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Child’s kindy scrubbed his face until he bled

The little boy had been playing with felt pens, but employees at the daycare took it into their own hands to clean him up.
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A father was left furious after he picked up his four-year-old son from his daycare centre in North Carolina, US, and found his face red, scabbed and bruised.

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The single father-of-two, Agustin Luna, has accused the centre’s employees of physical abuse and being aggressive when cleaning his son’s face.

He has filed a police report and wants an investigation to look into the case.

“Seeing my son like that, that was terrible,” Luna said.

He said his two sons were playing with felt pens and had scribbled on each other’s bodies before going to daycare in the morning, and he didn’t have enough time to clean off all the markings.

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Luna said he told the workers he’d clean the boys when he got them home and so not to worry, but around lunchtime, he said he got a call from them.

Luna reiterated the conversation with the teacher: “She says she washed Agustin’s face. She says it’s going to be a little bit red, I put medicine on it, I put Neosporin.”

He was shocked and furious at finding what “a little bit red” looked like on his son.

Luna asked him what had happened.

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“He was telling me the teacher scrubbed it with a brush, wiping, and then a paper towel,” Luna said.

He then took his son to the hospital and the condition seemed to be getting worse.

An employee at the daycare centre said the teacher was just trying to help and that Luna had blown the situation out of proportion.

“No kid four-years-old deserves to be hurt like that,” Luna said.

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He is eager for someone to be held accountable, and he said a detective is expected to be in touch with him in a few days. No charges were filed as of last night.

Luna has since found a new daycare centre for his sons.

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