Babble is partnering with PACER Center to help readers better understand and navigate the needs of young children. This month, we’re talking about simple ways to teach empathy to preschool-aged children. Anyone who’s raised a child knows that babies and toddlers aren’t yet capable of understanding empathy, but children who are just a little bit […]
Author Archives: Childcare Compliance
NLR day care worker fired after reportedly kicking child, investigation ongoing
NORTH LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A North Little Rock day care worker is facing an assault charge for reportedly kicking a child and causing him to fall. It was around 11 a.m. on Tuesday when police were called to Mama Myrtle’s Early Headstart on Poplar Street after the owner showed police surveillance footage of his […]
Man arrested after fighting with 5-year-old at daycare
SHELTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut man was arrested after an altercation with a five-year-old at a daycare Friday. According to Shelton Police, the Apple Tree Daycare was hosting a Father’s Day party where all the children’s fathers were invited to attend. During the party, the children made Father’s Day cards and gave them to […]
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SPOKANE, Wash. – SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash – Child Protective Services is currently investigating how two 3-year-old’s escaped from the Little Learner Child Development Center in Spokane Valley. The toddlers walked along busy University road before they were spotted by nursing home employees next door, and brought to safety. Crystal Morlan is thankful nothing more serious […]
Trump’s Education Department Starts Dismantling the Obama Education Department’s “Rape Culture” Policies
It’s finally happening: The Education Department’s “rape culture” witchhunts against collegesand their male students look a though they’re grinding to a halt. Thank you, Secretary Betsy DeVos! Or, more pointedly, thank you, Office of Civil Rights chief Candice Johnson! Under the Obama administration, the Department of Education (DOE) pushed the “rape culture” narrative — that […]
Preschool worker, 58, accused of using ‘excessive force’ on two toddlers
ST. PETERSBURG — A preschool worker was arrested this week after police said she used “excessive force” on two toddlers. Linda Faye Williams, 58, was arrested Monday on a charge of felony child abuse, according to St. Petersburg police, after she was caught on surveillance video repeatedly being rough with two 1-year-old girls at Leap […]
Illegal Taylor daycare under investigation, 10-month-old in critical condition
TAYLOR, TEXAS – Child Protective Services and Child Care Licensing are investigating an illegal at-home daycare after a reported medical incident involving a 10-month-old baby. The daycare, located at an apartment in the 405 block of Sloan Street, was shut down by CCL June 16 and is no longer able to operate.
Two 3-year-olds wander through city after escaping daycare
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Child Protective Services is currently investigating how two 3-year-old’s escaped from their daycare facility and walked along busy University Road before they were spotted and brought to safety. Crystal Morlan, mother to 3-year-old Axel, felt lucky to have him today after an incident at his daycare center two weeks ago.
Trump budget cuts threaten programs that help Tennessee’s neediest children, officials say
Tennessee officials say heavy cuts to children’s programs in President Donald Trump’s budget proposal could hinder the long-term progress the state has made helping poor and disadvantaged kids. The $4.1 trillion White House budget proposal calls for cuts to school and health care funding that helps the state’s neediest children.
Authorities: Day Care Run at LA House Where Cocaine Was Sold
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man is accused of trafficking dozens of pounds of cocaine out of a house that also operated an unlicensed day care center for young children, authorities said Tuesday. When Felipe Talamante met in May with an undercover agent to arrange the sale of 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of […]