By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Delaware, day care centers are required to maintain or provide access to an outdoor play area that is at least 50 square feet in size per each child. Outdoor play areas and playgrounds should have fencing or other protective barriers from all streets, roads, parking lots, high voltage areas, open pits, high voltage areas, and other dangerous areas. A child is wanders away from a play area can suffer serious personal injuries without proper fencing and / or protective barriers.
Children placed in Delaware day care centers are the unfortunate victims of day care negligence. Simple measures can be taken by day care centers to reduce the incidents of injury and harm to children that take place in the day care center. Good Delaware day care centers know and follow the rules and regulations set forth in
In Delaware, children are the unfortunate victims of day care center negligence especially when the day care center fails to follow the rules and regulations set forth at the State of Delaware – Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families – 
The Wyoming Department of Family Services regulates and licenses day care centers throughout the State. The Division of Early Childhood publishes a helpful checklist for parents to use when selecting a day care center. The checklist is also helpful for evaluating a day care center that a parent is already using for a child. Parents should educate and inform themselves about a day care center. The checklist provides the following advice:
In New Hampshire and other states, school bus drivers have a duty to provide for proper safety and supervision of children. Children should not be left unattended or unsupervised at any time. This procedure or policy is part of the policy manual for many school districts and school boards as well as for many private bus companies. These policies are in place because children who are left unattended or unsupervised on a school bus are at higher risk for serious personal injury In Sommersworth, New Hampshire, a 3 year old boy was left unattended on a school bus while the school driver ran errands. The child was locked on the bus and left alone for 45 minutes. The school bus driver was later disciplined for the terrible lapse in judgment. Fortunately, the child did not suffer any serious physical injuries from being left on the bus. You can read about this story at 
In Delaware, day care centers are required to train and properly supervise child care providers to make sure that children are cared for in a safe environment. Delaware day care centers are regulated by the State of Delaware – Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families – 
In New York, a bizarre accident occurred involving three vehicles. A man was driving his car on a relatively narrow one way street. Another vehicle was backing out of a driveway on the right side of the road, when the operator of the car on the street noticed him. The driver swerved to the left to avoid being struck by the car backing out of the driveway. At the same time, on the left side of the street and man had just completed buckling his small child into the back seat of an SUV. His wife was seated in the front passenger seat. Unfortunately, one of the mans legs was outside of the SUV when the operator of the moving vehicle swerved to avoid the car backing out of the driveway. When the car swerved to the left, it struck the passenger side of the SUV, traumatically amputating the leg of the father, causing injury to the mother, but thankfully, the baby was unharmed.