience true fear for their lives for prolonged periods w other adults standing around not helping them!!!!
They're not teachers, they're daycare employees. I wonder what training they went through to be able to have that job. Doesn't seem like they were trained or vetted at all.
This also makes me wonder what other cruel things these workers have done that weren't caught on camera.
Not one of them cared that the children were upset and needed comforting. If a child is crying, any adult should attempt to find out what is wrong and do everything they can to stop the child's pain. These people were not moved by the pain of these children, but obviously enjoyed the harm they were inflicting.
@@Filthy_Larry well, the Bible is a pretty scary work of fiction and considering its full of rape, murder and threats of going to hell just for questioning God. I don't think it's a good book for kiddos. There are far better works of fiction that are more appropriate and don't include all that "do what I say or you'll go to hell" fire and brimstone BS.
@@Filthy_Larry Spot the demon
One of the dumb dumbs said they had done it previously
@@Euphoriasmotion2011 I think he was being sarcastic.
Years ago I dropped by an acquaintance's at-home daycare and as we were chatting, she suddenly stopped and screamed at a child for doing something trivial. The kid got such a shock. It was all too loud and sudden for the kid. The child couldn't catch her breath and the woman had to go into emergency mode to calm her down and get her to breathe properly again. Afterwards I learned that the kid suddenly developed a pronounced stammer after the incident. It lasted a few weeks and thankfully she recovered. I was just a teenager at the time but I often wish I'd had the mindset and confidence to tell the mom what happened.
Imagine what it was like alone
This makes me so angry. Some people have absolutely no business around kids
At home day cares are not safe for children. I have first hand knowledge. The fact is not every at home daycare is bad … but every at home daycare is an environment that is not monitored well enough to know what’s truly going on. Really schools in general are areas where parents don’t know a lot of what’s going on in the classroom unless the teacher posts it on tik tok. Schools in general aren’t so safe anymore, and we shouldn’t throw our trust at them just because.
Some people don't need to be around children or raising children; they don't have the patience.
@@0ptomisticprime they like the control
I saw this video before the children's faces were blurred. The abject terror on their little faces was heartbreaking.
there was fear in every inch of their trembling little bodies. I can never watch that video again its so incredibly disturbing and heart wrenching
@@tgin7100 I know, I can't either. It made me so sad for them. They were all seated for their luncheon, but I am sure they weren't able to eat after that.
Faces are blurred on my vid
There were actually imbeciles on social media thinking it was funny. Kimmel likes to see kids cry and encourages people to send in their videos, he's sick and so is his audience.
@@scottarivett496 I saw it a few days ago before they blurred the faces.
The worst was the little boy who was chased and 'caught' For a kid to run in terror but then actually get caught by the monster could cause at the very least nightmares or bed wetting.
I am curious if the parents noticed any aftereffects from this.
I mean, watching the movie Psycho as an 8 year old gave me nightmares. Doesn't mean much. I mean hell, my grandpa dying as a kid gave me nightmares. Learning that nightmares are not reality is a necessary part of growing up. Unless you know a child who never had any. Doesn't really matter what the cause is. Of course, these dipshits shouldn't work in daycare ever again, but people claiming this was traumatizing is really diluting what "Trauma" actually means.
Agreed. I am too.
@@canadianreserve To these toddlers and babies, who can't differentiate fantasy from reality, this was real.
@@alpha1solace Thank you for laying out the possible repercussions of this terror incident. You've provided much valuable information these children and their families will be able to use should sleep disturbances and other mental health issues occur; I'd be surprised if they do not.
These kids could become future serial killa over dis
If your child came home, frightened and upset, and said there was a ghost/monster at daycare ... the average parent would comfort the child and say something like monsters aren't real. But this really happened ... it's scary that a child potentially asking for help may not be believed if this video was not created.
I had this exact thought as well! Children at that age have a very vivid imagination, are fearful of very seemingly silly things to an adult AND do not yet have the vocabulary to articulate things very well. So, I can only imagine the confusion the parents must have felt when their children came home traumatized and talking about a monster! It’s Halloween time too so most parents wouldn’t have even took talk of a “monster” seriously, when in fact, this monster was very VERY real!
I was a very sensitive child. I would have been severely traumatized and had nightmares had I experienced this. I experienced some negative things as a child that effected me for years and in someways I still fight and those experiences in no way were this atrocious. These children could have lifelong effects from this
Can you give an example of your experiences?
Yea, what experiences?
those babies will have PTSD my daughter was bitten by a dog and terrified for a couple of years, had nightmares, had to sleep with me, those kids will be traumatised
@@spuddy4845 Nothing is guaranteed what they will have. And no, I'm not in agreement with what they did. Im sure you'd immediately say that.
Im saying everyone is different. Dr.Grande isn't even diagnosing, so you shouldn't either lol
@@ImGoingSupersonic i shouldn't either? I'll say what I want to, not what you or this quack doc says i can
This was an accepted culture within the facility. Lack of care and empathy, disregard for the children, their dignity and their feeling of safety around adults. This behaviour comes from the top down, it has to or it would never have happened.
@Autumn Leaves very true.
So sickening. The fact that multiple adults witnessed this and thought it was ok? I have a four year old and would go to jail over an incident like that. We trust these people to take care of our most precious on this earth. Innocent. Defenseless. They will get their karma.
@@tuesday3735 just awful to see it. Pack mentality is scary to see.
I agree. This was not just “one mistake” as that lady explained in her video. And it was premeditated! She went out and specifically bought the mask for this purpose.
Exactly how can you hear a room of screaming, terrified children and not do anything but laugh. I bet there was no aftercare to ease their fear and pain
I watched short segments of the video and it was heart wrenching. Like you said Doc, the masked woman just went on and on and on… screaming, panicked and frightened little babies and not one of those idiots thought “ I should stop”. It made me sick. I’ll also add that if it was one of my kids, those women would’ve had hell to pay.
Disgusting behavior by these people. They might be in that line of work just to feel the power over the children. Makes my blood boil. Thanks Dr. G
...or they are in that line of work because that low-paying job is all they can get. I'm not sticking up for them. Send them some mask-shaped soap and off to prison.
@@kelseymathias3881 yeah, I don’t get the feeling they went to college for that job so maybe minimum wage
@@clairewillow6475 day care worker is a very low-wage job...so may attract people who just need a job, any job, without necessarily being qualified. But if education, training, and qualifications were required from day care workers, they would make a higher wage...and so many parents could not afford day care at all.
