Kids 'R' Kids North Cobb

591-1-1-.11(2) · Rule 591-1-1-.11(2) requires that personnel shall not: physically or sexually abuse a child or engage or permit others to engage in sexually overt conduct in the presence of any child enrolled in the center; inflict corporal/physical punishment upon a child; shake, jerk, pinch or handle a child roughly; verbally abuse or humiliate a child which includes, but is not limited to, the use of threats, profanity or belittling remarks about a child or his family; isolate a child in a dark room, closet or unsupervised area; use mechanical or physical restraints or devices to discipline children; use medication to discipline or control children's behavior without written medical authorization issued by a licensed professional and given with the parent's written consent; restrict unreasonably a child from going to the bathroom; punish toileting accidents; force-feed a child or withhold feeding a child regularly scheduled meals and/or snacks; force or withhold naps; allow children to discipline or humiliate other children; or confine a child for disciplinary purposes to a swing, highchair, infant carrier, walker or jump seat.

During an investigation, it was determined that on January 28, 2025, a two-year-old child sustained a red mark above the left cheek when a staff member jerked the child by their right arm and forced the child face first onto their cot during nap time. According to video footage, it revealed that during the start of naptime, a two-year-old child walked away from their cot and a staff member jerked the child by their right arm and took them to their cot, then aggressively put them down on their cot leaving a red mark on the child’s face on their left cheek.

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