This Nanny Cam Captured Some Horrifying Footage

Be extracautious when hiring someone to care for your children. That's a lesson one California mom is learning the hard way. The mother, who didn't want to be identified, found disturbing footage of her nanny, Dana Cash, attacking her 1-year-old twins. The incident was first brought to the mother's attention by her 8-year-old son, who said Cash shook his siblings. The mother turned to her nanny cam, which confirmed her son's story and showed other acts of abuse, including Cash putting her hand over the children's mouths. She confronted her nanny.

"She puts her head down and says, 'I made a mistake,'" the mother tells a local news outlet. "I said, 'That's not a mistake. That's not a mistake you're allowed to make.'" Cash was fired and later arrested on suspicion of child abuse. The mother had hired Cash using the site Care.com, where Cash appeared to have a clean record. The mother hopes her story will encourage other parents to be more cautious when hiring child care and install nanny cams in their homes.