| When parents are at work, there are few places that | | | | on the kids. This can lead to kids biting each other. As |
| babies and young children can go. Often, relatives are | | | | humorous as this may seem at first, human mouths |
| too busy to look after a child, while nannies can be too | | | | are actually full of bacteria which can be transferred |
| expensive. Therefore, many parents choose to drop | | | | into a person's skin after a bite. This can lead to |
| their kids off at daycare on the way to work in the | | | | harmful infections and even need stitches. Secondly, if |
| morning, then pick them up as mom or dad drives | | | | a child spills liquid or food, this presents a hazard for |
| home that evening. With all of the time that kids can | | | | slip-and-fall accidents. Lastly, if the play area is not kept |
| potentially spend at the daycare, it should be a place | | | | neat and clean, kids can trip and fall over toys that are |
| that parents can trust. | | | | laying around. |
| About 13 million babies and children attend a daycare | | | | Additionally, if the children's toys are not well-kept, they |
| each year. This means that childcare centers play | | | | can injure children. Broken playthings may expose |
| important roles in our lives, and they should uphold | | | | small, easily swallowable pieces or sharp shards that |
| certain safety standards to help protect all of the | | | | can cut kids. Also, if the nursery does not keep track |
| children they serve. However, there are a number of | | | | of the age recommendations for toys, children may |
| things that can go wrong in these types of centers as | | | | end up playing with toys that contain parts that are |
| a result of overcrowding, inexperienced staff, or staff | | | | dangerous to them. |
| negligence. | | | | Lastly, daycares that drive the children around are at |
| When daycare centers do not hire trustworthy or | | | | risk for auto accidents that can harm children as well. |
| reliable staff, several things can go wrong. First, some | | | | Childcare centers should hire employees with good |
| people can get easily frustrated with crying or shouting | | | | driving records and train them to appropriate operate |
| children. The staff can lash out at the kids, and an | | | | buses, vans, or other motorized vehicles that carry the |
| irritated hip bump to a child can cause him or her to fall | | | | children. |
| and get seriously injured. For babies, one of the | | | | A parent places a lot of trust in a daycare. If your |
| reasons that people admit to shaking babies is | | | | childcare center has broken your trust and harmed |
| because they won't stop crying. Shaken Baby | | | | your child, you may be eligible for financial |
| Syndrome causes irreparable brain damage and even | | | | compensation. For more information on child personal |
| death. | | | | injury law, contact personal injury lawyer Todd Miner |
| Next, if a childcare center is understaffed, the adults | | | | today. |
| who are there are not able to keep an adequate eye | | | | |