https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:47:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-168084 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:40:17 +0000 HabesBabe 168084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Well said... I totally agree! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-168035 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:15:38 +0000 chopsuey 168035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG what a nightmare... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167866 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:08 +0000 Mrsbells 167866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah I agree, if the issue hadnt been caught on camera and aired on the news the mom would have never known about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167790 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:16 +0000 MrsBrewer 167790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: 100% agree </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167787 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:58:30 +0000 LivsMama 167787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: yes. Exactly this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167785 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:56:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 167785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: such good points. not that the entire situation didn't bother me, but the part that I just couldn't understand is WHY THEY COVERED IT UP! I mean I get you're nervous and upset, but you had WITNESSES. did they really think nothing would happen? that's what irks me about the whole thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167781 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:53:53 +0000 Rubies 167781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I left my child in the care of a babysitter and THIS happened and I didn't know about it until I saw it on the news, I'd file charges immediately. Hire a freakin' lawyer and sue their asses - you can't NOT inform the parents of something like that!</p> <p>I also think that putting a child in a washing machine/dryer "for fun" is the stupidest, dumbest, and idiotic thing anyone could ever think to do with a child and the babysitter and her friend need a serious lesson of some sort to understand that.</p> <p>But, if all this happened by accident, true accident, I was informed immediately, my child was taken to a doctor and was cleared of or treated for any injuries and in the end everything was okay, including a profusely apologetic babysitter, I could possibly forgive but said babysitter would be fired on the spot and kicked to the curb. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167770 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:48:13 +0000 photojane 167770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: i don't agree. i've watched it several times. he was clearly trying to play with the boy, and they were very, very distraught when they realized what was happening. </p> <p>i don't support those people, but i don't think the nation should be judging or criminalizing them. yes, it should've never happened, and they should not have lied to the mom, but i don't think these people are cruel/evil/uncaring... just dumb. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167766 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:46:00 +0000 Sweet T 167766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw this the other day and was disgusted! The previous article said it was the child's parents. Regardless of who is responsible, they should go to jail! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167763 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:44:59 +0000 sorrycharlie 167763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this made me nauseous. I was actually talking to the video in disbelief. </p> <p>might've been an accident, but they should still be held responsible. there are horrible accidents all the time that people are still held accountable for...not always (depending on the situation I guess) but that I see on the news often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167758 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:43:38 +0000 littlebug 167758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: It may not have been with intent to harm, but it was negligent at the very least on the part of the babysitter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167754 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:42:57 +0000 MrsBrewer 167754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I watched this I was sooo disgusted. I can't believe anyone would be that stupid to actually think about doing that. I keep on thinking to myself that poor little one, I can't even imagine what he was thinking and how scared he must have been...</p> <p>@photojane: I'm sorry, but there is no way that was an accident, that was ignorance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167744 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:41:00 +0000 photojane 167744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>don't get me wrong, i think it's sad/wrong/upsetting... but i'm not a proponent of suing/pressing charges for accidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167736 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:12 +0000 Alivoo01 167736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy cow!! That's crazy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167728 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:35:15 +0000 LivsMama 167728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: totally different when its a sibling versus an adult that was expected to chare for the child. I think that before I had a child, I might have thoguht the same way as you. Now, post child, I would be suing the everloving sh*t out of those people and doing whatever I could to be sure they were never near me or my child again </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167709 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:24:36 +0000 Mrsbells 167709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its totally different if it was done by a sibling, but a babysitter is paid to take good care of your baby and there is no excuse, the baby could have drowned in there </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167703 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:21:43 +0000 photojane 167703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i guess i don't feel as strongly as others. yes, it was STUPID, but i don't think they had any intention of hurting the child. the guy was trying to play with the kid (yes, in the dumbest way possible), and his intentions weren't cruel, so i don't think he should be criminalized. if it were my child, i would be pissed/upset, and would certainly fire the baby sitter, but i would not be pressing charges. my brothers put me in the dryer when i was little! they also put my kitten in there several times. we survived! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167701 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:20:56 +0000 Mrsbells 167701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: yeah the sitter told the mom that the kid fell down the stairs to explain his bruises. but the mom is planning to file charges evn though the police say there was no intent to harm. I think the police are wrong, there doesnt have to be intent to harm, the babysitter had a duty of care to the child and she was negligent and thats enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167694 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:17:45 +0000 mrs. wagon 167694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>apparently the parents weren't present (it was a female babysitter that was right there, and her "friend", an unidentified male, that put the baby in the washer) and the parents actually never knew until they saw it on the news!!! the sitter never even told them. Apparently no charges were filed because from the video there's no visible intent to harm the baby.</p> <p>ridiculous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167691 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:15:04 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 167691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know I saw this on the news... and I mean, YOU DON"T JOKE ABOUT THAT!!! The mother must feel so crappy right now, seeing she was right there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167690 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:14:59 +0000 LuLu Mom 167690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw this, and am disgusted!! First off the babysitter should have been paying better attention, and second who plays peekaboo in a washer...seriously that guy needs a lesson in childcare pronto!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-is-put-into-a-washing-machine#post-167685 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:12:32 +0000 Mrsbells 167685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you watch the video to the end you will see the whole incident. The toddler was put into the washing machine by a friend of the baby sitter and the cycle started automatically and it took a while to get the baby out. I am so shocked at this. The guy claims he was playing peekaboo</p> <p><a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/mom-8220-washing-machine-toddler-8221-says-she-150600329.html" rel="nofollow">http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/mom-8220-washing-machine-toddler-8221-says-she-150600329.html</a> </p>