Ryan Ranch Children's Center (infant)

This place came highly recommended from friends. We heard of an opening and felt very fortunate to get our 5 year old into this center. We thought this would be a better alternative to public school kindergarten. We learned quick that the raving reviews from friends were from a time when this center had different owners. Unfortunately for us, the ownership has changed hands about 6 months ago (approximately) which is probably why our experience is drastically different. If your child is not perfect, they make sure they know it. They are not equipped to handle children that do not fit their mold exactly. It is evident that they do not possess the skill sets necessary to care for a wide spectrum of children with different backgrounds. Not what you would expect considering how much it costs to enroll your child here. They are most likely running the center based on the template that was already laid out for them, because it is evident they do not have any idea how to handle situations that might deviate from the routine. My child was made to feel he doesn't fit in, and they made us feel we had to grovel at their feet at every pick up. In a household where both parents have to work full time, there is nothing more important than finding a place that is nurturing for your child, a place that can handle any situation that occurs without having to call you at work to tell you about it. That defeats the purpose of "child care". Finding this out early for us is a blessing in disguise. There is nothing more important to us than the well being of our child emotionally, and this is not the place. Maybe as time goes on, the owners will invest some energy into some learning of their own to develop their child care skill sets so that they relate to the real world. Otherwise, if your child doesn't fit their fantasy mold, they will overlook or remove him or her to find the child that will make the collection of their large tuition easier, instead of taking the time to help him or her. It's obvious they lack the skills to maintain the pre-existing reputation of this center (their main goal), which is why our journey to find a new place for our child begins today.