A Mom Debating Whether to Put a Recorder in Her Child's Bag
Netizens Outraged After Hearing the Story... "Raise Your Child Yourself"
A story has been shared about a mother who, after hearing her child say "The daycare teacher is scary," wants to put a voice recorder in her child's bag when sending them to daycare.
A story was shared about a mother who wants to put a voice recorder in her child's school bag. The photo is not directly related to the article. [Image source=Getty Images]
On the 20th, a post titled "Is it okay to put a voice recorder in my child's bag?" was uploaded on an online community. As of 1 p.m. on the 21st, the post had garnered about 30,290 views, becoming a major topic of discussion. The author, A, who introduced herself as a mother raising a 3-year-old child, said, "My child says the daycare teacher is scary," and added, "The teacher is very polite and kind to the parents, so it's awkward to question or complain based only on the child's words."
A said, "My child is somewhat lively, so it’s possible the teacher had a hard time with him, but there’s no way to confirm," and continued, "As a working mom currently employed, I can't just stop sending my child to daycare, so I feel very anxious." She added, "I watched a lawyer's video on YouTube, and it said that voice recordings are not admissible as evidence, and the ruling in the case of Joo Ho-min (the writer) also did not recognize the recordings as evidence," expressing her frustration. She asked for opinions, saying, "What would you all do in this situation?"
Netizens who read the story responded negatively, saying things like, "This mom is strange. Just don't send your child to daycare, hire a babysitter at home, or take care of the child yourself," "If you can't trust the daycare that much, install a home camera and hire a babysitter at home," "I don’t know what you do for work, but imagine if your client thought you couldn’t be trusted and installed a bug to monitor you all day," "Instead of writing posts like this, why not visit the kindergarten once and talk to the teacher?" and "The child is probably scared because they got scolded for not listening and being stubborn."
A netizen B, who identified as a current kindergarten teacher, said, "Last year, a girl at our kindergarten went home and said, 'The teacher only hates me,' and 'The teacher hit me,' and said she didn’t want to go to kindergarten. Her whole family came to the kindergarten and scolded the teacher," and added, "They requested to view the CCTV footage, and after checking, no abuse was found. When asked, the child cheekily said, 'I must have dreamed it.'" B continued, "The child's family awkwardly apologized, but the teacher eventually quit. If you’re going to send a voice recorder based on the child’s words, think ahead about alternatives if you end up quitting that kindergarten," and honestly shared, "If a recorder is found in the bag, even the children the teacher liked will probably find it hard to continue liking the child from that day on."
Meanwhile, in January, the Supreme Court ruled that secretly placing a voice recorder in a child's school bag to record a teacher's remarks cannot be used as evidence in a criminal trial. This is because recordings made without the other party's consent are considered illegal evidence. Although the recording files were used as key evidence for guilty verdicts in both the first and second trials, the Supreme Court overturned the lower court rulings, stating that the recordings should not be recognized as evidence, and sent the case back to the Seoul Eastern District Court. This ruling is expected to have an impact on similar child abuse cases.
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