Stuff. They include force-feeding of children, withholding drink bottles from non-favourites, a child being told to “shut the f - up”, restraining children through force, and making children cry themselves to sleep as punishment.
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Weeds are growing at what was the Hutt Hospital Childcare Centre, which shut down after complaints of mistreatment came to light in 2018. There were also allegations of a child being left in a soiled nappy for seven hours, one forced to stand in the corner for two hours, and another thrown over a toilet door. One mother, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said the past two years had been “hell”.