I don't write this review lightheartedly. It has been some time since my children last attended…read morekids r kids at this location, and the reason I waited so long to write this review, was to make sure that I wasn't writing this out of anger.
My oldest son attended kids r kids for 6 months, and then I pulled him out due to my maternity leave. After 3 months, I brought him back along with my new second baby. The first 6 months, I didn't have much concerns. Yes, he was constantly sick, he even contracted impetigo at one point from a classmate. But, this is daycare and at the age where everyone was putting things in their mouths. He did constantly have reports of other children bitting him, which my husband and I were very patient with. The assured me that they had talked to the parents, etc. He had a great teacher that showed him lots of love and I had great camera access. We had good rapport with the front office. We were never late to pick up our son. We always paid in full, on time. We did not complain. We complied by all the rules. We were flexible and understanding.
Fast h to when we bring the babies back from my leave. My son was moved to a new classroom. Before coming back, I had a conversation with Mrs. Cindy about my concern for the transition, as my son was not verbal yet. On day 2 of returning, I get stopped as I was leaving the facility from pick up. I get handed a pamphlet by Mrs. Donna and get told that my son needs evaluation. She starts talking to me about autism and aspergers. I call my husband, he tells me I must've misunderstood. The next day, I come in and talk to his new teacher. Who tells me he doesn't follow instructions. That he doesn't play right. I talk to mrs. Cindy. She tells me that he's 2 and it's alarming that he puts his hand in a cup. My husband and I, are not closed minded people. We immediately make him and appointment for evaluation services. We call them at the daycare, we ask them to see if they are willing to help us, since they are watching our son full time. They swear they are here to help, that they are not going to kick us out. Fast forward to a week and a half later, mrs. Cindy refuses for an evaluator come work with our son at the facility. pulls me into the office the ne t morning and ask that I withdraw my children. There's no openings at any other daycare, but they want us out as soon as possible because he's too much for them to handle. They run their rooms at state minimum, and you would think that for the amount they charge, they could afford to hire more qualified people. Mrs Donna tells me that the initial teacher has been fired due to her impatience, but yet my son was the issue ? Because and administrator, went in to change diapers, and my son stuck his hand in the toilet ? Because you have a room of 8+ 2 year olds and you think it's ok to leave doors unlocked, and my son walked out of one due to you were inattentive? My husband calls the director, Michael, who tells him he's a children's psychologist and my son has some sort of auditory processing disorder. Question of the day: how many times did any of you spend observing the classroom ? Making sure your staff was doing it's best and not put the blame on a 2 Year old? We were watching the cameras like hawks after day 1, I saw mrs Cindy enter 3 times for less then 2 minutes and Michael entered not even once. Mind you, my newborn, was sat in a vibrating chair or a swing 90% of the day. Bare minimum stimulation and tummy time. Another mom I knew had to keep calling them to ask if they could please give her son tummy time, because on the cameras she could only see that he was sitting.
My son never had autism or behavioral issues. Turns out, he had fluid in his ears and couldn't hear. He's now excelling. But kids r kids didn't have the time or patience to deal with it, despite the $2000 I was forking our every month.
At the end, we take them to a new place. Find out what a true daycare is like. Milestone tracking. Education. Schedules. Lunches and breakfast that they enjoyed. Complete opposite of this place. I can only thank this place for kicking us out. My children couldn't be happier.
Do yourself a favor, literally any other place will be worth your money. Adults who blame children - always a bad sign.