AR - Day care 'teacher' caught on tape raping 4 yr old

[Indy Gal]

Wow it is normal for an 18 year old to be a "teacher". I never knew. You would think, at least I do, that there would be some type of schooling that would have to happen before someone is teaching your child. Guess not.

 

[kimberdawn]

When I was 19 i worked at a daycare, and i was called a teacher. I had ZERO experence. NONE. They hired me off the street and stuck me in a room, I did the best I could and I took good care of those kids but in no way was I qualified to teach them or to be considered a teacher. I worked there for only about 9 months .And that was here in Arkansas. That was 14 years ago ( oops just told my age) and I hope there are stronger standards now.But as I said earlier i dont like daycares and neither of my children ever attended one ( well except when I worked there my daughter was about 3 months old and I took her once a week - my grandparents wanted her the other days)

 

[SewingDeb]

I think most daycares call the sitters teachers. They don't have to have any teaching qualifications that I know of to baby sit preschool age children.

 

[Taximom]

I might have missed this but did they see this on the video and didnt do anything until this lil girl said Bubba touched her?

It's in my original comment and the video. The daycare owner did not tell other parents until this guy was charged with rape. I do not know how long that period was though.

I think the parents deserved to know even something generic, IMO.

 

[XcomSquaddie]

Why is there even an 18 year old working at this type of place? What type of requirments are there to work at a day care? Sorry I have never known one person who has used them.

Requirements vary widely, even within states.

Also, if it is a private place, without state acrediting, then there are almost no standards. By this I mean if you are watching 3-4 kids out of your home. "Amature" level, I guess.

As far as age goes, I don't think that's a factor. If the 18 year old in question was responsible then I don't see why they couldn't work in daycare. I've heard many daycare facilities are understaffed.

We don't use daycare either, for the same reason you've stated. Trust. I couldn't imagine trusting anyone to essentially raise my kids. Basically, if a child is in daycare for 8-10 hours a day, those workers are raising your child. I know single parents who have to do daycare, just to make ends meet, and I'm not judging them poorly for doing it. I'm just glad we were able to work things out so we didn't have to.

 

[MeoW333]

Did they even check the videos at this daycare? Maybe they never even bothered to check them and now that Davis guy is looking guilty as well. So he waits to notify parents?? That's a horrible tactic and in the worst interest for the children there. I agree with what someone said about him wanting to keep making $$ and at the expense of children.
As for males being molesters, not all males are; yet it would take us a year to tally up all of those on all the sex offender lists in every county in every state.. and those are the ones who haven't absconded and have been caught. Like the recent case of 18, 19 year old Mullis who stomped in his baby's head, and tried to rape an 8 year old hours before, it seems that was his "first" incident of trying to attack a child. So it seems when they start it's out of nowhere, only knowing they were abused as a child. Very scary and hopefully men and women will remain vigilant.

 

[pixies]

Working at a daycare center is very easy to do. You walk in, fill out an application and they call you back the next day and hire you.
You make $6.00 an hour with NO benefits. They start you working even while your background check is pending. That is even IF they file for one.

So sad.

 

[pixies]

Bashing Indy for her opinion has to stop.

Agreed!

I am very glad she is going to be one of us "sheltering" mothers. :clap: :clap:
And one of us paranoid sheltering homeschooling mothers as well!!
Oh my...:woohoo:

Poor Marley Grace is going to grow up wonderfully under the close eye of her mother and father. Wow. How sad for her!! LOL.

*hugs for Indy*

 

[Indy Gal]

Thanks Pixies

I talked with my sister a bit, and she said what you guys have said. They just hire off the street with no education at all. Is there a way we can get this changed. Prolly not, but it does make one wonder

 

[missacorah]

Director Howard Davis must never work with children again and Monarrez should be put in a room with the 4 year-old's parents to allow them to do to him what they will.

Sounds like you have the same ideas on justice as I do. It should be an eye for an eye where this sort of thing is concerned.

 

[Indy Gal]

Sounds like you have the same ideas on justice as I do. It should be an eye for an eye where this sort of thing is concerned.

