On social media, many viewers were stunned after a viral video captured a moment showing a daycare worker fired after raising concerns about safety for children.
The daycare worker, who was scaring toddlers while wearing a Halloween mask, sparked a debate on social media.
A daycare worker in Mississippi was fired after a shocking video emerged. The footage showed her scaring toddlers while wearing a Halloween mask.
The incident has raised concerns about the safety and emotional well-being of children in daycare settings.
The worker wore a Halloween mask to scare toddlers
On social media, a viral video captured a horrifying moment showing a worker wearing a Halloween mask to scare toddlers.
In the footage, the worker, named CeeCee showed her getting uncomfortably close to crying children. She said, “It wasn’t meant to harm anybody and it wasn’t ill-intentioned.”.
‘It wasn’t meant to harm anybody and it wasn’t ill-intentioned,’ CeeCee said in the video. ‘The teachers asked me if I would do it or if they could use [the mask] to get their class to listen or clean up . . . I’m not a child abuser.’
CeeCee was employedd at Lil’ Blessing Childcare in Hamilton. She claimed that the stunt was meant to be humorous, not harmful. In a 19-minute Facebook video, she expressed remorse for her actions after the video went viral.
After the incident, CeeCee explained that she wore the mask to discipline misbehaving children who weren’t cleaning up. However, her method of scaring them was not well-received.
CeeCee was fired ater viral incident.
In her video, CeeCee insisted that the teachers at the daycare were aware of her plan, but the owner was not. She noted that she never intended to traumatize the children. She stated, “I didn’t go in there at my own discretion. I expected them to react the way they did.”
‘So like, I remember last Christmas there were these kids taking Christmas pictures and they would have the Grinch hiding in the bush over there and it would come out, scare the kids, and they would run – and people thought that was funny… essentially it’s the same thing, it is the same thing.’
She later added: ‘They knew it was me, and they had the reaction they did cause they’re children and that’s it.’
CeeCee shared that the mask was originally purchased to scare a coworker. After the incident, she attempted to reassure the children, saying, “CeeCee got the monster. It’s not coming back.”
The video sparkd debate on social media
The video captured a horrifying moment showing CeeCee being fired after scaring toddlers while wearing a Halloween mask, which sparked criticism on social media.
In the comment selection, many viewer criticism to Ceecee by her cruel joke. While another express their concern about health and spirit toddlers after being scared. Even another said toddlers lost their childrenhood.
One person said: Scaring someone for 2 seconds vs CHASING and actually following through with the “prank” is just insane and cruel especially for such young kids who felt helpless.
Another added: The workers happened to be the most childish ones in the room. They got what they deserved.
While a third commented: The children’s reactions alone should have been enough evidence to the workers that what they were doing was abusive.
Someone else said: She’s not crying because she’s sorry, she’s crying because she got caught. she knew what she was doing and found amusement in seeing little children scared.
Another added: Hearing those poor little babies cry literally brings tears to my eyes, how could someone ever do this
After the incident. Ashley Wood, a parent of one of the children, defended CeeCee. She urged the public to stop the slandering and death threats. Wood acknowledged that CeeCee’s actions were wrong but emphasized the need for compassion.
However, not everyone was sympathetic.
Kelsey Tackett, another concerned parent, called for the daycare to be shut down. She expressed her distress over the incident, stating, “If this had been my child, I would be furious. This is uncalled for!”
CeeCee’s actions have raised significant concerns about the appropriateness of discipline methods used in daycare facilities.
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