@@kelseymathias3881 where I live, some daycares do require a DEC in early childhood education. There are government subsidies involved which keep daycare costs lower for parents here. I’m grateful for our high taxes. It’s not a perfect system but it’s better than the alternative
@@clairewillow6475 I was lucky that my mom could afford to stay home back in the day (like many moms could) and I went not to daycare, but preschool at about age 3 to learn to play nice with other kids...60+ years later, I'm still learning 😁 It is sad the cost of living is so high that a mom with babies must leave them somewhere so she can go to a job to put food on the table. Best wishes.
Thank you for covering this, Dr. Grande. I commented on videos that initially reported this incident and received hateful responses from people claiming these toddlers will just “get over it” (I’m going to take a wild guess that the charged daycare workers had this flawed and ignorant mindset as well). I have a background in early childhood, have worked with children since 2014, and yet…NONE of that should be required to understand how obviously upsetting and horrible this was. These children are already at such a sensitive age when Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are capable of terrifying them. I cannot fathom the fear they experienced from something so intentionally horrifying. And I want to stress, this was a DAY CARE, not a haunted house! These people were being paid and trusted to look after these children, not to traumatize them. Many other commenters on other videos seem to miss that as well.
Those children will not just “get over it.” They were traumatized in a place they felt safe; and had no one to save them nor a safe place to hide at the moment. Their trust foundation has cracks now. Anyone who says “they will get it over it,” must have 0 empathy and have never been around children.
THIS.
forget Santa and the E Bunny, they're at the age where daddy shaving his beard off can scare them, and they cling tight to mommy even if it's a beloved aunty coming by (until they get used to her) My kids were scared of the scream mask when they were 5-8 and even a bit older. It's freaky. They did this maliciously and should Neveer work with kids again. And Yes, this Should be on their permanent records!
My daughter is on the spectrum. This would absolutely destroy our progress. All of it destroyed, because that hateful woman wanted to have a laugh. For anyone to say they’ll “get over it”, they must’ve never experienced trauma as a child.
@@kristic4472 Amen to that!
This case made me so angry that I couldn't watch anything about it for some time. I appreciate that no footage was shown here & just discussed. It's too maddening to watch what those little innocent babies went through. The one consistent thing I have seen over the years with people that harm children is that they have zero remorse for what they did. They only ever feel sorry for themselves which is exactly what I saw with the apology video(s). I say felony charges are warranted. I have zero pity for those monsters.
These children were eating. I can't imagine what would have happened if one or more of those children would have choked on their food. I used to work at a daycare center and we only dressed up in fun and friendly things. I was a unicorn, there were a couple very friendly looking witches and a scarecrow. There were others but I don't remember them all.
Had it carried on over time it could have produced eating disorders , if the idea of sitting down for food makes monsters appear you wouldn't sit down to eat again.
Even the witches costumes is too much to appear in front of children whose parents or guardians are not there with them to provide them a sense of safety.
@@sophiamac9100 Kids can handle a friendly witch. That’s a far cry from dressing in a horror mask and terrorizing them.
They were literally just a hat and witches dress and cloak. Not even any makeup. Nothing scary about them. And, we dressed that way before we came in. Every parent saw our costumes when they dropped off their children.
Those poor children. What an evil thing to do! Absolutely shocking. All the culprits look unhinged!!!
Thank you, Bill Mayor. Well said. They really do look unhinged.
Yes totally unbelievable & totally evil 😡
At the risk of being mean, unhinged is the least of their appearance.
@@lylelehman3456 I was thinking they didn’t need masks.
@@ButterflyWings1900 To add though, the woman who
1.) VIDEOS THE THING and doesn’t say anything other than egging her on with pointing out the “bad/good kids “?
2.) Doesn’t report it to authorities, but posts it on social media
Then plays the “hero”? Like, umm.. you’re an adult, why not say something and stop it? Not sit there filming!
I am a former preschool teacher (25 yrs.) I have worked with all ages in daycare. One year while working with 4-5 year olds, many of them began talking about "Freddie Kruger" from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. They were watching them at home 😞, and talking about them at school. I tried to tell them that he wasn't real (just an actor) but, none of them believed me. At this age (older than those younger children in this incident), it is hard for children to understand what is actually real in movies, etc. Shortly after, I came upon a magazine article about the actor. It pictured him as himself, next, in the process of being made-up & finally, fully in character. I got a copy & took it to my class to show & talk about. (I would not have shown this if the children had not first started talking about him being real & scary!) We talked about him as a regular, nice person who put on make-up to act in a movie. They finally believed me! One of my reasons for them knowing this was also a concern that some of their family members (older siblings, etc.) might have been using this character as a threat, if the children didn't behave at home.
I own a small home childcare. These charges are ABSOLUTELY warranted! This situation disgusts me and makes me sick to my stomach!
@@parttimehallmonitorthis wasn’t a lack of training. No one needs to be trained not to terrorize children like this. Yes owners will be held financially accountable in a civil suit. In terms of criminal liability, you’d have to prove that she knew or reasonably should have known this was going on.
@@alexblaze8878 yes, civil liability based on negligent hire, negligent training and negligent supervision
@@alexblaze8878 Well, was the daycare owner in the building at the time because the kids were screaming in terror.
Hopefully no one accuses you of yelling at the kids then cuz that’s basically how our country defines a felony now apparently
I don't have children and definitely don't work with children... What these daycare workers did is disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach. Obviously dressing up for Halloween wasn't on their mind given how far away from the day this was. These women wanted to terrorise these poor babies. I can't imagine the trauma these children went through.
I don't get what was going through their heads. Why did they think this was a great thing to do? Didn't they give this any thought? Terrorising children is not funny... This just makes me sad for the children.
Childhood trauma follows you into adulthood. I remember certain incidents to this day that terrified or upset me. Surely they learn an element of child psychology when training or studying to become a child care worker.
I was 9 or 10 when my (slightly) older cousin told me a scary story about being eaten by a haunted bed, I Still remember it, and sometimes even have nightmares. I'm over 50
@@kristic4472 Are you suggesting that remembering a scary story and having occasional nightmares are symptoms of trauma? Trauma is a serious condition that impacts your ability to function (that is the actual clinical definition). Also, every person occasionally has nightmares. If you are having them regularly, they were impacting your ability to sleep, if you became fearful of going to sleep, developed insomnia, were nodding off at work, having difficulty concentrating, that would indicate you had trauma.
