The objective of this research is to know the institutional violence in the day-care centers and preschools by the mothers' view. It was elaborated with two approaches:quantitative and qualitative. The researcher through interview and observation made the collection of primary data, and the qualitative data werw collected by recorded interview, being made the content analysis. The results show that 23,9%of the mothers affirm that violence exists against the child; the proportion of children that didn't suffer violence in the day-care center can be considered statistically significant, when cmpared with those already suffered, independently of the time of frequency in the day-care center (p= 0,95);the mothers say they don't know the cause of the institutional violence; the physical violence appears with larger incidence; it is more frequent the mother to try to know the cause of theviolence, and the minus, to denounce to Guardian Council. It's compatible to the parents the child's protection and they need to know the ways of protecting them of the infantile violence.
Child abuse; Child care; Pediatric nursing
