A Texas daycare owner has been charged with drugging children so they would nap.
According to Fox News, Kimberly Lane, who ran the Luv n Learning Child Development Center in Van Alstyne, allegedly put antihistamines into the tots’ milk to make them sleep. Workers at the daycare center reported the owner’s actions to the authorities. When investigators turned up, they could smell the flavoured antihistamines in the children’s milk. The children were aged between 20 months and four years old.
The maximum sentence Lane faces is two years’ jail time, with a fine of $10,000 per 16 counts of endangerment to a child.
Shockingly, this isn’t the first such incident. Another daycare worker was charged in a church daycare in Ohio last year. And it follows on the back of toddlers escaping a Markham daycare.
Parents are anxious enough about leaving their children in someone else’s care. You trust that a person’s credentials are sound. But in the case of the Markham daycare, sometimes credentials are not enough. You never really know what goes on behind closed doors.
A scary thought for this mom whose son has just started daycare! I’ve had nothing but warm vibes from his teachers and the director of the daycare. Still, I plan to drop in unannounced from time to time, and I will certainly pay close attention to my son’s verbal and non-verbal cues.
What steps did you take to select and monitor your childcare provider?
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