@@bethy8886 I KNOW RIGHT!!!! 🙄🙄🙄
@@bethy8886 yes like if a sibling was removed from your family for trying to kill you over 4 times. Then as an adult she wants to have a relationship with you and your family thinks you should let the past all go and move on but you still feel like she will plot to kill you and your children because she is a clinically diagnosed crazy person but they let her become a nurse somehow? It’s a bit traumatic.
@@kristic4472
I wouldnt really call that trauma tho, just a pretty original story lol
My sister is 10 years older and would babysit me a lot. I remember she would put in masks and do a bunch of stuff to scare me. I remember feeling terrified and it seemed like when she put on the mask their was a real monster in the room. I am still scared of the dark at 31. This stuff has a lasting effect.
I’m sorry!
Do you think putting your sister in prison and giving her felony charges would make things better?
@@jilpok1074 no, she was a teenager and She knows better now.
@@mananana1911 I know a lot of people who work in daycare and even though I don’t think they have this kind of attitude of being callous with people they don’t like, their supervisors certainly do. They treat their employees with callousness because that’s the way they treat the children. If someone is giving them an ounce more of work or they just happen to be in a bad mood, then they can have it. They think of the kids as their subordinates as opposed to someone that is paying to receive a service from you. Is there a significant difference between wearing a mask or simply ostracizing a kid you don’t like every single day until they cry? I just think that if they are going to charge these people with anything, they should also be charging everyone who ostracizes children and purposefully makes them cry and that would include entire school districts all across the country.
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I was playing with the little child next door when his baby sitter told us there were witches in a closed off room. She was laughing and threatening to throw us in the room with them. I was absolutely terrified and the fear of anything supernatural stayed with me for years. Obviously my parents didn’t know what had happened. I am 72 years old now and I can feel the fear that those poor little children were feeling. The child care workers were bullying and exacting revenge on children they didn’t particularly like. They shouldn’t be allowed near children. Parents must know WHO is taking care of their children.
It was totally sadistic in my view!
Parents: I want the best care for my little Johnny. Also Parents: I don't want to spend a lot of $. That is the sad truth.
This is demonic and inexcusable! Yes it’s a spiritual imparting of the spirit of fear.
@@snu3877 expensive healthcare and childcare is a legalized crime against population.
And what did you do?
When I think back to the lovely warm and professional nursery workers who looked after my children, this story is absolutely gob-smacking.
mine were also horrible in 90's. forcefeeding & threats
Let's hope that's true.... did they have cameras in the classrooms back then?? Can't trust anyone with our precious children 😣
US childcare workers barely make minimum wage and aren't vetted by an Ofsted. I know someone who has their kids taken away for neglect that's child care worker.
My daughter was in daycare and the daycare I chose I made sure they had cameras in every room. At the end of the day you are in trusting your child to be taken care of and that the people working at the daycare are kind and compassionate. This behavior was egregious and a betrayal to the parents of these children who trusted these daycare workers. The fact is we have no idea how many times these daycare workers acted inappropriately. But when someone shows you who they are believe them. They deserve this felony charge because something tells me based on their reckless behavior that this is not the first time they have done this.
These women behaved in a sadistic manner. Children the ages of these can't differentiate between fantasy reality. They were obviously terrified, and I'll wager, will be scarred for years to come. One woman whose child was a victim in this situation, said in an interview, her son was never afraid of anything, but after this incident, is now afraid of everything. How can that be reversed? With extensive therapy, maybe these children will one day... "bounce back." If my child had been exposed to this level of appalling, systematic abuse, I'd want these women all convicted of felonies. In this case, sorry isn't good enough. They can think about the effects of fear in prison cells.
Relax.
You’re absolutely right!
When I was about three yo my great uncle scared me with a Santa mask. Told me I'd been bad and he was going to take away all my toys. At the time I was terrified and startled but thinking about it now it's just a funny memory. Hopefully these toddlers will soon be to normal.
I agree with your post completely. I also believe that these women behaved in a sadistic manner and that these children will be scared for years to come. I think Dr. Grande has made a mistake in stating that they should only be charged with misdemeanors. I think they should be charged with felonies.
💯. My uncle found it funny to show me child's play when I was 6. Sadistic as well.
That would be terrifying to a child! Screaming at them is bad enough. I had a 1st grade teacher who screamed at us a lot, and it colored my school experiences through adulthood. There is no excuse for frightening kids like this.
I did the very opposite with my own kids because they were scared to go out for Halloween. They were very young 4 and 6. I bought a scary mask and let them play with it so they understood it was "made up" and nothing was scary about it.
I did the same thing when they were afraid of a movie character. I made them help me to disguise myself as the character. It helped them alot. And even if they were still scared, I told them it was OK. But still show them was the actors looked like without their make-up, with the actors webpages. (They were afraid of Jack sparrow, not Jason vorheese, mind you. )
I wish parents and educators took the time to explain these things instead of scaring them.
Screaming at someone is a form of abuse. She should have been fired.
@@xminusone1 agree! My babysitter/ Godmothers teen boys were showing my toddler horror movies. We found out because he started acting out scenes of a movie that his step dad recognized. We did everything to show him it wasn't real - including buying a tales from crypt doll- which he loved so much that he brought it to school and we got in trouble. When he was older, he wanted to be an actor or writer.
@@franwebb7756 the police should have been called. Earlier Yelling at somebody right in their face is not good one because covid and two they are small children I'm glad that after the court hearings that the teachers got some time never will work with pins again
It truly is chilling and terrifying how many adults who CHOSE to work with children are mean, insensitive and take pleasure in bullying the vulnerable kids they are responsible for. I could write a book about horrible adults I faced as a child within education, and I am only 25, and I was already a very sensitive and withdrawn child. One was even told about my parents divorce and said to me in front of my peers 'I bet your Mum still dresses you in the morning?' when my mother had just abandoned me and my brother.
I'll never trust anyone who takes pleasure in upsetting children. Its wrong on its own, but it can easily branch out to other types of horrific abuse.
Wonderful video, Doc!
Wondering if something like this is why I'm terrified of clowns at 57 years old. I don't remember much of my childhood at all. Thank you for your videos.
