If this story isn’t enough to make sure that every parent who has an in home sitter makes sure a camera is up, then I don’t know what would do it. While I’m not a huge Nancy Grace fan which is where I originally saw this story, I can understand her initiative to work more to protect children from idiots like this lady here. And what makes it even worse, is that she has been babysitting from the time that she was 16! I can’t imagine how many children she has abused.

I understand that anyone can lose patience and get frustrated or angry. Often our anger and frustration has nothing to do with our children but rather some other outside force or thing we are going through. But to use a child as a punching bag is simply not acceptable. Seriously, take a break, go outside, break a few things or whatever you need to do to get past your explosive energy, but abusing a child in this way cannot be seen as an option.

Of course 3 year old’s and younger are the highest risk group because they cannot communicate. The fact is, regardless of appearance, anyone can have psychological issues and/or just be a big bully who takes their anger and frustration out on a vulnerable victim who has no other choice but to put up with it. Even a background check would not have disclosed anything for the parents to make a more informed decision before hiring her since it doesn’t appear that even after all the years she has been providing care, she doesn’t have a record.

If you notice in the video (if you are brave enough to watch it) the sitter does everything possible to the child that she can to hurt it, but nothing that would appear to leave visible marks or bruises. I would think if he was examined by a physician though, that there would have to be some signs of trauma, even some type of emotional?

There are definite pluses to having an in home sitter or care giver when your children are young. My first child had one until I put him in daycare when he was about 3 years old. I was referred to the sitter by a friend of mine whose kids she had also kept. Another thing that made me feel comfortable about her was the fact that she herself was a mother. For instance, I can’t imagine this woman having any children of her own without having abused them in the same manner and being reported at some point.

I can understand that putting a nanny cam up in your own house and advising the person that you have one installed would be less trickier than requesting or requiring someone to have one in their own house, however the sitter should understand. They are pretty much a requirement now at any standard daycare facility. I’m not sure how that would work b/c you would possibly need one in every room and filming someone outside etc. could be difficult, but I can imagine that if the caregiver has been advised that there are camera’s in place, that pretty much gives them the knowledge of the parent being aware and protective over the child which would probably at least reduce risks of abuse.

So if I had it to do all over again, after watching this video, I would definitely have requested that she have a video camera in place. I think that there are even ways to be able to access the camera online where the parent can see what their child is doing 24/7, but I’m not technical or 100% so don’t quote me. But with technology, parent’s should definitely take note and make a point to do whatever they can to protect their children from predators like this woman.

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