Who usually commits sexual and/or physical abuse against children at daycare centers?
Much of the sexual and physical abuse and exploitation associated with daycare centers occurs at the hands of individuals not directly involved in teaching or child-care responsibilities: bus drivers, janitors, and relatives of the daycare center providers. In 36 percent of the cases examined by a nationwide study of daycare abuse, children were sexually molested by family members related to the daycare provider. In cases of neglect, many times there can be child to child injuries where supervision or staffing was not adequate.
