The girl is now in rehabilitation, and the day care has been shut down.
Wednesday, parents questioned their own child care arrangements, and wondered what they could do to prevent the possible abuse of their children.
Aisha Carter lived through the fear all parents have when she put her son in child care.
"I thought somebody was messing with him, so I took him out of the day care," Carter said.
Betty Barnwell runs a day care program inside her home. She says too many parents do a poor job of picking a provider.
"It saddens me to see either they just haven't taken the time, or perhaps maybe our providers aren't encouraging them to do as much investigating as they should," Barnwell said.
Just finding a set of caregivers to choose from can be especially hard if families are new to a community, or if they are first time parents. There are referral services around the Triangle that have access to hundreds of registered caregivers.
Parents can call1-800-CHOOSE-1to find out which agency is in their area.
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