Bear Basics Children'S Center is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 135 Douglas Ave, Des Moines, Iowa IA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Bear Basics Children's Center has overwhelmingly negative reviews with serious allegations of child abuse, neglect, and unsafe conditions spanning multiple years. One parent gave a positive rating, but nine detailed negative reviews describe physical abuse, inadequate supervision, poor hygiene, medication misuse, and unsafe environments. The center appears to have a pattern of safety and welfare concerns.
Went here as a child 10 years ago, and my sister (aged 1 1/2), my brother (4 months), and I went together (aged 4). All of us were abused by these people. Story 1: I was walking through an area that my sister was in, and she was slapped across the face for crying. Story 2 (From my grandma): They lost my sister's medicine for her seizures. Story 3: I was bullied by the children and adults here. I witnessed any type of kids, special needs, mute, deaf, hard of hearing, etc, abused by those children and adults. I was lucky to make friends with those kids. Story 4: When my sister was being dropped off before my grandma left, she was yelling and crying to not be there. Story 5: I was concerned about my brother as he was a baby, I asked to see him, but they didn't let me see him at all. Possibly they were abusing him.
i went here when i was younger and literally experienced the OWNER holding a child down (about 7) and allowed a teacher put a kid in a HEADLOCK! I also got lice from them always "TREATING" it here when they actually just use the dirty combs over and over with soapy water. They would also make us clean after a period of time, like upstairs they would make us sweep and mop everything at 9-14... Sooo yeah, dont take your kids here. Abusive!
They allowed my child to take off his shoes and didn't put them back on, his feet were black from how dirty the floor was. They also allowed bleach to be within the reach of children who then threw it at each other.. his clothes were ruined. Thank God that's all that came of that..I also received a call from dhs saying there were allegations that he was being mistreated. I would not recommend this place to anyone!!!
I know a parent whose kids had to be pulled out of this daycare in the spring of 2013 after doing some research and learning the owner had been arrested on DRUG CHARGES! His name is Wendell C. Bolin...do some digging, I'm sure it is on the web still, somewhere... Such a shame they they are still open and so many parents are entrusting their precious babies to this god awful place...
Don’t even deserve a star worse place ever. Don’t know how to deal with kids with multiple disabilities and so unsanitary. Pee stains on kids toilets. Don’t feed kids at all during the morning. Under staff. Need better workers. Abuse special needs kids