Daycare Worker Filmed Pulling Child’s Hair To Force Her To Eat

Parents are in uproar after footage emerged which appeared to show a daycare worker pulling a child’s hair to force her to eat.

The video recorded at My Little Playhouse Learning Center in Lubbock, Texas, shows a young girl being grabbed forcefully by her hair while another woman films her and laughs.

The worker can be heard telling the little girl to eat her food; when she doesn’t, the woman grabs her hair and pulls her towards her plate.

It’s not known when the video was filmed, but spread on social media on Thursday (January 17) and has since gone viral.

As reported by KCBD, concerned parents picked up their children from the daycare centre after watching the footage online. The grandmother of the child in the video, Shanna Walker, saw the video just 20 minutes before she was due to pick her up.

Shanna told KCBD:

I was furious. My initial reaction was to come and snatch her head off her body. It’s very frightening.

Lubbock Police Department have since provided a statement, saying an investigation is currently underway and officers are ‘thoroughly looking into this incident’.

They wrote:

The Lubbock Police Department was made aware of a video circulating Facebook involving a young child at a daycare in the 3600 block of 50th Street.

Once the video was brought to LPD’s attention, officers responded to the business to investigate. Through the investigation, it was determined this incident occurred on a previous date. This case remains under investigation.

 Officials at My Little Playhouse issued a statement regarding the incident, obtained by KCBD, in which they say the staff involved have since been fired.

They wrote:

The owners and Directors of My Little Playhouse Learning Center LLC were made aware of video footage posted on social media at approximately 11:45 a.m.

Staff involved were fired immediately. Local authorities (LPD) has been notified and are investigating accordingly. Texas Department of Childcare Licensing has also been notified.

Hopefully the little girl is okay and hasn’t been hurt too badly by the incident.