Another toddler left in daycare van for hours!

I have never heard of this sort of incident. With daycare here, parents have to drop off & pick up children, as far as I know. How on earth could this day care parent leave a child in a van? A child they were looking after. It just seems totally ridiculous & irresponsible. At the very least, this daycare parent should have her license taken away. She can not possibly be trusted to look after children.

It is horrible. It is irresponsible. My son, who cannot walk and cannot talk, was left on the bus, while the bus driver left and went home. He was there for about 30 minutes before someone listened and started looking for him. I was furious, and scared. I know how those parents must have felt.

This is awful, this is so unprofessional and who ever was in charge should be charged with a crime. Is it that much trouble to walk through the vehicle and check every seat? Shame on them!

I'd say if they can't handle a simple thing like taking kids home from the daycare then I sure wouldn't trust them with my kid to begin with. !!HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I took my son OUT of a day care home because the care giver left my son alone (he was 4 or 5 months at the time) locked in the house while she walked another child home. Even though she was only going a few doors down, YOU DO NOT leave a child anywhere alone. Had I not left work early that day I wouldn't have even known that was the routine EVERY DAY. Don't they do "head counts" anymore? Now that I think about it, my son was also left on the school bus one time when being transported from school to the day care center. That was scary not knowing where he was for several hours.

Hi there, did the child survive? I've been reading more and more lately about people who are leaving their children in hot vehicles after forgetting them or people who are supposed to be caring for them forgetting about them. I would honestly love to know how in the heck anyone can forget about a child. It's not as if they're hard to hide or anything and if you're the mother you sure as heck don't forget you've given birth do you? I just wish people would double check their cars, I would rather be late to work or to uni because I had to sort out my child than i would forget my child and suffer horrendous loss that could simply be avoided :(

I have seen it happen in a school situation, where I delivered a bus with several two and a half year olds for a morning one day a week. I had nine adult teachers get on my bus, but they forgot one of seven children. I drove back to the bus barn, and when I checked my bus, there was this little girl. I was dumbfounded. I think the larger number of people involved or responsible, the more likely they will all assume that someone else has done that final check. The driver should always do a final check. Count them as they get on, count them as the are dropped off, then turn around and look at the seats, and behind the seats. My first day of driving bus,a little first grader forgot to get off at her school. I drove to multiple locations, she was confused, and she did not know me, either. She thought she would get in trouble, so she hid behind the seat. I found her, and believe you me, I got acquainted really fast with all of the kids on my route. I took her into the school, promised her she would not be in trouble, and things went great after that.

I saw a little girl whose father left her out in his car when it was very hot and you should have seen her when she was discovered! She was completely red, distraught and soaked in sweat! He had just gone inside to talk to all the girls in the office where I was working at the time. Talk about being selfish and he was a medical doctor, to make things worse!

I think it's really BAD. If the daycare can't handle to watch or keep up with the kids then they don't need to be in business. I don't see how they can forget them or left them out as they should know who they are and where they are.

Hi applsofgld, I'm not familiar with daycare vans that deliver babies and toddlers. In our area, the parents are responsible for picking them up, in every case that I know of. This certainly eliminates tragedies of this type. However, awhile back we did have a 12 year old (I believe) girl left on a school bus for hours. She was autistic, and was left strapped in her seat. She was 'okay,' but the people in charge of the bus company (who I actually know), had no choice, but to fire the driver. This driver had worked for them for many years.

I think it is scary. It is a sign of the times. So much is going downhill. Common sense seems foreign.

There is no excuse for something like that happening. They should not be allowed to remain in business. If they can't even check the vehicle, which should only take a few seconds, what else goes unnoticed?

I did not hear about this but I never could understand how one can leave a child in a car period. I never forgot my children. I was late by a few minutes one time but never left them in a car or a van and walked away. How does a child care worker leave a child in the van? I think that worker needes to be jailed or punished some how. How horrible for the child and the parents.

That's awful. Stories like this make me glad I decided to stay home with my daughter rather than put her in daycare. I have a 15 month old myself and babysit other kids for extra income. Whenever I get out of the car, I triple check to make sure I have all the kids. There's no excuse for that. If your job requires taking other people's lives in your hands, you darn well better be paying attention. That daycare needs their license pulled and the driver should be charged with child endangerment.