Kid’s Country Child Care & Learning Center

I’m so unhappy with this place, and with what I’ve seen of the teachers. Grabbing one and two year olds by the backs of their shirts and yanking them where they want them to go and screaming at them. I saw one teacher grab a one year old by the arm and fling him from a different room onto a mat in an aggressive way that make me actually stop and tell her, «No».
The place has a faint smell of urine that I’ve noticed the last few times and it’s beyond unpleasant. Also, my daughter has went from being excited to going to «school» to downright terrified. This has me stopping and re-​evaluating my choice in sending her here.
Twice now, my daughter has come home without her coat. It’s 50 degree weather and she’s been picked up with a shrug from her teachers as to where it might be. The excuse this time, «someone must have left with it». I doubt someone would leave with a coat they never bought their child, and furthermore, why isn’t it in her cubby. Three times my daughter has come home with bite marks from the same child and it took me putting my foot down to make them intervene more than just sending home a note.
Be warned that you do get what you pay for and this place is not the best in terms of childcare. Also, they are horrid at keeping track of payments. I’ve had to go over my bill several times with the director for being charged for days my child isn’t even there.
I’m looking for better care as we speak, but know that most teachers look too young to even take their jobs seriously and I suspect mild abusive behavior and neglect of some of these children by certain teachers.

My wife and I just started dropping off our daughter here last week. At just over two months old, we were a little nervous in sending her to daycare, but we both felt it was a good time for my wife to return to work. We had initially vetted this center even before our daughter was born, and the director, staff within the Sweet Pea (infant) room as well as everyone else we met at the center was very friendly. The facility itself isn’t as new as the competing child care center across the street, but that center was not as flexible on days/​schedule as Kid’s Country. Given that my wife works as a substitute teacher, flexible drop off times and days are important to us. The staff of the Sweet Pea room keeps a vigilant eye on the little babies to make sure they are attended to. When we picked up our daughter the second day, she was wearing a center owned outfit, as she had already dirtied the spare set we had brought. This showed us that they make sure the babies remain clean and comfortable. Again, while the center is not as modern as others in the area, the bottom line is making sure our baby is well taken care of and Kid’s Country receives high marks for that.