The staff at Kiddie Academy are great and truly love the kids they care for. We just started taking out four-month-old to them five days a week, and we spend the day at work without any fear, knowing that our little nugget is well cared for. read more

I can not recommend this place enough! The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable, the facility is clean and well organized, and it is in a wonderful location, safely nestled at the top of Riverdale Road. Miss Stacy, the owner, is one of the kindest and most hard working people I've ever met. I'm a nervous first time mom and this place put my anxious mind at ease. Thank you all so much for all that you do for my baby! read more

Hello, wow. Where to even start. First of all I want to highlight that, while I may not ever promote this business, there are some people here that I'm sure tried and cared about the kids the way they should have been. Unfortunately, the majority of the people that work here seemingly don't care that much about the kids they are watching. This was demonstrated to me over the course of many many incidents over a month or two. The first horrible red flag was walking on on of the teachers in the three's class, Timber, grabbing a little girl by the face and squeezing her cheeks, forcing her to make eye contact with the teacher, while she scolded her on the importance of listening. She didn't know I was in the doorway with my daughter when this happened. I spoke with the owner, Stacy, about this and told her that I didn't want my daughter in that class anymore. I then ignored another huge red flag when explaining to Stacy that that kind of behavior was unacceptable. Stacy told me that while she would love to have qualified help in her daycare- she simply cannot afford to pay qualified people. The new class my daughter went to was not any better. Many days she would come home with a diaper half way on, or not diaper at all which caused her to pee or poop her pants. The final straw was today. I bought new diapers that were very specific, ones I knew the daycare wouldn't have. My daughter came home in the same diaper I dropped her off in two days in a row. Meaning she wasn't being taken care of. When I called to talk to Stacy about it, I was told they had "spare diapers" that were the same as mine but I was also told that it wasn't going to work out anymore and my daughter could no longer come to this daycare anymore. I came in to pick up my daughters things and asked to see the spare diapers. A nice lady there showed me and there were no diapers there that matched mine. The owner lied. I was also told that everyone had "tried" to change her diaper but they can't force her to be changed because the state will come after them. It seemed like the consensus there was to avoid changing her diaper just because it was "hard" and to keep the state off their back. This is not taking care of children in anyway and I have no way of knowing before this how many times my daughter sat all day in a pee or poopy diaper. While I was expressing my frustration in a normal tone to someone there, Stacy called and said that if I didn't leave the cops would be called. This is not a place for kids, it is not well kept, the owner can not afford to pay good people, and the people that work here will lie to you to cover their own butts. I only wish I had seen it sooner. You can make your own choices with childcare, but this is my honest review of a place that flaunts their awards but doesn't do the things they actually need to do to take care of the kids. read more

I have been looking for a place for my almost three year old who has never been in a daycare environment before. I was promised that the teachers understood this and that they would take the time with him to help him adjust and were understanding. I was told that I would get access to an app that would give me live updates all day about how they're doing. I went against my better judgement due to how disgusting this center was. I mean it was filthy, old and run down. I thought maybe the staff would make up for it. I was quickly proven wrong. He was immediately put into class with already 3 and 4 year olds even though he is still 2. I did not get a single update in two days about how my toddler was doing and then when I messaged to ask about him after a particularly hard drop off, I was told that he was doing great and playing with his friends. Apparently this was not true as I was told upon pick up that my two year was not going to be welcomed back as he had hit another kid and thrown sand when playing outside. He's two mind you and has never been in a big group of kids before. So which is it? I also got a notification on the app that he was checked out of class at 6:00 pm even though I had picked him up at 4:30 and we were well home at this point. It was his teachers first day, and I was not greeted or felt welcomed by her once. He came home covered in scrapes and bruises and dirtier than he has ever been, and this was only 2 days of being there. When I asked to see the footage of my toddler who apparently was so awful he wasn't welcome back, I was told that she would have to get back to me and I'm still waiting. I called to follow up and they are refusing to show it to me. Seems to me like something fishy is definitely being hidden from me here. I would not recommend this establishment to anyone. Seriously, take your money to someone who cares about helping your kids become successful. read more