Fear of clowns is really common. Many believe it has to do with our primal fear of the uncanny and how clowns tap into our distrust of concealed identify.
I actively remember my first interaction with a clown and I was already scared of them and remember because I freaked TF out so I think it's an innate phobia at least for me.
Clowns often look pretty creepy, even when they’re not intended to. It’s possible that you just saw an ordinary clown and were scared of it and didn’t have the opportunity (or weren’t helped) to calm down while you were still in its presence. Or you may have witnessed _someone else_ appearing afraid of the clown.. fears and phobias can be learned/modeled in many cases.
I had a repetitive nightmare as a child of my mom and aunt taking me to a kids fun center and then me being locked in an empty room with a clown who chased me in circles. I was eventually able to tell myself during the dream that I was dreaming and wake myself up (what is now known as lucid dreaming) and then I stopped having the nightmares. If I weren’t able to do that I’d probably be an adult scared of clowns too 😢
I’m blessed (or cursed) with a lot of memories from when I was very little, and I _remember_ when my fear of clowns started.
I was three or four and my parents took us to the Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey circus one night. I loved everything about it-until the clowns came out. I just grabbed my dad’s hand and stared in horror. My thought was, “What _are_ they??”
I had no idea they were people with makeup on. I wondered if they were aliens (I apparently had heard of space aliens by then) or if they were mutants-and I did _not_ know what a mutant was, so I just thought maybe they had some hideous deformities that made their mouths noses, and feet red and huge, their skin a horrible white, and made them unable to speak.
It was terrifying, and I didn’t understand why everyone seemed to like them so much.
On the other hand, my parents didn’t understand what I was thinking and I didn’t have the wherewithal to articulate it, so they wondered why I _didn’t_ like the clowns.
I remember watching some episodes of a TV show with Bozo the clown some time after that, however, and as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke normally, I felt less scared. I must have realized there was a regular person under there, or at least that he spoke and acted like a regular person, sort of.
People need to understand that little kids are like the real (much cuter) aliens, with no frame of reference to a huge chunk of experiences, the understanding of which we adults take for granted. And their brains are vulnerable and still developing, so they might not even have the capacity to perceive things the same way we do.
TLDR: these workers piss me off in all kinds of ways!
Deplorable behaviour! Arrests were definitely warranted. But judging by those mugshots, I don't think that any masks were really needed to frighten those sweet children. Just my opinion! Thank you, Dr. Grande!
Absolutely correct. Looks like some genetic misfortune was going on there.
I was thinking the same thing!
Fugly women man....
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By looking at those mugshots. I would of never left my children there in the first place!
Something so similar happened to me with a baby sitter when I was about 4 years old. The baby sitter’s husband dressed up as a gorilla and would have me wait outside in the dark (alone) for my mom to pick me up. At some point before my mom would arrive, he’d jump out from some unknown location and start screaming at me and making monkey noises. He’d get in my face, grab me, and laugh too. I was sooo scared, and I don’t think my mom believed me… It was very traumatic for me as a child, and to this day I don’t trust baby sitters, daycares, or monkeys of any kind. 😣
Or apes even.
This kind of daycare behavior is more prevalent than you may think! I worked at a daycare center where the OWNER fed Chinese hot mustard to an 18 month old baby strapped in a high chair, bc the baby bit another child. Another woman teased a 10 month old with her favorite blanket.. (held it just far enough from the baby to make her cry), and one more of the workers faced an 8 week old infant toward a back door and hung a blanket over the child’s swing! Another child was put a foot from the snack table.. so she couldn’t quite reach snack while the others were eating!! It was my first and last day there!! I called child protective services that day! I was told hot mustard is food, and none of the instances are abusive! (I beg to differ, and so did the child’s mom when I told her) I called the nearest police station to see what could be done, and they told me to let the parents know.. this was 18 years ago, and I’m still traumatized! I can’t imagine how those babies felt! This daycare had a wonderful reputation in an affluent neighborhood. For the life of me, I can’t understand how people who don’t like kids could choose to work with them!
People who dislike children work at daycares deliberately to abuse them. Much like pedophiles deliberately choose to work in churches, youth groups, soccer teams, Boy Scouts. The list goes on. Daycare is a sadist's playground.
Our son was bitten repeatedly, I believed until now was by a child, because that is what I was told, but now, I still see that bright red horseshoe shaped bite mark in my mind, and for the first time wonder if that really was done by a child, or was it done (3 times) by an adult...
@@01splitpea In this economy, people need to work to support their families! Mine and my ex’s parents watched our children for us when the kids were little, and I’m forever grateful that they did!
Unfortunately I think some people get in this field because it is relatively easy to get the job. Many places do not require a degree or even special training or coursework. Some do it for the free daycare for their own kids. I worked at a daycare for a couple of years and came to this conclusion based on what I saw.
That's why I never did daycare, babysitter, sleepovers etc. I paid attention to teacher's, coaches, youth leaders, Youth pastor's etc.
I think it's telling that they mentioned not being allowed to use corporal punishment.
They 'had to' terrify the kids as punishment because they weren't allowed to hit them instead. Imagine what they would do, if they had the power to strike the 'bad ones'...
Well yes, otherwise they would have to figure out how to manipulate the kids into doing things they didn't want to do, which would take an extreme amount of effort that they probably were not being adequately compensated for
Whatever happened to putting duct tape over their mouths and taping their hands and ankles together?
I caught that too😳
@@farmcat3198 why don’t you take seat? 🪑
@@Marshmallow_Trees Please don't tell my dad. He'll beat the hell out of me!
The trauma they inflicted on these poor children is immeasurable!
For real! Some people think it’s funny or cute but it can be so painful to be that scared that age. It’s outrageous.
I feel you are overreacting. Have you interviewed the kids? What did they say? How many have forgotten it or brushed it off? Do you know? Please don't act like you professionally counseled these kids. You just saw a few stills from an internet video. SHeeesh!
@@hushmychild6745 Those who claim it to be funny or cute undoubtably lack something important in their brains that us normal people have
What these employees have done was outrageous there was no excuse.
As a survivor of child trauma, they should have to pay for those kids therepy. Truly horrific.
@@iciajay6891 daycare workers have minimum wage jobs good luck getting any $$$ but yeah sue them, if they EVER get any money give it to the children
They'll be fine. Life used to be alot scarier for all humans.
Uh have you dealt with modern children?
