A couple of New Jersey women had a disturbing form of entertainment that they thought others would think was as humorous as their sick minds seemed to think it was. With a room full of kids at their disposal, they encouraged unsettling acts between the kids and filmed it for others on Snapchat to watch, which didn’t go over quite as planned.
Parents had paid for and entrusted their child’s care to the employees at Lightbridge Academy in Cranford, without realizing the clandestine operation they were sending their little ones into. Two women in charge, Erica Kenny, 22, and Chanese White, 28, arranged a special “playtime” for some of the kids, ages four to six, teaching the children a lesson that for some, may not be able to be untaught.
The employees put about a dozen kids in a makeshift rink and encouraged them to brawl, while being coached by the teachers on brutal tactics to use, as Kenny filmed the excessively aggressive behavior between exceptionally young children. The “fight club,” as the women refer to it on the filmed occurrence, is known to have taken place on at least one day in mid-August, when it was taped. There is the potential that it’s happened before and only documented the one time, NJ.com reported.
Among other types of assault, the children were forced to push and shove each other around, then hit one another while they were down. It’s a miracle not one was injured in the process, but the employees are paying the price for their irresponsible behavior. Both workers were fired from the center and face criminal charges of fourth-degree child abuse, with an added charge of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child for Kenny for choosing to film it. If convicted and sentenced to the full extent, the women could face up to 5 years behind bars.
It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to know who to trust your children with, and parents are put between a rock and hard place on that decision. For many mothers, staying home with kids and choosing not to work is simply not an option. It’s insult to injury to be away from your children all day, then learn that while you paid someone to care for them, they took advantage of the situation for their own sick entertainment.
In cases like this, the child you are sent home with, is not the same as the one you dropped off. These caretakers took sensitive kids and made them aggressive for a laugh. That kind of behavior could take a while to un-teach, in an already angry society. If you aren’t into doing your job as a daycare provider, look for different employment.