[B]CAN I SUE MY CHILDCARE ? SHOULD I SUE ?

Sure you can sue. You can sue anyone for darn near anything.

The odds of you winning anything here are pretty slim though. How much do you figure a bump on the head is worth? $5? 10? That's not going to get you very far after you spend thousands to pay your lawyer to bring this lawsuit.

Childcare providers are usually licensed by the state that they operate in. File a complaint with the licensing agency. (Check their WWW site for the proper procedures/forms, etc...)

WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE IS NOT WILLING TO LET ME SEE THE TAPE. WE FEEL MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED THAT MAY HAVE INCLUDED NEGLECT OR JUST NOT GIVING HIM THE SUPERVISION THAT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE.

PARENTS PLEASE GIVE ADVICE!!!

No-one will give you advice if you scream at them in large red letters! In fact it probably indicates just what a panic merchant you are.

1. kids bounce Im a parent of two almost grown up teenagers so I do know what I am talking about.

2. Your child has a bump on the head. For christs sake woman its just a bump on the head. Kids fall over, overbalance, bang and scrape themselves all the time. Why do you automatically assume there is a child beater or neglect at your center.

I'd get over it if I was you.

Customerservicerep--

Welcome to A2K.

Is your child still attending that Day Care Facility? If so, why.

I agree with Dadpad. Kids get bumps. Your child does not seem to be physically harmed or emotionally traumatized. Are you trying to spin that lump into gold?

If you don't trust the people at Day Care, take your child elsewhere--or stay home with your child.

What about it? While you may WANT to see the tape, you have no legal right to see it. The tape is the property of the daycare center and they can do what they want with it. If they don't want to show it to you they don't have to.

Once again, file a complaint with the state licensing agency. They, as a part of their investigation of the complaint, can demand to see the tape and they would determine if there is neglect.

Your problem here is that you are trying to play the part of parent, private investigator, state oversight agency and lawyer and you only have the relevant experience for one of those. There is already a system for dealing with this exact sort of issue. USE IT!

Was it an ABC learning centre?

No point in trying to get money from them.

I agree with fishin. I once had an incident at a daycare center. The incident really wasn't the day care's fault as it was another child that harmed my child - it was more an issue on how or did not communicate the issue to me until I picked up my child. I called the state agency simply to talk with them and also for advice if the incident was harmful to my child. Just simply talking with them helped me feel better.

In an unrelated incident, my child did get minor injury at daycare - what kid isn't as some one else said going to get a cut, bump or scraped - they're kids. They had the entire incident written up and what they did to help my child. I signed it as there was no real damage and we went on.