arrest the mother for negligence. its the only way to deal with this. the burden should not be on the day care center. once the day care center does this, if this should happen again, the parent will now say "but, the day care center never called me. Its their fault.". its nuts.
when my children were in day care I called them if they weren't going to be there, it is not the responsibility of the day care to do what the parents should be capable of doing.
Yeah, that'll teach her.
I agree that that the daycare changing their policy is going to leave them open for future lawsuits.
I don't agree that jail time serves any purpose, if that's what you're proposing.
A stiff jail sentence will do nothing.
Unless the mom has a proven track record of neglect, alcohol or drug abuse, etc., why wouldn't a community service sentence be appropriate?
Last year in Philly they didn't prosecute the old guy that left his grand-daughter in the backseat while he went in for a haircut and to hang out with his buddies.
Basically after he dropped of the girl's mother and his wife he says he didn't know that the toddler was still with him because she slid out of the car seat and on to the floor in the backseat.
Mistakes happen. In our already overflowing prison system, we don't need to be sending parents to jail for a simple but costly mistake that was obvious not their intention.