Hearing stories of sexual abuse in day cares can be upsetting to anyone, but most especially to parents with young children. As a parent, when you enroll a child in a day care facility, you should feel comforted and assured that your child will be kept free from physical and emotional harm. It’s a travesty when a day care fails to uphold their promise to keep your child safe.
In Denver in 2010, a 19-year-old teacher’s aide was accused of sexually assaulting up to four young children at a children’s center, including a girl who claimed that he “tickled” her during naptime. Similarly, in Michigan, a 19-year-old day care employee was accused of sexually molesting a five-year-old girl, again, during naptime.
Disturbing cases like these prompt so many questions. Why was such a pedophile left alone with young, sleeping, defenseless children? Why were they hired to work with children in the first place? Who’s to blame? Day care facilities are required to provide adequate supervision for your children, and that includes keeping them safe from all dangers. These cases are examples of negligent supervision—children were left in the care of a company hired to keep them safe and the company breached their duty. In both cases, the accused were permitted complete supervision of the children by the child care facility. It is paramount to point out that it is illegal in Colorado, where the 19-year-old teacher’s aide was accused of assaulting three children, for an aide to be left alone with students. A violation of the law is negligence per se.
If your child has been sexually assaulted while at a day care or school, I urge you to contact an Arizona Personal Injury attorney immediately. We have successfully represented victims of sexual assault. Call (480)-648-8928 to schedule a FREE consultation with PI attorney, Jared Everton.