My son begged me not to take him to kindergarten – what I saw when I watched him made my blood run cold
My three-year-old cried every morning, pleading with me not to go to daycare.
Worried, I decided to observe secretly. What I saw that day is burned into my memory.
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I’m Marta, mom to a cheerful and curious boy named Janosch. For two years, he loved going to kindergarten. But then, everything changed.
Each morning, he sobbed, clung to me, and said:
— “Mom, please don’t take me!”
At first, I thought it was a phase — the so-called “terrible threes”. But my instinct told me something was really wrong. Janosch wasn’t himself anymore.
I gently tried to talk to him, but he was scared, closed off, nearly trembling. Then one day, he whispered:
— “I don’t want to eat there anymore…”
Those words chilled me. He always had a good appetite. What was happening during mealtime?

The day everything changed
The next day at noon, I went to the kindergarten and peeked through a big window.
I saw my son, sitting sadly, eyes full of tears. A woman — a teacher I didn’t know — was speaking harshly to him:
— “Open your mouth! Eat now!” she snapped, forcing a spoon into his mouth.
He shook his head, cried, and started choking.
— “STOP!” I screamed and rushed in.
— “Don’t touch him again!”
The teacher tried to stop me:
— “You can’t be here!”
— “And do you have the right to treat a child like that?” I shot back, shaking with rage.

A new beginning
After that, I spoke to the management, observed more, asked questions.
Gradually, the staff changed. Janosch regained trust, smiled again, and wanted to go back.
What I learned:
✔️ When a child begs, there’s always a reason.
✔️ Parents know best. Trust your gut.
✔️ Forcing, yelling, humiliating — that’s not education, it’s harm.
✔️ My quick action prevented invisible trauma.
Share this story. Listening to your child is strength, not weakness.