After the death of an 11-month-old baby, poisoned with Destop in a People and Baby crèche in Lyon, parents wanted to withdraw their child from the structures of this group, but 5000 euros were asked of them to terminate the registration. In Bordeaux, another People & Baby structure is closing for 3 months.
Nearly 5,000 euros to withdraw your child from the crèche
After the death of a baby poisoned with Destop in a People & Baby nursery in Lyon last June, parents wanted to withdraw their child from nurseries belonging to this group. This is the case of Alizée, mother of a 12-month-old baby, who told RMC that she had been very surprised, even shocked, by the response of the structure where her child was received. “We sent them an email, we sent our termination request (…) We thought it was going to work, that we wanted to finish at the end of the month, that they were bound to find someone in September… The group’s answer is no. It’s 90 days and before June 1st, so we’re going to withdraw your deposit. It’s a deposit of 2,500 euros and twice a Smic, since a month at the crèche is a Smic. So almost 5000 euros“, explained the young mother who decided to seize a lawyer even if the conditions of termination are noted black and white in the registration contract.
Trouble is piling up for the People & Baby group, whose a structure was closed in Bordeaux on July 19 for three months by the Gironde prefecture, In its decree, made public by AFP, the prefecture underlines “inappropriate behavior of three professionals supervising children namely “inappropriate shouting and talking during outings in the outdoor area located in the parking lot of the building“. The report also a report by a doctor from the Maternal Childhood Protection of July 11 which denounces “(a) malaise of the children, (a) climate of discouragement and insecurity in the crèche, (the) presence of a child unknown to the professionals present and (a) operational manager who cannot be contacted“.
Baby poisoned at Destop in a People & Baby crèche: what happened?
On July 11, 2022, the new Minister of Solidarity Jean-Christophe Combe announced the seizure of the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) to investigate the circumstances that led a childcare assistant to poison an 11-month-old baby on June 22, 2022, in a People and Baby group crèche in Lyon. Indeed, the crèche employee, overwhelmed by the crying of the baby, admitted to having sprayed him with caustic soda – a toxic product used to unclog the pipes –, then to have made him drink it. The baby then died without being able to be resuscitated and the childcare worker was indicted for “intentional homicide on a minor under 15 years old.” before being taken into custody. For his lawyer, the fragile psychological state as well as possible errors of assessment as to his skills are at the origin of the drama, rather than an intention to kill. Given its fragility and “of a particular personal context“, she should never have been alone with the baby, he says. On July 2, the Rhône prefecture for its part recorded the administrative closure of the establishment.
While the police and justice seized the case, the Minister of Solidarity wants for his part to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. And this goes through the mission entrusted to Igas, responsible for providing “quickly clarify the factors which, in this crèche, in this network, or in the general framework of the reception methods, could have contributed to the installation of situations of danger or mistreatment” is being developed at the ministry, which is also expecting “solutions to fix it” to allow the Minister to take any new regulatory measures “likely to be implemented in the fall”.
Another shaken baby in People and Baby nurseries?
According France Infoa mother would have filed a complaint on July 6 at the Mantes-la-Jolie police station, in the Yvelines for “violence aggravated by two circumstances followed by incapacity not exceeding eight days” also for “false: fraudulent alteration of the truth in a writing”. The young mother indeed accuses one of the employees of having violently shaken her son, aged two years and four months, in front of her eyes, last June. “It had been more than a week since he arrived in front of the crèche that he was screaming, that he didn’t want to go into the crèche. her at France Info. An investigation is underway.
What measures for the early childhood sector?
The Minister, who was meeting at the same time with the members of the Early Childhood Sector Committee, considered a few avenues for revive the early childhood sectorwhile guaranteeing parents the quality of reception and the professionalism of the staff in charge of toddlers, whether they are in collective or individual care. It is because the gravity and the atrocity of the facts revealed the vulnerability of the sector. The shortage of professionals above all, which forced the minister to release two million euros, to finance a campaign to promote and attract young children’s professions. Other suggestions to prevent further abuse: the obligation to create a parents’ council in all crèches, the creation of a national incident reporting and monitoring system, or even checks and evaluations of establishments and staff not only reinforced, but also taking into account the satisfaction of parents.