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| Parents sue nursery for 'duct-taping two-year-old son to mat' at nap time | |
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| The parents of a two-year-old boy are suing a nursery after staff allegedly used duct-tape to restrain their son during nap time. | |
| A former employee of the Heart2Heart daycare centre in Texas took a widely-circulated picture showing a small child wrapped in a blanket and bound to a mat by what appeared to be duct-tape. | A former employee of the Heart2Heart daycare centre in Texas took a widely-circulated picture showing a small child wrapped in a blanket and bound to a mat by what appeared to be duct-tape. |
| The employee then gave it to parents Kristi and Brad Galbraith, who are suing the centre for negligence. The couple are understood to be seeking up to $1 million in damages. | The employee then gave it to parents Kristi and Brad Galbraith, who are suing the centre for negligence. The couple are understood to be seeking up to $1 million in damages. |
| Ms Galbraith told NBC News she was left “angry and shocked” by the images. “I felt an extreme amount of guilt about how I could have chosen a place that would do this to my child,” she said. | Ms Galbraith told NBC News she was left “angry and shocked” by the images. “I felt an extreme amount of guilt about how I could have chosen a place that would do this to my child,” she said. |
| “This is a couple’s worst nightmare” a lawyer representing the couple said. | “This is a couple’s worst nightmare” a lawyer representing the couple said. |
| "Parents take a leap of faith to entrust their children to the care of someone else, and it is extremely upsetting when something like this happens to toddlers, who are too young to speak up for themselves." | "Parents take a leap of faith to entrust their children to the care of someone else, and it is extremely upsetting when something like this happens to toddlers, who are too young to speak up for themselves." |
| In a statement released in June, the centre said: "The staff and I have the best interest of the children and parents as our highest priority." | In a statement released in June, the centre said: "The staff and I have the best interest of the children and parents as our highest priority." |
| It said it will “cooperate fully with any investigation” but has released no further comment. The centre remains open. | It said it will “cooperate fully with any investigation” but has released no further comment. The centre remains open. |