Did those women have kids of their own? Maybe they're gay. They have to have some sort of deviant abnormalcy trait to act in such a manner.
This is so heartbreaking and disgusting. Children don't have the says having to go to daycare while their parents are at work. I've worked as a daycare teacher for 21 years,and never in my career have I seen such abuse. This is sadistic and cruel,as well as demonic. These are little children!! This could be very traumatizing for them as well as for their parents. My prayers go out to these children and to their parents.
Exactly
I'm sure these kids will remember this longer than she sits in jail.
Kids forgot it 2 days later because KIDS.
@@CowSaysMooMooYou assume all people have a memory as bad as your own.
@@It-is-me...Melsie No. I'm assuming KIDS THAT AGE do.
@@CowSaysMooMoo They are not goldfish. They're little humans and can suffer trauma and the effects from it for a very long time. They will in fact remember it for a long time and those incidents could shape part of who they are.
@@It-is-me...Melsie They CAN, but often DON'T.
The thing is...I can remember teachers being cruel to me....just like this during my childhood.
This is unacceptable on so many levels. It may just be because I’m a mom and experienced my son being terrified over something that an adult wouldn’t fear. When babies are afraid it scares them to their core. I can still remember times in my own childhood where I was so scared I almost peed. A child’s fear is not a joke
Just the size difference on its own is intimidating. I remember when I was so small that everything looked huge. When that huge thing is an adult screaming at you and you don't even understand what you did wrong, it's hard to be more powerless than that. The perpetrators are obviously devoid of empathy.
@@bananawitchcraft very true. I remember going back to my childhood playground and couldn’t believe how small everything actually was
Their faces without a mask were equally disturbing!
Even if they're not charged with a felony, they should never be able to work in a day care center ever again! I love watching your videos, Dr. Grande! I look forward to them every day! Thank you, and have a great day! 😊
They should be sued for what they did to those kids. It wasn’t off the cuff, it was planned and videotaped. Posted to social media? Who do these dumb broads think they are with other people’s children. Kind human beings? Psh.
@@Daniel-fq5vq I agree with you!
Yeah, they shouldn't be allowed to work with vulnerable individuals ever again. But, I don't think this rises to a felony.
@@Filthy_Larry They terrrorised children in their care. That is a crime. I think that there is a video somewhere about what these twats did. Not sure where I watched it... There's also articles discussing what happened, so maybe I watched the video there. Believe me, if you watch that video then read these articles, you'll see why this is being considered a crime. Being blacklisted from their professions should be the least of these daycare workers worries. I think that they should face consequences to what they did. They were screaming in the faces of children. Regardless of what the reason, that is enough to traumatise any child.
I'm not sure they'll want to work in a daycare center again. My guess is that they have few occupational opportunities in that area, hence they work at a daycare.
My wife and I did an outdoor daycare this summer which was an incredible experience in terms of seeing young children develop and express themselves and as well getting to know their parents.! .. this story is extremely filty and evil - unimaginable but I can believe it seeing all the (adult) people obsessed with horror, the occult and domination of the helpless.
I've worked in childcare all my life, I've done in home daycare and worked in daycares. I now work with the elderly in the Alzheimer's unit. At no time in my life have I ever seen this kind of behavior. It truly is frightening and evil. Unbelievable.
Hearing those poor kids screaming and crying just broke my heart. What made them think that scaring them to cooperate would be a good idea? Should they go to prison,I hope Big Bertha & Co. gives THEM something to be scared of!
A couple of those daycare workers faces were a whole lot scarier than that mask!
Lmao. It's not funny at all, but very true. Yikes. Looks like their insides match their outsides. Their behavior makes me sick. I'm glad they are being held accountable.
@@breelee4362 I know I was just trying to make people laugh... Their behavior was unacceptable they should never work in daycare again but I do not think they should be actually thrown in prison
@@joececchini8597 What do you think should happen? Looks like the one did get a beat down with that ripped nose. Maybe community standards will be enough for them.
I’d say jail time should do it. There are no easy jails in Mississippi.
😅😅😅 they have faces like slapped arses
@@Filthy_Larry The fact you're a grown man who uploads videos of himself playing video games because nobody loves you.
That's sad
I used a Lambchop hand puppet when my children were little when they wouldn't clean up their toys, or other times to get them to listen. Worked very well!! The Barney clean-up song was very helpful too.
These kids may have nightmares and fear issues for years. I worked in childcare. It can be tough. It requires a lot of patience. I used to motivate the children to clean up by saying, "Who's going to be the quicker picker-upper?" I had a box in the middle of the room and would say "On your mark, get set, go!" and we started throwing toys into the box really fast. The kids thought it was great. We made a game out of it, and made it fun.
I tried something like this with my cats. On Chinese New Year in our area, firecrackers were going off everywhere, more than on a typical day. So I got all excited, told the cats it's The Year of the Tiger, and it's their time to celebrate, while madly throwing treats all around the room. I won't say that engaging their wild side made them enjoy fireworks, but I think it gave them a more positive experience.
It's even more terrifying when the kids chant "Brawny!" in response.
@@EXROBOWIDOW LOL!😄
It’s really not that serious 😂 it was actually funny
@@EXROBOWIDOW lol...I keep reading this...laughing.
Oh my gosh, when we were that age, my brother and I were so scared of the witch in snow white we wouldn't watch the movie. I cant even imagine the trauma these kids must have gone through.
My mom and dad had to take me and sister out of the movie theater when the witch in snow white came on! We were screaming and crying.
Watching W of Oz when I was a kid filled me with absolute dread...waiting for the Wicked Witch of the West to appear...afraid to go upstairs afterward.
The kids shaking in fear is so horrible. I feel so sorry for them.
This made me weep. How cruel can people be? Little innocents 🥺
Wow. How do you get through life with that level of emotional maturity
Telling you what, I’d be losing my #2 if my kid was subjected to these monsters.
You'd do nothin
I can absolutely tell you my wife and I would get them all convicted.
I would absolutely be pressing charges if this happened to my kids as well. It's disgusting behavior and I'm glad they're all being charged. Let's hope the charges stick with all 5 of them. I imagine the one scaring the children will be convicted for sure but I'm hoping all of them get convicted in child abuse charges.
@@riseuplight same. Their behavior was disgusting and difficult to watch. I've seen the original video. Absolutely horrific. Those poor kids will have lifelong trauma because of this
A GOOD parent would press charges. If they did nothing about this, there wouldn't be felony charges.
