2,953 Child Daycare & Preschools in North Carolina

Harmony Place has received mixed reviews with stark contrasts in parent experiences. While some parents praise the caring staff and loving environment, multiple recent reviews describe serious concerns including poor staff conduct, unsafe conditions, inadequate supervision, and mismanagement during a recent ownership transition with poor communication.

Country Club Learning & Development Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the small, home-like environment, caring staff, and child development activities. Negative reviews cite concerns about chemical safety practices, unprofessional operations (late openings/early closings), perceived staff indifference, and child injuries.

One parent reports a positive experience with caring staff and straightforward administration, while others describe significant concerns regarding staff aggression, unfair billing practices, and a hostile environment that negatively impacts children's emotional well-being.

Midwood Learning Academy has extremely polarized reviews with no middle ground. Positive reviews praise the staff, child development, affordability, and long-term customer loyalty, while negative reviews cite serious concerns including alleged physical abuse, unprofessional staff behavior, disorganization, lack of structure, and poor customer service.

BRIGHTWALK HEAD START in Charlotte receives mixed reviews with significant polarization. Positive reviewers praise the clean facility, passionate staff leadership, and quality learning environment. However, negative reviewers report serious concerns including inadequate nutrition, high teacher turnover, staff conduct issues, and alleged state violations.

Tender Hearts Child Care receives highly polarized reviews. Current and former staff members praise the Christian environment, personalized attention, and positive learning experience for children. However, serious concerns have been raised about hygiene practices, child safety, unresponsiveness to inquiries, and inadequate supervision.

Burns Child Care & Preschool Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, with nine 5-star reviews praising the staff's dedication, flexibility with schedules, nurturing environment, and 24-hour availability. However, two 1-star reviews raise serious concerns about staff professionalism, alleged physical discipline, hygiene standards, and unprofessional director conduct.

One parent reports significant operational and safety concerns, including unsecured facilities, misplaced items, and unprofessional billing practices during emergencies. Another caller describes a rude and unprofessional phone interaction with staff. Positive feedback is limited to one parent noting a nice teacher, though they described her as inexperienced.

Countryside Child Care receives mostly positive reviews praising the staff's attentiveness, kindness, and communication through daily reports. However, several serious concerns have been raised including alleged incidents of physical discipline by the owner, unexplained injuries to a child, and recent staffing/management issues.

Some parents report high satisfaction with the quality of care and staff, while others have raised serious concerns about the facility's ability to support children with special needs and its handling of confidential information. Feedback highlights both positive teacher interactions and significant issues regarding staff training and privacy practices.

Precious Gifts Child Development Center has highly polarized reviews. One parent praised the respectful staff and child learning outcomes, but multiple parents reported unprofessional management, unfair billing practices, unexplained closures with full charges, discriminatory treatment, and sudden dismissal of children without adequate notice.

One parent describes their two-and-a-half-year-old child as prospering, noting significant academic progress in counting, alphabet recognition, and phonics. However, a separate review characterizes the facility as having a horrible environment.

Precious Gifts Educational Center has highly polarized reviews. One parent praised the respectful staff and child's learning progress, but four parents reported unprofessional management, unfair billing practices, sudden closures with full charges, discriminatory treatment, and abrupt dismissals of children with little to no notice.

1st Start Child Development Center has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise attentive staff, personalized care, and good teacher-child relationships. However, multiple negative reviews cite serious concerns including inadequate feeding practices, poor record-keeping, unprofessional management, and an unexplained closure without parent notice.

Little Folks School East has highly polarized reviews with strong praise and serious concerns. Positive reviewers highlight caring staff, safe environments, and comfortable facilities. Negative reviews report inadequate supervision, poor hygiene standards, and lack of accountability for child care quality.

Teddy Bear Child Care Center receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. Positive reviews praise staff compassion, individualized care for children with special needs, and effective learning environment. Negative reviews report serious concerns including unprofessional staff conduct, alleged verbal abuse of children, unexplained injuries, pest issues, and inadequate bullying intervention.

Little Wonders has extremely polarized reviews. Two parents praised the staff and care highly, but eight parents reported serious concerns including inappropriate child restraint, excessive sick-day policies, inadequate supervision, staff shortages, and alleged mistreatment of toddlers displaying normal age-appropriate behaviors.

Feedback for this center is sharply divided, with some parents praising the friendly staff and homework support while others report rude and disorganized service. One reviewer highlights the care as excellent and reasonably priced, whereas another describes the environment as the worst they have experienced despite the director's good intentions.

ALC Albemarle Learning Center receives highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff's nurturing approach, individualized care, and children's educational development. However, multiple negative reviews report unprofessional teacher behavior, including yelling, verbal abuse, and rough handling of children.

Reviews appear to be mismatched with this daycare center, containing feedback about Carolina Ale House restaurants instead of Dorothy Babb Academy. The two daycare-related reviews are highly positive, praising staff helpfulness and overall quality. The majority of reviews discuss restaurant service issues and are irrelevant to this childcare facility.

Feedback for this center is sharply divided, with one parent reporting high satisfaction while three others describe severe operational and staffing failures. Critics allege unprofessional conduct, deceptive billing practices, and unsafe, overcrowded conditions within poorly ventilated facilities.

Feedback for Southeastern Preschool Educational Center is sharply divided, with some parents highlighting a loving environment where children are excited to attend, while others report serious concerns regarding staffing, hygiene, and staff conduct. One reviewer describes a positive experience with happy children and kind staff, whereas others cite chronic illness, lice outbreaks, and rude employees as critical failures. Despite the center's low overall rating, the positive comments emphasize emotional comfort and engagement, contrasting with complaints about operational neglect.

Reviews are mixed but predominantly negative. While some parents praise individual teachers for being wonderful and caring, multiple parents report serious concerns about safety incidents, poor management, unprofessional administration, inadequate facilities, and staff mistreatment. Parents consistently express frustration with the owner's behavior and business practices.

Feedback for this center is mixed, with one parent highlighting staff patience and care, while others criticize the facility for ignoring food allergies, poor hygiene, and lack of support for potty training. Specific complaints include staff neglect, cramped spaces, and a rigid no-outside-food policy that fails to accommodate medical or religious dietary needs.

One parent reports that the center provides strong academic progress and individualized support for children with special needs, despite the facility appearing run-down. Conversely, other parents cite serious health and safety hazards, including lack of bug protection, sun exposure, and hygiene issues, alongside allegations of theft and staff misconduct.

Sandy Ridge Child Care Center II has highly polarized reviews. While a few parents praise the educational environment and care quality, multiple recent reviews cite serious concerns including unprofessional management, poor communication with schools, lack of educational programming, staff rudeness, and at least one incident of rough handling of a child.

Sandy Ridge Child Care Inc. receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about management and staff conduct. While some parents praise the care and learning environment, multiple recent reviews report unprofessional management, poor communication with schools, lack of proper instruction, and concerning staff behavior toward children.