Grandmother Accidentally Takes Wrong Child from Daycare in Belgium
A grandmother in the Belgian town of Strombeek-Bever mistakenly picked up a stranger's child from daycare instead of her own grandson. The error was discovered when staff realized the wrong child was missing, prompting an urgent alert through the neighborhood information network-a collaboration between residents and local police.
"The missing child was being pushed in a buggy toward the town center," read the dispatch. Fortunately, the grandfather soon returned the toddler to the daycare safe and unharmed.
"It ended well, but that doesn't change the fact that this should never happen," said Jelle Scheepers, a daycare spokesperson. Staff have since met with the parents of the mistakenly taken child, and are reviewing procedures to prevent future mix-ups. Proposed measures include asking for full names and ID from grandparents or anyone picking up children.
"We assumed a grandparent would recognize their own grandchild," admitted team leader Nele Macharis.
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It would be funny if the kid had a totally different skin color or sex.
Or if it had sex.
But I do think worldwide it happens multiple times a day.
Maybe even per country. 😏
> '"We assumed a grandparent would recognize their own grandchild," admitted team leader Nele Macharis.'.
One of the worst ways they could've used to defend their actions.
Yeah well, it's just something that can happen to everyone, I guess. We're all busy. But it's a bit special that she did not even check its status. I had a coworker that forgot to pick up his child all the time, but he's a great daddy. @niggel it was Sander dl 😛
@D-04got10-01 the assumption that grandparents automatically know their grandkids is wild when you consider how many families live apart and only see each other a few times a year. My own mother once almost walked off with a kid wearing the same coat as my nephew at a playground.
How about carrying a damn picture of the kid, then? Come on. It's fucking irrational to say that a grandparent should pick up the grandchild from daycare w/o knowing which kid they should pick up. That's no excuse.
We had a similar scare at our center last year when a dad picked up the wrong kid because both boys had the same jacket and haircut. Now we require a photo ID match for every pickup, even if we know the person by sight.