One mom asked for her daughter's face to be seen so everyone can clearly see how very terrified she was.
Imagine what's happening to the elderly or disabled in nursing homes.
@@G123. When I was in graduate school, I did my first internship at a skilled nursing facility. It was an amazing experience. They really cared about their patients and took care of their physical and mental health. I started this internship a few months after my father died. My dad had Parkinson's disease and developed Parkinson's psychosis. We kept him home until the final two months of his life because he was starting to try to leave at night. He was in a Navy approved nursing facility which was horrible. We went on Easter and I noticed everyone else had a food tray. I asked if he had eaten and the nurse told me to ask him. He didn't even know where he was. They finally brought up a cold cheese sandwich and Chips 😡🤬.
Some are amazing and some are beyond abusive and neglectful.
@@aanonymousamanda1711 The nurses working on the maternity ward when I had my son would lie to me and tell me it was safe to leave my son with them for the night so that his father and I could catch up on some much needed sleep (and I was post C-section and never took controlled pain substances because I was trying to breast feed and didn't want it in my milk, so recovery was so drawn out). We were also the **ONLY** ones on the entire ward for several nights (we stayed 5 overall), and there were three nurses on every night shift. Yet, the first night I let our nurse take him, she came rushing in where my son had clearly been crying for a WHILE (which can make newborns very sick, and even cause hernias from crying too long, not to mention he was literally starving, needing to be fed, and his social and emotional needs weren't being met, which sets a stage people downplay if it happens only a few times yet this was his earliest experiences as a newborn and teaches infant not to cry for their needs if their needs are consistently not met), and the nurse was all disheveled where she had clearly been sleeping and didn't care that it was lazy and unsafe, obviously didn't wake up when he cried, and must be all three of them were sleeping and not a one of them cared about the risks that posed. (I don't even care if they had taken turns sleeping with one staying awake to keep watch of him on little shifts, but nope, they were clearly all asleep.) Then his father gaslight me some more making me feel like I was making a mountain out of a molehill, so the next night very late and it took me a while because I was at a crawling pace to walk but wanted the post-surgery exercise, I walked up the ward past the nurses' station and watched my son WIDE awake in the dark, content but totally under-stimulated and being completely ignored while the two junior nurses sat at the desk with their backs to him absorbed in their laptops each with earbuds in their ears and didn't move when I went by, pretending like I'm stupid, then when I made my way back, as it took a long time for me to walk, the third charge nurse was back out at the desk from whatever backroom couch I'm sure she had been taking a nap on, the earbuds were out o the other two's ears and the most junior nurse who was assigned to us and had been sleeping the night before was holding my son like she should be, faking she cared and was interested and that she thought he was so cute, like I was an idiot and didn't know they are slathers. My son, and a host of many others, could've died choking on his own spit up, babies aspirate all the time, he could've had a SID, any number of things. I left a Google review and named the two junior nurses whose names I was able to gather, and my son's father was still more worried about me calling them out and that embarrassing him. I couldn't care less. They're lucky they didn't get fired, I hope they did once I reported it, especially the charge nurse, actually, who let it all happen by her "leadership." People who can't empathize with a newborn infant of all things, have no empathy for anyone, and the three of them were content to do it together. It's really sad, but I have been taught by life experience that you can't trust anyone, and 9/10 are at their jobs for a paycheck. Daycares are the same.
@@G123. You're such a wonderful mom and I hope you and baby are doing great.
I am a psychotherapist and I have heard horror stories from clients about how they were treated by past therapists. You're 100% right that sometimes people end up in the wrong profession. It's too bad that many don't realize that it's too late and they have done the damage of making people not trust others in the profession.
Heartbreaking 💔
When I lived in Pennsylvania with my daughters, their babysitters husband used to scare my youngest daughter who at the time was 5, she is still traumatized by the situation even though she is 30 now.
When I was a small child in England, I was farmed out to many childcare places and even a licensed daycare for several weeks as my Mom had to have surgery. I have many memories of being terrorized in these places. In the "christian mission" daycare I slept in the same room as the owner's twin girls who were nine years older than me and frightened me every night when we were in bed with awful stories I didn't, at three years old, understand. I am sixty five years old now and know my life was adversely affected by all that mistreatment. I have never given comments to anything ever, but your dismissal of this behavior appalled me.
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Thank you for choosing to comment now, Debbie. Nothing is more important than standing for and treating our nation's children, all children, well. I'm sorry you experienced the terrible things you did at those day cares. My son experienced several very negative experiences at day cares as a child, and at 40, still suffers from OCD and anxiety.
So sorry you had to experience that abuse.I hope you are at peace .
To DebbieCole…similar thing happened to me too, but it was my mom scaring me to get me to behave/be a good girl. I am 64 and in counseling. My lifelong sense of fear and feeling of not being good enough has been at times crippling. You are not alone.
@@inahandbasket288 I am so sorry. I’m a childhood trauma survivor so I’m well aware.
Thank you, I was outraged when I saw this video. The children were petrified, this was just cruel and sick!
I’m an infant caregiver at a daycare, and my actual job is to respect, feed and keep the babies safe. Keep your mental health in check, or find another job. Their behavior is disgusting and dangerous.
I’m pretty sure the scariest thing here is people may be realizing they have no idea the maturity and/or character of the people “caring” for their kids. I was home and cared for my own kids which was a blessing and privilege!!
People shouldn’t have kids if they can’t afford to care for them themselves or have a trusted relative care for them.
Exactly!
@@hoperising7373 it shouldn’t be so hard to afford children. Especially when they dont give you the right to choose to keep the clump of cells or not.
@@hoperising7373 nice of you to support working mothers and fathers out there who are doing the best they can for their families. Not everyone is wealthy enough to avoid working for a living.
Oh that’s right - blame the parents. How cretinous of you.
"Targeting a vulnerable population is never ok."
Gold.
I used to assist my mother at her daycare. Neither one of us would never traumatize the little ones.
Wow. Did your job. Congrats. Lots of people do their job every day and don't post a YT comment about it.
Terrorizing little kids so they will clean up after themselves. WOW! As far as long term emotional damage, my dad took me to a scary movie when I was 4 or 5. I was terrified and had nightmares for many years. I am 70 now and still remember the name of the movie.
