Good Shepherd Children'S Center is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 622 Joppa Farm & Town Center D, Joppa, Maryland MD. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Good Shepherd Children's Center has extremely polarized reviews. Long-term families report strong satisfaction with staff relationships and care quality, while recent families describe serious concerns about staff professionalism, communication, supervision, and behavioral management practices.
My daughter was at this daycare in 2025. The people who work here are unprofessional and uneducated. They spend their time on their cell phones instead of paying attention to the children. For the summer program, I inquired about the registration process well in advance. When I found out that it was already full, I asked the director, Rebecca, and she told me it was full. In other words, instead of giving priority to the children who were already enrolled, she accepted children from outside, leaving those who were already registered without a place and with no options. The most unbelievable part is that I was calling and sending emails, and no one bothered to inform me when registration opened. The communication from Rebecca and her secretary was terrible. They were disrespectful and unprofessional. In short, stay away from this daycare. Terrible communication.
Absolutely love this center. My child has been enrolled for 3 years now and I truly can’t find a complaint. Good Sheppard has been a second home for my youngest over the years. The teachers and staff have become like a second family to us and my child. I’ve noticed this report with a lot of the families that come here. My child is actually attending public school in the fall and there is a part of me that knows we are going to miss this place. I fully intend on enrolling her for their summer program still so we can keep that relationship going. This center provides so much value to my child that I couldn’t imagine withdrawing completely until she fully ages out. Thank you for everything you have done over the years GSCC!
My daughter started this daycare on 6/15/2025 and on 8/7/2025.I received a message that I need to come pick up my child, which I told them to call my mother in law first which they didn't do, until I told them I can't leave work and I wasn't leaving because I said call her grandma. They decided to send a email dis enrolling my 3yr old. Not even calling nor telling her grandmother when she came to pick her up. If I didn't look at my email I would've dropped her off, which was very unprofessional and a director.Just like the other person mentioned ,I heard Patty the teacher yelling and she didn't even realize I was still standing there. In the email they sent they said my child got out the class and was going up the stairs, so you blame a 3yr old for leaving a class when a teacher should be watching the children. They send 3yrs old to the bathroom by themselves which anyone can walk into the bathroom behind them. When I spoke with the director Rebecca at the time of enrollment, I explained to my child doesn't like naps and she talks to herself. She stated they can accommodate her,which was a lie. On Tuesday I picked her up and the teacher stuck her tongue out at her which she had a tongue ring, I guess that's appropriate for a teacher to do. I should have listened to other parents that said the teachers were nasty and mean. If a person that doesn't even have a child there heard them just imagine what they doing behind the close doors to the children. I was pulling my child out anyway they just did me a favor, so Thank you.Also I would like my refund for my registration fee that I paid since my child will not be attending in September. They wrote my 3 yr old up 6 times for being a child, ever child is different and not the same. They didn't like the face at nap time she didn't sleep she will talk and want to get up. I told the director this before hand. Daycares should have rooms for kids that don't want to sleep during nap time
I would never send my kids here. I was in the library parking lot and could hear one of the "teachers" chewing out what was probably a 3-4 year old girl. Little girl seemed to be in timeout but wanted to get up as a kid that age does. Completely uncalled for. I could hear the little girl crying uncontrollably. This happened between 10:30am- 11:00am on 11/19/24. Lady was wearing a black and white coat and black knit hat. Not to mention both providers just sitting down on their phones. Not the type of job you should scrolling tick Tok. Completely disgusted
Two of my children have attended GSCC since 2021. We switched daycare centers, and could not be happier. The staff is wonderful!