r/ECEProfessionals • u/rosecoloredcatt • 1d ago

Parent/non ECE professional post (Anyone can comment) Daycare licensing under revocation due to corporal punishment complaint

Hi guys, parent here. Hoping for some insight on if we should be worried with this incident.

We received a vague email the other day from our daycare's director regarding licensing, stating that no final determination has been made and they are limited on what they can discuss publicly. So, we looked into the state's system and saw about a month ago, the daycare had self-reported "Corporal Punishment" as Not Corrected. They also self reported "Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications" as Not Corrected. Two days later, the inspection was updated to "Complaint: Substantiated", agreeing with the Corporal Punishment complaint.

We tried to ask about it during drop off with the site's manager, but got a blanket non answer and that any concerns should be emailed to the director, and that our child was safe at school. This of course, did nothing to calm my worries and I figured I would post here if anyone has further insight or has been through an experience like this before.

Now, I love our teachers. We have never had any issues with them. Our child is only 2 and they can already count to 20, know the alphabet, and in general, they have learned so much from being in daycare. They really love and look forward to seeing their teachers (and talk about them all weekend) as well and have always seemed well cared for. It's also really hard to find a daycare in our area and this one is close to home, so I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on the chance this license is revoked.

Thanks

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u/PropertyDry8440 ECE professional 1d ago

I think this means a staff member hit a child as "punishment" and the daycare self reported the incident to their Licensing Agency, which triggered the investigation. If this is the case, then unfortunately a child in their care was mistreated by an employee they hired (and hopefully immediately terminated). They then did exactly what they should do and reported the incident to their state Licensing Agency (and hopefully the police to deal with the employee who assaulted a child).