AGREED!!! An eye for an eye

 

[Vegas Bride]

The parents of this little 4 year old girl must have done something right because she told, IMO many children do not tell so it seems to me that maybe they had already started to have talks with her about right and wrong touching.
I remember when my sisters children were small she had talks with them about right and wrong touching.
Sadly this preditor more than likely also victimised other children there in his care and I'm thinking he purposly chose this work just for the good hunting ground it provided.
My neighbor runs a daycare out of her home and I see these tiny little children being dropped off, it's horrible to think of anyone ever hurting someone so small and innocent but reality tells us that it does happen every day, daycare's of course are not the only places, it happens visiting gramma & grampa, it happens in your own home when a cousin or friend are visiting or a sibling may be the one, it happens at the playground. Parents do need to be vigilent and I see it as a good thing that a parent tries to shelter their child. Of the 2 child molestation cases I personally know about in the last few years, 1 was a male friend of the fathers who in many ways should never have been used for a babysitter (he was a drug buddy) in the other case it was the boyfriend the mother was living with. even after the girls said what he'd done the mother did not believe them, wanted to think they were making it up because they didn't want her to have a boyfriend. it was only after he actually confessed to the police that she was forced to admit what her girls were saying was the truth.

VB

 

[Taximom]

I know there are wonderful daycare providers out there. My oldest had one for almost 4 years from when she was 6 weeks old. In fact, we call her dd's "other mom". I'm sure there are wonderful daycare centers out there too.

It's just sad that no matter how careful you are with background checks etc., you can't catch every sicko out there since they don't have "backgrounds" yet.

 

[pedinurse]

I have to say that as a working mom who goes to school full time, my kids have been in the care of their father a lot. When my dad was still alive (grandpa) he would watch my daughter as well. When I was growing up, my dad watched me when I was little... some of my littlest memories were me sitting on the floor and him parting my hair and braiding it (he was retired military).
My mom watches my babies for me while hubby and I work (and me go to school) and my back up for evenings if I have to have one is my 16 year old little brother.
So thinking about it, I use more male baby sitters than not.
While I am picky about who watches my kids, I have to tell you that it doesn't matter to me about the sex as long as they are good people.
Indy I am sending you a PM.

 

[pedinurse]

LOL my sons first babysitter outside the home / grandma was a home daycare - she watched her baby, my baby and another baby, and she really was a TEACHER (she had her degree and certificate). LOL!! Now she teaches in Korea - God bless her. I miss her every day. I really want her around for back up a lot of times if I need to go to the store or my mom can't watch the baby for whatever reason!

 

[AmandaBrown23]

Being a child victim more than once myself I understand how a parent could be leary about leaving children with males, but as it was said on here already, I am leary of anyone because you just never know.

 

[mum33004]

ARRRRGGGGHHHHH! These people p$#% me off. He didn't notify the other parents because he didn't want to lose their kids and their $. Everytime I see another day care story I thank God I'm able to stay home and care for my four year old myself.

YOU & ME BOTH!!!!!

 

[SoccerMom]

Thanks Pixies

I talked with my sister a bit, and she said what you guys have said. They just hire off the street with no education at all. Is there a way we can get this changed. Prolly not, but it does make one wonder

I have talked with my youngest child's daycare principal, and they don't hire this way. All of the teachers have their associate's (at the least) in early childhood education. Most of them have a bachelor's degree in early childhood, and their children are also at the center. I realize that this isn't the case with all daycares, and believe me, we looked at many. I took my older two children, and we walked out of two centers before even meeting the directors because my oldest thought they looked "creepy."
Putting her in daycare wasn't something that I wanted to do, but I made sure that she is someplace that I feel is a good place for her. Her teachers are like extended family for us, and I feel good about them.

 

[deanws]

Oh please, let's not make this a male bash-fest. I take offense to this. Women abuse children too.

I'm a male and I babysat children for years. I got paid to order a pizza and play Nintendo with them.

I thought you were a woman..go figure.
:bang:

 

[XcomSquaddie]

I thought you were a woman..go figure.
:bang:

Ouch!!!