Texas parents sue a daycare after their 2-year-old was found alone on a busy road almost a mile away: ‘Daycare 101: Don’t lose children’

Parents of a 2-year-old girl have sued a Texas daycare for allegedly allowing their child to wander into the middle of a road while under its care. Felisha and Travae Jones allege that their daughter escaped from a Fort Worth daycare center, and staff were reportedly unaware that the toddler had gone missing.

According to Fox 4 News, the incident occurred on August 28, 2025, when Fort Worth police officers responded to a call from two men who reported finding a 2-year-old child alone in the middle of Parkwood Hill Boulevard—almost a mile away from BeYOUtiful Beginnings’ playground. According to the lawsuit, the child was found “on the verge of heat exhaustion”, and temperatures on the day of the incident exceeded 100 degrees.

Now, more than a year later, the parents are taking legal action against the daycare. The lawsuit was filed in Tarrant County District Court on Thursday. The family, represented by attorney Russell Button of The Button Law Firm, is seeking more than $1 million in damages and a jury trial, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Their attorney says the daycare “failed this family”

“A daycare lost a 2-year-old for so long that she was able to wander through a parking lot and alleyway completely unnoticed, go down a grassy hill, and walk into traffic, while nobody inside the daycare even knew she was missing,” Button said. “It’s Daycare 101: Don’t lose children. Working parents drop their kids off at daycare to be watched, cared for, and kept safe. BeYOUtiful Beginnings failed this family.”

The lawsuit states that the parents learned of their daughter’s escape from the center after receiving a phone call from a Fort Worth police officer. One employee told police she was overwhelmed and did not realize the child had slipped away, while the owner informed officers that the daycare does not have cameras outside, as reported by CBS News.

Button said the toddler is still recovering from the incident. He also expressed relief that the girl survived, noting there was a real possibility she could have been struck by a car.

The staff acknowledged that they failed to follow the daycare’s safety procedures, admitting they did not perform a proper headcount or name-to-face attendance check before, during, or after going outside to the playground, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Since the incident, the daycare has reportedly been inspected four times, but no criminal charges have been filed.  BeYOUtiful Beginnings daycare has yet to