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ESSEX, Md. (WJZ) — A teacher astatine a Baltimore region daycare was caught connected camera aggressively grabbing a child, and the parents said they were ne'er notified astir it.
The shocking moments were caught connected camera.
“It’s heartbreaking to watch,” said Joshua Giddings, Gabriella’s father.
Giddings said 2 weeks ago, his girl Gabriella woke up from naptime astatine Saldino’s Kiddie Cottage Child Care successful Essex.
He says she was getting her vigor retired rolling astir connected the carpet erstwhile abruptly her teacher grabbed her.
“Gabby, being a mean five-year-old, is benignant of conscionable doing her ain happening the teacher goes down, grabs her by her limb and yanks her to the ground,” Giddings said. “[She] did scrape her knee, it was each bruised up and past proceeded to drawback her by the arms and past shriek successful her face.”
Giddings said helium had nary thought thing happened until 4 days aboriginal – erstwhile different teacher successful the country yet spoke up and told daycare officials.
Giddings said helium past got a telephone telephone from the teacher. She told him she was fired for a misunderstanding.
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“The teacher that grabbed her felt atrocious saying ‘I got fired it was taken retired of discourse and Gabby was laughing the full time.’ So we didn’t deliberation thing of it oregon it was that bad” said Giddings.
Confused – Giddings says helium called constabulary and went to the attraction halfway to ticker the video.
“Our jaws conscionable deed the floor,” Giddings said. “We saw our girl being abused and manhandled and that’s conscionable not okay.”
In a connection to WJZ – the halfway said “when the incidental was brought to our attention, we instantly followed each protocols. We notified the bureau of Childcare arsenic good arsenic Child Protective Services and the worker was dismissed immediately”
Giddings said what happened is unacceptable.
“I’m expected to instrumentality attraction of her and successful school, the teacher is expected to instrumentality attraction of her,” Giddings said. “In a spot that I can’t beryllium determination for her, her providers request to beryllium determination for her and that didn’t happen.”
Giddings said his girl is okay, but she did endure immoderate bruising and a fewer scrapes connected her knees.
An probe is ongoing with Baltimore County Crimes Against Children.
Kelsey Kushner
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