Another tragic death in a home daycare

[Teagansmom]

I was just watching the news and they just reported a death of a 4 month old baby in a home daycare in Toronto. This happened on Feb 14th, police are investigating as they do with any death of a child under 5 yrs old. They do not know the cause of death as of yet. I'm guessing it could be SIDS. I thought everyone would like to know.

[bright sparks]

My husband just called me to tell me this too. What a tragedy....so sad. I do hate that the press say a child has died in an unlicensed home daycare but don't say why and just give the general public an open opportunity to continue slandering our industry, even though, nobody actually has any idea what happened. Such a terrible loss for the family but not fair for the media to only publicize this tragic incident because of the home daycare aspect and invite wide spread speculation and opportunity to once again bad mouth home daycare providers all together

[bright sparks]

http://http://read.thestar.com/?orig...censed-daycare here is the link to the stars article

[cfred]

So sad on so many levels

It IS interesting that this happened on the 14th, but isn't being reported until the 27th.....1 day before the close of public input into Bill 143.

Nicely played.

[bright sparks]

The media have a lot to be accounted for printing this BS in my opinion. The fact that they list the daycare as unlicensed implies that there is the option to be licensed so the daycare is negligent for not having one. Still the majority of the GP are not aware of the regulations so will just assume that the term unlicensed also means illegal. Also unregulated is a reflection on the government. They should have regulated hdc a long time ago so they hold a tremendous amount of responsibility for letting the parents down too. So long after the incident they have for sure done an autopsy so why the hell not print the facts on cause of death. I think you are definitely onto something there cfred with your theory.

On a side note, this is the first Id heard about 14 dogs being in the Vaughan home daycare......did anyone else know of this. How the hell did they get away with hiding them when inspectors came out on more than one occasion? On top of 27 kids....geez the picture in my mind of that place is insane.

[cfred]

It was my understanding the the 14 dogs were in a separate house that was also sometimes used for daycare. I'm pretty sure I read that in one report. The story varies slightly from source to source. The dogs, as I understand it, were not actually in the house where the child died.

The reason for my theory is this....didn't we hear about the other deaths in fairly short order? I can't remember now. It just seems that this was sat on for a bit longer than others. I don't know....there's a chance I'm suspicious of the press and government alike. You can only get kicked so many times before you become wary

[bright sparks]

Thanks to the media once again for such inaccuracy.

I am so saddened by this tragic incident but also royally narked off that it seems that the media is just out to get us, publishing whatever they please, dancing around the truth in what seems like a ploy to get the GP all rallied up against our industry. The results are catastrophic aside from the fact that a poor innocent child has died, parents have lost their child and parents are fighting for centre spots and running a mile from home daycares as a result whenever possible.

Regulating all daycares is important, there shouldn't be an option for agency providers to have more and private to have less ....that is nonsense. It however isn't going to stop illegal daycares from operating, that's a fact.

[5 Little Monkeys]

So sad....my thoughts go out to the family and the dcp! I can't imagine the guilt that the dcp must feel even if she did nothing negligent.

I too hate how the media portrays private hdc's. I have to say though, we had a local private hdc who had a tragic accident late last year that resulted in a child's death and our local forum website didn't attack the dcp and many expressed how this accident could have happened anywhere and it was not the dcp's fault. It also didn't get reported until a month after it happened I believe. Maybe superfun or mickyc can remember better than me?

[Teagansmom]

Agreed cfred and BS......the only thing that this bill will do is make it harder for parents to find spots in any daycare setting be it licensed or not. This will allow for more "illegally" daycares to flourish and sadly will result in more deaths. These people obviously do not care about laws and regulations so what makes the government think that they will with this new bill.

[bright sparks]

5LM I don't recall anyone attacking a dcp on this forum especially when we don't know what's happened. Even the Vaughan daycare incident, nobody attacked them, simply commented on and speculated what went on and made our feelings clear on the subject of "illegal " daycares. I also wasn't talking about this forum attacking dcp but simply the general public bad mouthing home daycares based on what the media reports and how they portray the entire industry based on the rare incidents when a child dies in care, due to neglect or otherwise.

I think the bill has been a long time coming, I also think that what they are doing is not the right way to do it and I also disagree with it being a provincial bill. It should absolutly be universal, Canada wide. How are dcp's in Alberta able to provide care for 6 children any safer than in Ontario?? Total nonsense if you ask me.