Beginning in the summer of 2020, speculation continued to grow that child abuse was worsening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This include concerns in regard to what was happening across the country in regard to daycare abuse. As the nation and the world enters into the second full year of the pandemic, there is growing anecdotal evidence that child abuse generally is on the increase and that daycare abuse remains a notable problem. This includes both physical as well as sexual…
Within the past year there were 8 reported cases involving sexual abuse of children at daycare centers. Of these 8, 6 happened at “home-based” daycare centers and were committed by the daycare’s owner or a member of the owner’s family.