Tell me i love scary movies
I have always hated scary movies myself. I watched “when a stranger call” still scared. We all have things that do it but my daughter went on a rollercoaster with me and on the way up she looked at me and said “I love you mommy, can I get off?” It killed me. I thought at 5-6 she would’ve loved it bc she was a daredevil but never did that again.
@@tinawindham6958 Terrified of roller coasters. Love horror movies.
I think the public shaming and loss of jobs and reputations is a punishment in itself, but it does feel like something else is required for the psychological damage they have done to those children. I experienced two comparatively mild incidents during my childhood at school and both left me scarred so I dread to think what nightmares those children are going through after being terrorised by people their parents had entrusted them with. Maybe those daycare workers need to do some community service. There definitely needs to be some penalty.
They need serious jail time. This was sadistic. These are cruel and dangerous individuals.
@Sllort If someone is willing to harm the most vulnerable among us they belong behind bars to keep the rest of society safe.
How can you think child abusers deserve mercy? That’s definitely shocking to me.
Those children are going to need counselling for life and will have to relive their fear every year when the Halloween masks come out.
They need to go to jail for a period of time.. what are you talking about???
@@vela-rn2jz I was expressing my opinion, which you are free to do as well in your own individual comment.
Sadly.. stuff like this happens all the time it is a huge problem that needs to be talked about more!!
I worked in two different daycares for a few years. At both of them I witnessed the most horrific things. At one of them a woman dislocated a child’s shoulder. He was only 2. She was notorious for yelling at kids and leaving them in a “timeout” chair for hours even when they were screaming and crying. The owner and other workers were trying to cover it up and did not call the cops or fire her. I was obviously pissed about these things and I would always speak up, but be shut down by the majority and yes we had cameras but they were never recording. It was just for show. Because of this and the other incidents I quit and called the cops and the state. They did nothing. She still was working there. I did the best I could to warm other parents that I kept in contact with, I even left a review about it on their page that was deleted. Another daycare I worked at also did similar shady things like lying to parents, using forceful “timeout” methods, etc. No matter how much I spoke up I was shut down at both places and threatened to be fired. I am now a nanny and I like this a lot more. I love kids and I love my job. It breaks my heart to see these people tournament kids and get away with it..
not all daycares are bad and not all workers are abusing their power.. but this happens a lot and unfortunately I have a ton of stories I could tell. There needs to be changes!!
If you watch the video of this incident I believe that you can see that the children weren’t scared- they were in agony. Some of them seemed to be absolutely frantic to escape this monster. They were terrorized-this was torture.
Absolutely.
I agree
I agree too
This story is another example of why I have a 5 year gap in my work history until my child went to school. It’s hard and isolating being a stay at home parent and it made my career lag but I would do it all over again. I know not everyone has the ability, or want to do that. Especially in our deteriorating economy.
Exactly me too
We made a lot of sacrifices but did this as well. Looking back it was the best time ever.
I never had a babysitter or used daycare. Only grandparents watched my children. I paid attention to their teacher's, coaches, youth pastor's etc.
It’s tough having a child with autism and trying to do that cause preschool at 3 and therapy is mandatory and because of Covid they stopped the therapist going to the house.
That five year gap is actually just a change of career ..caregiving with many diverse responsibilities. It needs to be respected and appreciated.
This is disgusting. This is why I was a stay at home mom. Nobody would care for my children like me. Once it happens it’s too late. So horrible.
Sadly, this happens more frequently, but is often never recorded or properly documented.
I live in upstate ny and we have very cold winters. Last winter a daycare center forgot a 3-4 year old out in a daycare van for a couple of hours then told her not to tell her mom about it.
I can attest to this first hand.
I was a day care worker and the woman that was in charge of the infant room... Would literally physically smack children. One in particular she didn't seem to like.
I took it to the director and they did nothing.
So I called the state and then I quit.
That was the second daycare facility I worked in where a worker laid hands on a child. The first I was stuck in a room with and she was a horrible and angry person that was not nice to little children. That daycare turned a blind eye too. I quit that job as well.
When my own children required childcare... I had them in a facility that had live feed cameras that the parents could watch from their device.
The bigger concern about this story is that we hire underpaid and undereducated people to take on the responsibility of one of our most precious assets.
There should be at the very least a degree or licensing required by anyone caring for the most innocent and impressionable of our society.
Live Cameras should also be mandatory. They don't stop everything but they certainly make daycare workers think twice about doing things like this.
This is egregious.
Agreed. Fortunately for the children attending that daycare, the person posting the video never considered anyone might find her "film art" anything other than hilarious and smart. That ought to tell investigators something right there.
As a preschool teacher of 13 years, this sickened me. I cant imagine what type of individual would actually choose to do this.
Well, look at the mug shots...
My uncle did this to my brother and I when we were a little older. My guess is she’s not licensed and had it happen to her.
An evil individual, that's what type.
I have worked in early childhood for most of my adult life. What strikes me is that often day care is one of the only places kids feel safe. They trust their teachers, environment, and the schedule. Having something like this happen in a place where the child feels safe can have lasting damage.
This is why we decided that when we started our family I would stay home. Absolutely disgusting. Those poor children.!
This is reprehensible. I am beyond speechless. Child abuse is out of control. This breaks my heart.
Seriously? You need to get out more.
I work with preschoolers I can’t even imagine ever doing this. Their career should be over this is unacceptable.
Apparently the security cameras that were supposed to be recording in the daycare didn't work. Girl recorded her own crimes. I shudder to think about how many incidents with these workers happened to kids outside of this situation.
Thank you, Janey.
This is so sad! The challenging thing is that daycare/preschool is VERY expensive, yet it's often the only option for working parents. At the same time, the daycare workers do not get paid well. Especially classroom aids, it's a low paying job. So there is a disparity and sometimes people end up in these roles because they need a job, not necessarily because they have a passion for early childhood development. I wish we could pay people better for these jobs because they are important and we need the best individuals to help our young kids. As a parent, it's hard to find a childcare that you can trust AND afford.
I'm an early years teacher and child development specialist. And it never fails to amaze me how so many teachers are in the classroom just to parade their tyranny. No teacher with true integrity chooses force over guidance. That will definitely leave a mark on those kids. Schools are already being associated with insecurity. Sadism at its finest.
Seeing their real faces actually puts the whole thing into perspective. The mask is an improvement actually .
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That what I thought too!
Thought the same thing !
