BLF Gets Justice for Texas Family in a Daycare Inappropriate Discipline

A toddler suffered serious harm when a caregiver at a Texas daycare center subjected her to inappropriate and dangerous discipline on several occasions. The incidents, discovered in 2022, revealed the caregiver hit the 3-year-old girl with objects, threatened her, and yelled at her as a form of punishment, all actions that break Texas childcare laws.

It was later discovered that the daycare center operated the toddlers’ classroom “out of ratio,” meaning the number of children in a classroom exceeded the recommended amount for the age group, per the state’s minimum standards. In this case, the center assigned 15 toddlers to a single caregiver and did not provide the caregiver with any training on how to properly care for and discipline the children. The daycare center also chose to withhold additional support for the caregiver following her complaints to the center’s director.

The toddler’s mother contacted our experienced Texas daycare injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm to hold the daycare center accountable for failing her daughter and family. Our legal team fought to get justice for the trauma the daycare center and the caregiver inflicted on the child. With the life-changing result secured by our lawyers, the little girl and her mother could heal and move forward.

How Did This Texas Daycare Center Fail a Toddler and Her Mom? 

In Texas, daycare centers are required to comply with a strict set of laws, also known as minimum standards. The laws outline how daycare centers should operate and what safety practices daycares should follow to keep little ones safe. In this case, the Texas daycare center ignored several minimum standards, which resulted in a toddler suffering at the hands of her caregiver.

First, the state mandates child-to-caregiver ratios to ensure little ones are properly supervised throughout the day. The daycare center in this case did not do that. The toddler’s classroom had too many children assigned to the single caregiver, leading to the caregiver feeling overwhelmed and taking it out on the toddler by inappropriately disciplining and injuring her.  The caregiver also told state investigators she did not get any additional support from the director when she complained about the number of children she had to supervise.

Secondly, the daycare center had already breached its duty to keep the children at the center safe when it hired an unqualified caregiver. The caregiver responsible for the toddler in this case did not have a degree or any certification in childcare, which is required by Texas childcare laws. In addition, the daycare center did not provide the caregiver with formal training or education on following the minimum standards, including the proper and age-appropriate discipline tactics a caregiver should use if children, including toddlers, acted out.

Lastly, an independent investigation into the incident conducted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child-Care Licensing Division and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services concluded that the center failed the children. The investigation led to the center being cited for three violations of the minimum standards: using prohibited punishment tactics, including the caregiver hitting the toddler with an object; threatening corporal punishment; and yelling at the toddler.

How Did The Button Law Firm Get Justice for This Texas Family?

A young child suffering physical and emotional harm at the hands of a trusted caregiver at a daycare center can leave deep psychological wounds. The toddler in this case was hit, yelled at, and threatened on multiple occasions by her caregiver at the daycare center. Thus, she was traumatized and became distrustful of adult figures outside of her family. Had the daycare center followed the minimum standards, the toddler wouldn’t have had to suffer.

Our experienced daycare injury lawyers fought to get answers from the Texas daycare center for breaking multiple minimum standards that harmed the toddler. We were able to get justice by securing a life-changing result that compensated the family for the long-term resources the toddler needed to help her process her horrific experience at the daycare center and heal.

How The Button Law Firm Has Helped Other Texas Families with Inappropriate Discipline Daycare Cases

Our Texas daycare injury lawyers have helped numerous families across the state after children have been hurt and traumatized by daycare centers that prioritized profits over child safety and enabled the use of unapproved and inappropriate discipline tactics. A sampling of securing justice for these families includes:

• BLF Gets Justice After Surveillance Cameras Exposed Inappropriate Discipline at Texas Daycare Center
• Plano Family Gets Justice as BLF Lawyers Expose Daycare Spanking Cover-up
• Justice Secured in Rosenberg Daycare Center’s Inappropriate Child Discipline Case
• BLF Lawyers Send Message to Midland Daycare in Inappropriate Child Discipline Case

If Your Child Was Inappropriately Disciplined at a Daycare Center, Contact The Button Law Firm.

Was your child hit, yelled at, or disciplined with an unapproved tactic at a daycare center? Contact our experienced daycare injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm. With lawyers in Dallas, Houston, and Midland, we are ready to listen, fight for your family, and help your family move forward. Our lawyers at The Button Law Firm are recognized on the prestigious Texas Super Lawyers list, and we can help guide you after a traumatizing incident involving your child. We work on contingency, meaning we don’t charge you or collect any upfront fees to get started on your case. Call us at 214-699-4409, email us at [email protected], or fill out a contact form for a free case evaluation.