Twins claim abuse at daycare centre
One of the twins showing how he was punished for blurting out vulgarities during a re-enactment at the daycare centre. He was asked to raise his hands, holding a paper with the sentence “I will not speak vulgar words in the future
A MOTHER of 11-year-old twins is hopping mad over the punishment meted out on her sons at a daycare centre.
Zhang Yu Lan was so upset that she took her children to the centre and made them re-enact the “abusive and inhumane” punishment. She then took photogrpahs and lodged a police report. She also has complained to the Negri Sembilan MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau.
Among others, she claims the boys’ mouths were sealed with musking tape, hands tied and they were made to beat each other for 15 minutes.
But the twins mouths are sealed no more. They have come out in the open and told all.
They admitted that they had misbehaved and deserved to be punished but what they went through was excessive.
The twins, who said they were punished for fighting and blurting out vulgarities, also had to do 50 ear squats each.
Zhang said she started sending her children to the after-school daycare centre in Seremban in March as she had to help her husband with his business.
One of the twins showing how he was punished for talking. With his is his mother Zhang Yu Lan
“I agree that children have to be punished for their mistakes but the punishment must be reasonable,’’ she told China Press.
She alleged that the centre had refused to allow her children to have their meals together with other students.
“My boys had to stand facing the wall outside the kitchen. They could only eat after the other students had finished,” she said.
Zhang said she only found out about it when her children complained to her recently.
The brothers said a teacher at the centre had sealed their mouths with musking tape to stop them from talking.
“The teacher also tied up our hands to prevent us from removing the tape on our mouths,” they said.
They said they were also made to beat each other after they were caught fighting at the centre.
The centre refused to comment when contacted by reporters.
Comments (25)
I only came to know about it at 6 pm bcos i always pick my babay at tis time. they told me he went in to shower alone. OMG. .... my son was only 4 yrs old. how does he know n he was also not tall enough to get the water hose , it was out of their reach. it was the maid who turn on the heater tat burn my son, 2 day , he is 17yrs but the scar is still there. i took him to hope children hospital. the doctor comfirm he had a 30% BURN.
WE WENT TO THE PRESS . YOU KNOW WAT THE OWNER SAY?? UR CHILD TOOK THE WATER HEATER HOSE BY HIMSELF... TELL ME ,PEOPLE N PARENTS OUT THERE. HOW HIGH IS ALL OUR HOUSE HEATER FIX???? IS it any possibility for a 4 yrs old to take it??
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no matter how naughty the kid is, child care or nursery has no rights to give unreasonable punishment. even if parents over punish their kids tat ended up as abusing them will lead these parents to court case.
child care is to help to look after the kids and definitely not abusing them.
anyway, shud've just punish them cleaning toilet/garbage and rotan enough la, this kind of punishment has severe mental/psychological effect, the person clearly has no brains
it is not like you said too much fighting games, they are smart enough to know that is just game, they wont kill ppl just bcoz they kill ppl in game right..it is their parents problem that did not educate them properly or in a right way....
The parents don't realise that maybe sometimes it is the kids that are really naughty & deserve the disciplinary action. Tak malu ke.. going to the press with it & telling the www that ur kids r so uncontrollable.
don't manja2 your children la..see what happen nowadays... parents like this are creating social ills.
punishment is well deserved for the boys. kudos to the centre.
it is not abuse.
but fighting is totally 'mei jia jiao' - parents fault!
Better teach them a lesson or else they gonna be useless youth in future.
There are many ways to punish naughty children. But to seal their mouth and tie up their hands, how would YOU as a parent feel if it was your child being treated as such? How would you feel if your children are being put to such embarassments?
Make them to situps, have them stand at the corner of the room, make sure that they do not sit together. I think these are more reasonable punishments especially coming from an outside party.
Report the unacceptable acts to the parents. Leave the severe punishing to them. It is up to them how they raise their children whether we think is right or wrong. If the daycare cannot accept the children's behaviour, then tell the parents to look for another centre elsewhere!
daycare have option not to accept such behavior..kick them out from the centre..dont make thing out of control...
Nowadays Daycare are so 'profit making organization'.....
so, BEWARE parents!