I would like to see the owner who hired these meth addicted looking monsters looks like!
Oh! Good one Dr T. This is absolutely terrible. I saw a tv show age 6 which horrified me so much I cannot tell you the distress. If I had this ACTUAL experience….well, bless those children xxx
Society has lost track of what is appropriate and what is not.
Thank you for not diagnosing but only speculating, Dr. Grande 💪 Have a wonderful Saturday 👏
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I hope these "adults" will never ever again be in a position where they have to take care for children. They clearly have no clue how to treat children or behave in their presence. What a bunch of awful & stupid people. Who knows what other disgusting things they did to these children that weren't recorded.
Thank you for the insightful & entertaining analysis Dr. G (:
When I went to kindergarten and first grade, the teachers would yell at you and single you out for the purpose making you cry. There was one little boy named Mathew that they would pick on the most, he would cry the entire afternoon and she would yell at him for crying and degrade him even more. This is still routine in many many classrooms. How is wearing a mask any different?
@@jilpok1074 It's not and I'm really sorry that you went to such an awful Kindergarten.
I worked in daycare for several years, it is mentally exhausting at times, however terrorizing a child will never yield a positive change in a child’s behavior.
Yes they should go to jail and find out what it's like to be terrified.
Wow some degree of sadism was involved in this. If this were my child I'd be catching a charge as well.
Me too.
Me three!
If they scared my dog like that I would be catching a charge...never mind a child!
This woulda absolutely traumatized me when I was a child, I was scared of just about everything & anything.
This is disgusting. As a parent, I cried when I saw this. Thank goodness they recorded themselves because these little ones would have been too young to explain to their parents what happened that day. I feel so bad for the children and the parents.
SHE ABSOLUTELY KNEW WHAT SHE DOING
I love your analysis and completely agree with your conclusion
I did a Dr Grande binge the other day while on a road trip! High quality listening!
What's more disturbing is how comfortable they were in posting the video. They've done other stuff like this before. I'm also wondering what the owner has been doing all this time 😔
Exactly. What sort of monster does this and thinks it's a good idea to record it and post it somewhere!? Certainly not the brightest also combined with cruelty. A dangerous combination. They'd be paying for my kid's therapy and emotional damage for the rest of their life.
Very true. It does make you wonder what they've been doing behind the scenes that nobody knows about.
Totally, Alicia. I can't believe the owner was oblivious to her own employees cruelty toward the children. In fact, it's always been my experience employees copy their employers as a means by which to keep their jobs.
@@E.C.Animation Sadly, these women have no money to pay anyone for anything, with.
@@01splitpea then they can spend time in prison and work there while paying back those they harmed.
The age of the children makes this a over the top serious incident. In the video they sat at the table couldn’t move I am sure they will continue to have nightmares for years. How could those teachers look on while each child was tortured?
Corporal punishment is not permitted, but psychological trauma flies under the radar? This is so mean and cruel 😢
Sadistic!
@@SIMARSONG Yep! It was absolutely sadistic & many people LITERALLY get off on this type of child abuse... SRA & especially with all of the "rituals" that go on around these wicked days leading up to Halloween/Samhain! These witches aren't sly or innocent in this matter & I don't care WHAT people say to the contrary! Smh
It is just really cruel behavior. Even if she thought it was a good idea to walk in with a mask and scare kids- she took it SO MUCH FURTHER by getting in their faces, screaming, and having it go on and on. How could you see a small child shaking, screaming and crying and not feel some sort of empathy, some sort of reaction to make it stop? Their callous disregard of these children’s mental health and well-being is just so mean.
Thank you for always doing these videos in such a respectful and thoughtful manner, even when its focus is on something so evil. great work as always!
This is how you induce PTSD into someone. Many people are insecure and have mental health issues, because something traumatic happens to them at a young age. Adding this to a child's mind and psyche along with whatever else that's going one in their lives that involve verbal abuse and physical abuse just makes matter so much worse.
Thank you Dr. Grande for your great analysis. Such horrid behavior seen from these daycare workers is appalling. Apologizing is good for the perpetrator, however; it cannot erase the terror that may have lasting negative effects with the children violated. Daycare is supposed to be a place where children feel safe, nurtured, learn about their social behaviors and to have fun. For a young child in this situation was terrorizing.
I was surprised at the mothers who so quickly resumed taking their children back to the center, and defended the owner. On the question of harm, will the state have specially trained investigators interview the children and psychological exams to determine harm?
They’re all such beauties. They look so happy and like wonderful nurturers-shocks the soul.
🤣 exactly what I was thinking. How can these angelic women want to scare children?
These traumatized children will recall these incidents every time they see someone wearing a scary mask, and Halloween will be a frightening experience for them throughout their entire childhoods. 😢
I remember being a fan of some really scary shows and movies such as the Haunting- which goes full out in their terrifying depictions of demonic hauntings, etc. One of my sisters was a young child and she had come downstairs because she noticed that I was down there late at night and thought that she could watch something fun with me. I didn't even know she was down there until she ran upstairs after there was a scary part in the show. She still recalls what she had seen and she is an adult now. She can't stand watching scary things now even though our youngest sister loves those kinds of things. It did traumatise her in a way since she couldn't sleep and suffered through nightmares for a long time. Not sure if you ever watched the Haunting, but it was that episode where the young boy makes a friend with a ghost boy and it turns out to be a demon that could shape shift into a young harmless child. She watched the part where the mother hugs the child thinking it's her son but then the demon comes out and he warps back into the menacing figure that he really was...
As a childcare educator myself, i feel relieved that these people were caught. I have come across many educators that should not work in childcare.
Thankyou for your spot on critique of the Mississippi Day Care Mask Scare case. I appreciate the ways in which you searched it out to reveal the 'truth' as it were, & what a lesson for all involved. To me, as the owner of a 'day care' business, any and all activity which is not specific to & regulated by the day care educational accredation absolutely should NOT take place without written outline of requested activity/event, & the consent of all students parents, guardians, etc. before any such activity or event should take place upon acceptance & approval, in writing.
I think these day care workers generally didn’t care about the kids. This was just a paycheck for them and likely a very low one. That obviously doesn’t justify anything. The fact that they actually did this was evidence of a sadistic mindset. I think they thought because 2 year olds aren’t able to articulate an experience they’d be in the clear. This is a crime they never thought they’d get caught doing and likely keep doing all for their own sadistic pleasure.