Description: At Punkin Patch, we realize the importance of developing in each child an attitude of self-respect and self-worth. We try to provide a variety of opportunities for children to form meaningful and lasting relationships.
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The day care is full of young teenagers that have no patience with children.They talk bad about the children and parents in front of them. My child went there for a year and had issues up until I took him out of there. He currently loves his new.day care and has no problems. I'd definitely recommend another day care besides punkin patch.
This is the most horrible excuse for childcare that I have ever experienced. The staff constantly gossip and curse in front of the children and scream at them. The owner, "Allison" does not even attempt to pretend that she is interested in fixing any issues that I have. The center is dirty and so is my daughter, when I pick her up. Several occasions I have picked her up with a full diaper and lunch covering her face from HOURS ago. Do NOT bring your child here.
I have been more discussed as time rolls on with the" extreme lack of attentiveness" to the children. First the staff plays the music too loud in that they couldn't possibly hear the terrible things the some of the older children are saying to the young. The staff spends too much time playing games with each other and on their phones rather than with the children. Because most all of them are this way, In which I have witnessed many times each week, when they actually do notice a conflict, and by this time its out of control, so they just shut down the entire playing area or segment involved rather than knowing to begin with what initiated the problem and now punishing others whom did not involve themselves in the conflict. This is done with no explanation to "teach" any of the children anything. My child has come home repeating cus words and most of the time not even knowing "yet" that is is a horrible thing to say, along with song lyrics of sexual nature that I know my child does NOT hear either from our home environment!!! I am constantly seeing the younger employees doing this more than most. I can't believe they have nearly children employed to supervise my child!! I have been made to feel unwelcomed even after ,buy not by those, I have been very involved and proactive in recognizing the "few" whom do seem genuine!!
This is a terrible daycare. I can't believe they have ANY kids. The director/assistant director are rarely if ever in the office. The place is run by a bunch of people that seem to care less about children. They never know exactly where my son is when I arrive to pick him up, either in the big gym, the classroom or outside. You can't tell if it's parents or employees you pass in the hallways. The building is unkept and dirty. Don't even read the handbook, they follow nothing in it. They don't re-direct kids they yell to get their point across. I have picked up my child in a room full of about 20 kids and there is a teenage boy supervising! This place costs just the same as every other daycare yet it's lacking most of the things kids/parents need. Some of the staff is nice but you won't get their names unless you ask. No one introduces themselves. I wouldn't recommend this daycare to anyone I know! It needs shut down, overhauled, and sold to someone who CARES about kids and re-opened. I've filed a complaint with the state as more parents should do.
Taking my child to this facility was the worst decision I have ever made for him. The teachers are physically and verbally abusive. My son attended Punkin Patch for almost three years and the only thing he gained was a poor self esteem. The teachers (and I use that term loosely) use horrible profanity in front of the children. I finally found another child care facility for my son and wasted no time in reporting this dump to the authorities.