Does anyone have any POSITIVE comments about their daycare?

Question

I have read a lot of negative comments from people about daycare and would like to point out that not all daycares are bad. I run an in-home daycare and the parents are very please with how their children are treated and all the fun activities they get to do. I have a great rapport with both the kids and parents. I understand that not everyone has had a positive experience with daycare and if given a choice I am sure many of you would stay home with your children, however that is not possible for some people. I had to have my son in an in-home daycare until I was able to open my own and absolutely loved my provider and so did my son. I am hoping that some of you have some positive stories about your childcare provider to share with everyone!
Thanks in advance for sharing your POSITIVE story with us!

Answer 1

My son's first two daycares were okay but the one he was in for the last two years before he started full time school was amazing. It is a local chain here in Vegas and all the teachers and staff were great. The did not rotate staff every month. actually the same teachers were always there. They listen and knew everything about my child.
At one point I was having working mom guilt and was ready to quit my job...I asked my son if he would like to stop going to daycare and stay home w/me. He said 'mommy I would miss my teachers and friends at school(daycare) to much' that at least let me know he was in a good place. Right now grandma is watching him and his baby brother but as soon as my littest is 18 months he will be going to the same daycare. I called a while ago and my son had not been attending for over a year now and when I said Hi this is....they said ohhhh 'Jacks mom'. I think that is awesome in a larger type daycare setting!!

Answer 2

My son is in a at home daycare run by a woman who was in the medical field when she got pregnant with her daughter. She decided to stay home and open the daycare so she wouldn't have to leave her daughter to go to work.

My son absolutely loves her. He calles her his best friend and he often asks where she is and the other kids at the program on the weekends. That is not to say that we don't have some rocky mornings when he would rather stay home, if we didn't I would be really worried!

I am having our second son on Monday. We will keep our older son in her care for a month until I recover from the c-section,then we will keep both boys home with me for a while. It was the hardest decision I had to make, but I just can't afford to stay home with our baby and pay for daycare too. My husband works too hard as it is.

I did try an organized facility once for my son and it was awful. I think that the private home run facilities are the best because they are so much more one on one with the children.

Answer 3

We have had a few bad experiences, but on the whole, I know my daughters are much more social for being in daycare. They are also learning things I could not teach them. And for the record, our pediatrician also advised daycare was better for their overall health since they would be exposed to other kids & their germs, they would be sick, but they would become immune and when they started school would miss less school than those who were home with mom & dad. These kids get sick & miss school, not daycare, and at times miss ALOT.

Not to say I am not missing my kids all day, but we have come to terms with both of us working and know they are loved and treated well at our daycare.

Answer 4

I work at a childcare center on my college campus. This is my third year working there and my daughter was a preschooler there. We have a great staff and the children enjoy coming to school. We offer age appropriate activities for the children and its a warm environment. We have a lot of parent involvement in our program and an open door policy. Parents, grandparents, and other family members are encouraged to be involved in our program. If people do their research and pick a center based on quality rather than price maybe their experiences would be better.

Answer 5

I am absolutely thrilled with care my 2 year old receives at daycare. They are all extremely polite, extremely friendly ladies who all happen to be mothers themselves. I live in a small town in north-west Florida called DeFuniak Springs (about a half-hour from Panama City Beach) and the number of daycare providers is large. I hand-picked the one I use just for their superior quality.

Answer 6

I love my day care provider! I absolutely love her, could not have chosen a better person, without her my hubby and I would've been divorced by now!

I'm serious our "Momma Vette" is the best thing that's happened to my family (after having both my children, of course!) When I had my daughter in 2002, I was pretty young, and had no idea how to care for a baby. I'm a fifth grade teacher...I didn't know what to do with a child who couldn't talk! She came in to save the day! She taught me how to bathe her, how to appropriately diaper her, (we have no family, just me and hubby and the kids), and what it means to be a mother.

My daughter has been with her since she was three months old, my son has been with her since he was three weeks old. Daughter was born at the beginning of summer vacation, son during Christmas break. She has been there for me to take them when I'm having a bad day, they sleep over at her home, she goes to field trips when I can't. She has potty trained them both! Oh, I just cannot say enough about her!

Of course, it's not just her, the entire family is wonderful! My kids know her husband as "Uncle" his brothers and her sisters as "Aunts and Uncles", my daughter calls her daughters "Sisters", they know her mother and father as "Grandma & Grandpa". They've been a true blessing, they're the family that we've been missing!

I thank her every day, she knows that we all love her. In fact, she's in our will. If anything were to happen to my husband and I, our entire estate, and our children, will go to our Momma Vette.

Answer 7

I love my 6 year old's daycare. Better yet, my 6 year old loves his daycare. His daycare is run by a church. They learn about a different country every week. They take field trips in reference to that country and learn to cook a dish related to that country.

Answer 8

I love my daughters daycare shes learned so much there she loves going shes talking more now and she has freinds they always hug each other before they leave and she always tells her teachers bye i think its better for children to get other child contact before they go into school...they learn so much from it yeah theres some not so great daycares out there but that doesnt mean there all bad..We Go to Kiddie Kollege its great and shes happy to go everyday...

Answer 9

oh my gosh! i ama HUGE fan of daycare centers.

my neices are in day care at the medical center my sister works at and it's WONDERFUL!
my 4 year old neice just explained, the other day, how jets and rockets work. she said that the rockets have fuel in them and then there is fire out the back and that's what makes it go forward. she said the same is with jets and that when you see them in the sky you can see the smoke trail they leave!!!!

i mean, c'mon...who knew a 4 year old could comprehend stuff like that! she's learned about dinosaurs. she also has complete comprehension of the days of the week and what it means if it's saturday and she has to wait until monday for something.

plus, the day care helped potty train her and she is starting to learn about rules and following the rules at school.

it's really incredible.

i'm very excited to send my son (due in september) to daycare. we have a military program here and every class has a curriculum.
even if i could be home with him i would still send him to day care by about age 1-2 just b/c of what he can learn there that i may not be equipped to teach him at home. i mean, jets and rockets and dinosaurs at 4 years old??? who would have thought! and that in depth!

so, that's my positive story!

Answer 10

I had my son with a lady at an in-home day care since he was 12 weeks old and I was happy. This lady became my friend, she was always available for advice and she was willing to babysit after work hours. She wouldn't do this for everyone, though. I was going to college and she sympathyzed with my situation. I think I wouldn't have been able to make it through college without her helping with my child. My boy is older now and her and I are still friends.