Fridays Child is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 3600 Odonnell St Suite 260, Baltimore, Maryland MD. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Friday's Child receives mixed reviews with significant disparities between positive and negative experiences. Supporters praise staff care, child development, and long-tenured teachers, while critics report disorganized management, billing errors, poor communication, and problematic COVID protocols. Parents are strongly divided on whether to recommend this facility.
Our son has been at Friday's Child for 8 months and we've had a really great experience so far. He's grown so much being there. He's learned so much and is very social with the other kids. The staff really cares about him and he looks forward to seeing them each day. Many of the teachers have been there for years. Like any local business, a big difference in our experience is because of the personal relationships. There are larger daycare corporations in the area that can offer some more bells and whistles, in particular technology interface. Ultimately, the decision is personal for each child and family. Definitely worth checking out! We really appreciate thow the staff has aided in our child's development.
Notice, the one positive review here is from the OWNER! The place is chaos. Even when we toured, the management was scatter brained, toys and kids were strewn about, and the staff did not appear to be engaged with the kids on any sort of curriculum or activity schedule. All of their accountability for the kids and for their billing is on paper. We found mistakes in billing from them several times. They also refused to bill us for over a month, despite us calling and asking for an invoice so we could pay them, then we suddenly owe 2 months of tuition at once when they get their financial processes back on track. They also handled COVID atrociously. After a positive case, they refused to let kids back in without a negative PCR test. If you check with any pharmacy, hospital, or clinic, they will not administer that test to an infant unless they are showing symptoms. Friday's didn't care, and why would they? We were bound by the contract to keep paying them. We pulled out after that incident and ate the 6 weeks of tuition, since they required that long to sever the contact. We were not able to send our kid back during that time because we couldn't get a doctor to administer a PCR test.
Handled childcare, contracts, and covid in the worst ways possible. Avoid this place at all costs if you value your sanity and like dealing with professionals.
Terrible customer service- owner Thomas Klein and his wife have zero communication skills- a needed thing when you are paying for then to watch your child.
Wonderful place for kids!