Southside Christian Child Care #19

All I can say is amazing! You know it's a great place when you're on vacation in Florida and your daughter asks to please send (her teacher) Ms. Haley and (Director of the School) Ms. Kristen pictures of her at the aquarium!! Lol 😆 My daughter has attended for over 2 years now. She is now 5 years old and has grown and learned sooooo much. The teachers are genuinely interested in my child and care about her feelings her interests and needs/wants and happiness. Not only is learning a key goal for the class but structure, routines, and manners are encouraged daily. My daughter is rewarded with recess and arts and crafts activities and the monthly calendar of events are given for students to participate in and enjoy. My daughter looks forward to going to school to be active in the class with friends and to see all her teachers and staff. I could go on and on naming the special little things we see and experience daily as family of Southside. Truly grateful for this place and all the special people that work there! Thank you to all and hopefully those that see this are able to join and their children can flourish just like my sweet girl has 🤗 💜💜💜

My three year old went here for two days and screamed crying “please don’t take me back” and I thought it was just because she was new. And she has never been with anyone other than family before. So it was all brand new and I made that very clean when signing her up. The second day, when she went with her teacher, she screamed even worse than the first day but when the teacher tried to pick her up she screamed even harder and tried to run away from her and acted genuinely scared. I originally thought that it was because she just didn’t want me to go. Well that night she was crying begging me not to make her go to daycare. I asked a few questions like “why” and “did something happen” and she told me that her teacher screams at her for crying (I did not give any examples for her to chose from to prompt the question). She said that her teacher screams so loud that it hurts her ears. And when I asked her what she would say while screaming and my daughter said that she would say “enough.” Which I think is unacceptable anyways for a kid who had literally never been away from family in their life. Like they are going to cry and need to be comforted, not made to feel like crying is not okay. I called the director to tell her what happened and she did offer to let me switch classrooms but I refused because I still feared at that point. The director also said that she had talked to that particular teacher before about yelling because she yells at her own kid who is also in the same classroom. She said “you can’t do that because parents and other kids don’t know if it’s your kid or not” but like regardless I don’t think allowing someone to yell at a kid like that in the facility is good. She said this teacher has been there for over six years and she would talk to her again. I would not recommend this place for that reason. There were a couple of teachers there that were really sweet and would comfort my daughter that she claimed to like. And yes I understand a three year old will not always like everyone. The assistant director was also nice to us. She would send me pictures and stuff too. But screaming at children is not acceptable. Especially for having big feelings they have never felt before and don’t know how to work through those yet. You gotta feel safe to process and grow.

Mrs Kristin runs a tight ship but if you as a parent drop your kids off in a timely manner, pick them up in a timely manner, and pay your fees on time- your golden. My son is 4 and has came here for a bit over a year now and I don’t have any complaints with how he’s treated. Even on his bad days, they take great care and have patience with him. They even work with him on numbers, letters, and other pre-K skills, which I appreciate. He has learned so much just by coming here and will be ready for elementary school thanks to them. The only thing I’d complain about is I wish they could accept credit/debit card for payments (they only do cash/check/money order), and I wish they had a website or app that we could log into to see pics of our kids through out the day like a lot of other daycares do. There are lots of free apps like class dojo that I think would be great for them to utilize. They do have an open door policy though, so if you ever wanna drop in and look around as a parent, you can.

DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILDREN HERE!!! This place has been an absolute nightmare for quite a while now. The workers bless their hearts are severely underpaid and under trained. You never know if the person you dropped your kids off with will be there when you pick up or not because they just walk out and then hire whoever walks in the door. Feel like I have seen it all up there and I'm sorry I made my son go there so long. There is zero consistency and kids need that to learn and develop. They won't find it there. I have never had to advocate for someone as much in my life as I have with this place. Potty training- you can forget it. There gonna put your kid in a diaper. They have zero accountability and point the finger at the children for their lack of responsibility, leadership and chaos. You as a family and your children as individuals are far better off of you avoid this place and any of it's chain facilities at all cost. If you want your child to be loved on and have good things taught to them find another place/ person to care for them while you go to work. Your child is more then just a number on a spreadsheet!!! Their development and future should not be left in the hands of this company.

Love all these ladies! Awesome childcare. My son comes everyday and my girls have been begging me to go next year. All staff is amazing and love all these kids as if they were their own. Can't ever have too many people to love your kids 💜