Tragedy at a home daycare in Vaughan, ON

[MonkeyPrincess]

This is so sad. I feel so bad for the poor child that died. I would like to know more about what happened, even though the story doesn't give too many details.

http://m.thestar.com/#!/news/toddler...f6308ee2c2fb25

[2cuteboys]

27 children at the home? That's excessive for a birthday party... I really hope they weren't all dcks.

So sad.

[Trace of Angels]

Did you read some of this story? There were 27 children in the home at 5:25 in the evening?????? How does anyone drop their child off to a home where there was 27 children??????

[Artsand crafts]

Did you read some of this story? There were 27 children in the home at 5:25 in the evening?????? How does anyone drop their child off to a home where there was 27 children??????

I ask myself the same question.

[Sandbox Sally]

Poor sweet baby. I really want to know what happened. They are saying that they shut it down because of health and safety/food related issues? It says that they are awaiting the results of a pathogen test? Hm. So much strange in this story without any details.

I hate when stories like this hit the news. It paints all of us with a wide brush. Most of us do things the right way, but as soon as Average Joe hears unlicensed, this kind of story is brought up. I get it, but I wish it were different.

[playfelt]

I was wondering if the child was eating something they were allergic to that no one knew about as that is what it sounded like in the sense of there seemed to be more emphasis on the food handling - think cross contamination than on the number of kids in the home.

[cfred]

I couldn't pull up the article. What happened?

[Artsand crafts]

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013...ered_shut.html

[Judy Trickett]

I think the only good thing (if there can be any good at all) is that it doesn't seem that there was foul play here. One would assume that since foul play usually has outward signs that are pretty obvious that it was a horrific tragedy that just happened.

Poor kid.

But I do have to wonder.....can parents not COUNT? How loud is it with 27 kids in one house? I mean, I guess I find it hard to believe that the parents didn't know there were too many kids. At what point are the parents also responsible?

[cfred]

What a terrible story!!! That poor baby! I don't even know what to say about this. The family must be just be devastated.

Judy does raise a valid point, which I'm sure we're all thinking. 27 kids and the parents said nothing? And not that my home is a palace, but come on.....that house looks like it's poorly maintained just from outward appearances. It's the kind of place I'd bypass completely if I was looking for daycare. If they're that haphazard with first impressions, then what are they like when no-one's looking? I have to wonder how she got a daycare filled at all. What were the parents thinking?

Unfortunately, it's just one more incident to put a chink in our credibility as professionals. I so wish we could get licensing that is reasonable and will still allow us to earn a proper living. Then people like this provider would be out of the daycare pool completely.