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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The child development center is run by Nobel and it is housed inside the DOL headquarters building.  Many of the children enrolled there are those of DOL employees, including our daughter.  I've struggled to make sense of this tragedy ever since hearing about it yesterday.  I dropped our daughter at the center this morning and I picked her up this afternoon.  Everyone there is just devastated by what happened.  It really is a great school, one at which the staff care deeply about all of the children.  The teachers are experienced and trained to respond to events including choking.  The teacher to children ratio is strictly observed, as are all other rules.

When something like this happens we look for meaning and someone to blame.  But, there is no meaning here, and I don't think there's anyone to blame.  Its terrible but these things just happen sometimes.  I wish it hadn't happened.  My heart goes out to the family.  My heart also goes out to the teachers, the principal and deputy principal, and the cook.  They were all there today, all mourning the loss of one of their children.       [/quote]

You are right, as I've been a staff never where a different type of tragedy occurred with one of our children. I still remember the child's name, his date of birth and how old he would have been.

That said, the stages of grief are such that anger is an early stage, and blaming the center is a natural occurrence when a tragedy occurs.

I feel so sorry for this family, and for the center.  I wish I knew the director, I'd do something for her and her staff. I might call her anyway, I remember how it felt when other directors reached out to me those years ago when the tragedy occurred.  [/quote]
Do you seriously have no idea how this could have/should have been avoided?[/quote]

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