Bad experiences with day care providers

[carla]

That website is horrible. As far as I can tell most are from the states. When I started in daycare and something was not right I stood up to the director about it. I also phoned licensing and reported it. My friend had her child in a licensed dayhome and the provider left all the kids at home by themselves when she went to the bank. Should I assume all dayhomes do
That. ABSURD. I am a director and my staff are always in ratio even if that means I am in ratio. There are good and bad daycares. We have an open door policy and my families are more then welcome to come anytime of the day. We do not watch tv all day nor are my staff allowed to use there phones during the day. My staff work only 8 hour days and make more then minimum wage by alot. Ok now that I have ranted on enough I need to go to bed so I can sit in front of a tv all day and play on my phone (not)

[Judy Trickett]

That website is horrible. As far as I can tell most are from the states. When I started in daycare and something was not right I stood up to the director about it. I also phoned licensing and reported it. My friend had her child in a licensed dayhome and the provider left all the kids at home by themselves when she went to the bank. Should I assume all dayhomes do
That. ABSURD. I am a director and my staff are always in ratio even if that means I am in ratio. There are good and bad daycares. We have an open door policy and my families are more then welcome to come anytime of the day. We do not watch tv all day nor are my staff allowed to use there phones during the day. My staff work only 8 hour days and make more then minimum wage by alot. Ok now that I have ranted on enough I need to go to bed so I can sit in front of a tv all day and play on my phone (not)

I think you were disagreeing with me. But what you said was exactly my point - neither is horrible or terrific or the other. Each care situation is unique and all have pros and cons. It really bothers me when people really preach against home daycare (or centre daycare, for that matter).

There are good AND bad home daycare AND centre daycare.

[dodge__driver11]

I am not sure how to feel about that website (daycaresdontcare.or g) wether it is a scare tactic or not...I truly believe as a parent of a 3 y/o that I MUST DO the "leg work" in order to see wether a daycare/home is good for my child...Though I consider what reviews have to say --I do not base my opinion solely on them...

If a director/owner takes his/her job seriously, the children will be happy, safe and well adjusted...If not...well...we all know what has the potential to happen. I ALWAYS MADE surprise visits to my daycares, sometimes to the staff's shagrin (sp) because they thought I was a hovering parent....but so what?? (I am an ECE as well)

I wanted to make sure that they were doing the job they needed to do, and I did pull my son out of one dayhome because of what I saw, I also reported to early learning....

I guess what I am trying to say is we can't let websites do our work for us.