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hoosakiwi t1_irg87ox wrote

I read the title and thought that this sounds like a huge overreaction to something pretty silly. But then I saw the video.

These women weren't playing a joke and didn't even try to reassure the kids that did get scared, they were just being mean and getting laughs out of it. I don't know that there's anything criminal here, but I definitely wouldn't send my kids to that daycare.

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Sks44 t1_irgi2gy wrote

I saw the video on Twitter and couldn’t believe that anyone who went into that job field could be that cruel to children. They were terrified and the women were just laughing. It was heartbreaking.

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Puzzleheaded_Moose38 t1_irgv9sk wrote

Some people go into that line of work because they love children, some because they didn’t get to be bullies at school.

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HaloGuy381 t1_irkvtvv wrote

And some, because bullying their own offspring wasn’t enough.

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The_Yarichin_Bitch t1_irgaey0 wrote

Even then, I'm a kid who had severe sleeping issues after a horror movie too young. For years. I have an anxiety disorder since pretty much birth, so for kids like me, even something most see as harmless is definitely not :/ This just isn't cool all around, especially in daycare.

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GreenSky2077 t1_irglvmn wrote

Who doesn't have an anxiety disorder though.

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immalittlepiggy t1_irhfdgb wrote

Feeling anxious sometimes isn’t a disorder. GAD leaves you feeling anxious from the time you wake up until the time you go to sleep. Everything you do can become a battle against your own mind. Something as simple as grocery shopping can leave some people having a panic attack. It’s not something you should be making light of. Maybe you’re someone with an anxiety disorder and you just never realized it’s not the norm, and if so I’m sorry. But if this was supposed to be a joke or a jab at people, then you can fuck off.

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KJBenson t1_irm6nt2 wrote

I think you have an ignorance disorder, so, add that to the list of things you assume everybody has.

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The_Yarichin_Bitch t1_irphetr wrote

Not like this- nor to the point of constantly being unable to function because you're body is so stressed from constant fight or flight. It literally feels like constantly fearing for your life, but the kicker is there is no logical or physical stressor anywhere. I personally have insomnia- I cannot sleep more than 4-5 hrs most nights without sleep meds, and even then they sometimes still do not work. This is prescription sleep medication, not just Melatonin lol. It's directly caused by my anxiety disorder, and a bit by my ADHD further Ampang the anxious intrusive thoughts. You literally do not have the means to calm it, sometimes even with therapy and medication. I almost committed suicide because I couldn't handle feeling that horror movie killer breathing down my neck feeling 24/7. My baseline anxiety was so high, I was always almost a 10 on the anxiety scales at therapy. It made me unable to function and often made me have to stay home from school because I couldn't focus on the school work when my body was screaming something bad is gonna happen.

Anxiety everyone has. A disorder is marked by not being able chemically to control it to the point that it detracts from your life abilities.

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SkunkMonkey t1_irgnjll wrote

> I don't know that there's anything criminal here

Um, child abuse? Abuse can be emotional as well as physical.

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socphoenix t1_irhp9zs wrote

That depends on the state in the US. my mother has been emotionally abusive our whole lives and when it got reported to CPS they told us if there wasn't a bruise/proof of lack of food we'd have to prove she stunted us to the point that a 16 year old had the mentality of a 9 year old or something like that to be illegal or cause an intervention...

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Not saying my old home state is right on this but it may not be criminally chargeable in the state this was done in depending on their laws.

Edit: directly from their criminal statute:

>Act which causes non-accidental serious physical injury, sexual abuse/exploitation, serious physical neglect constituting prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or failure to provide essentials of life

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megadori t1_irlusdt wrote

“Failure to provide essentials of life“ - a sense of security, trust, and love should be considered essentials of live just as much as food.

There's even that experiment from a long time ago where they gave baby monkeys everything they needed except for a loving parent, and they died

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socphoenix t1_irmlrpx wrote

Oh I agree I was pissed off for a long time about that whole thing but it was multiple people in that department that told me that not just one worker so just nothing I could do

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KJBenson t1_irm6l4e wrote

I think child abuse laws might work a bit different if it isn’t your own kids you abusing.

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socphoenix t1_irmlu2s wrote

I hope so honestly what these women did was horrific

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AdSpecialist5387 t1_irgg78h wrote

wtf she's literally looming right into these little kid's faces and shouting at them full volume about punishing them. poor kids!

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