The shocking moment a one-year-old girl was punched and bitten by two teachers at a daycare in Brazil was caught on camera.
Surveillance footage showed the baby and other toddlers playing on the floor at Tutti Bambini, a school in the southeastern city of Uberlândia, where she was attacked on October 7.
One of the women, whose names have not been released, leaned over and smacked the toddler on the backside and then sat down to tend to another girl.
A second woman, an 18-year-old whose name has also not been released, then entered the room and aggressively picked the girl off the ground and sat her down.
She then grabbed the girl’s left arm and bit her while the other employee watched without intervening.
An 18-year-old kindergarten assistant (center) was caught on camera biting the arm of a one-year-old girl in the city of Uberlândia in southeastern Brazil on October 7. The young woman, whose name has not been released by authorities, initially said the child had bitten herself before surveillance cameras showed otherwise
Two childcare workers (seen above and below right) have been fired after they were recorded hitting and biting a one-year-old girl
The baby could be seen touching her arm before the woman pulled her arm back and began applying an unknown substance over the bite wound.
The parents were concerned after noticing the mark on their daughter’s arm and were told by the woman that their daughter had bitten herself.
They doubted the daycare staff’s claims and demanded an inspection of the surveillance camera system, which exposed the employee’s lies.
The girl’s father, who hid his identity, told TV Integreçao that his wife has been guilty since she learned that the daycare centers abused their daughter, while adding that the school is more concerned about the damage to its reputation due to the well-being of the child.
The distraught mother, who also does not want to be named, has sleeping problems and constantly wakes up crying in the middle of the night.
After biting the one-year-old girl, the childcare worker rubbed cream over the bite mark on the child’s left arm. She initially told the toddler’s parents that she bit herself before the school reviewed surveillance footage and discovered her lie
Video shows a childcare worker in Brazil slapping a one-year-old girl on the buttocks just before her colleague bit the baby’s left arm
“Everyone stood there and looked at her and she cried for several minutes. They kept pulling her arm to see if there was a mark and applied cream with all their might,” she said. ‘It destroyed me. It was something I had never thought about.
“It’s hard for me to see all this,” she added. “My daughter is one year old and she can’t defend herself.”
Both assistants were immediately fired by Tutti Bambini on October 8.
‘We would like to emphasize that throughout our 10-year history, our school has always maintained a high standard of care and attention… we have given priority to creating a family and supportive environment, as noted by all parents. who have been with us all this time,” the daycare center said in a statement.
‘However, we realize that we have no control over individual reactions and behavior, and that unexpected situations may arise.’
Minas Gerais Civil Police is investigating the incident.