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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kate Lyons

‘Your blood runs cold’: the anguish parents feel after a daycare worker commits a sexual offence against a child

Alex tidying children’s toys
‘We’ve got no way of knowing what happened’ … Alex White’s son attended a daycare centre where an educator worked who was convicted of a sexual offence against a different child at another centre. Photograph: Rémi Chauvin/The Guardian

Every time Anna drops her two-year-old at daycare and her child cries as she leaves, she feels a pang.

Anna’s concerns go beyond the normal wrench most parents feel when leaving a distressed child at care or school.

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