Acorn Children's Center

Used this daycare because I took a job that ended at night and they were the only daycare in the area that was 24 hours. Some of the teachers were not patient with my then 1 year old and when I picked him up would hear them yelling at kids constantly. I finally had to change jobs just to get my kid out when I came to pick him up and the two teachers were so flustered a 2 year old child was able to open the door to the playground and go outside with two other kids, unsupervised. another childs fingers were closed in the door for at least 8 seconds and I was the one who had to release him. Instead of comforting the child, the worker started yelling the name of the kid that opened the door and blaming them, smh. Seems like they hire workers that cant work at any reputable centers.

I take my 19 month old there and he loves getting dropped off everyday, and I am pleased with the meals they receive their.

At first, the center wasn't terrible. There were a few situations I wasn't happy about such as him getting bites and bruises the teachers seemed to be oblivious to, but I also understand it's hard to watch out for so many kids at once and let's be honest things happen especially in toddler rooms. When we really started having issues was when he moved across the street to the bigger center (3 year old room) it got to the point where he was crying every day when I dropped him off and just not adjusting well. Then things started to escalate when I went in on multiple occasions and witnessed teachers yelling and honestly just speaking in a very ghetto tone to the children. I noticed kids hitting each other, and the teacher seemed to be completely oblivious not paying any attention. At that point his father and I started discussing looking at new centers. The entire vibe was...not feeling right. So the next and final straw for us was all of a sudden we started getting phone calls stating our child was "dumping toy bins out" now don't get me wrong... The last thing I want is my child being a pain at day care so I told them we will address it and nip it in the butt at home so he is learning not to dump things out and pick up etc. kid you not I end up getting a call the next day as if that can be corrected in a day. It was mind blowing. And the calls just continued after that. I am a single mother who works full-time at a law firm, which is a very high stress job, so it became very stressful to say the least. So one day I finally confronted them and stated they didn't need to call me at work unless he was doing something serious like hitting etc. well, next thing I know I'm getting calls every single day and I kid you not every singleeeee day that he is hitting kids....it got to the point where I asked them if they ever had anything positive to say. They seemed rude and like my child was just an annoyance to them. They could never tell me how they attempted to correct the behavior... let me also mention one day he flooded the entire bathroom and I'm thinking OK that's a dangerous situation for a child to be left alone long enough to do something like that. I got a call one day that they had been giving the children that were lactose intolerant milk with lactose. Which I had suspected multiple times, as my son is lactose intolerant, and had some very telling signs that he was being given lactose. We had finally reached out breaking point and i decided one day this is his LAST DAY. We moved him to a new center and they were able to correct the behavior he leaned at this center within weeks and never once called me at work.... my son no longer cries when he gets dropped off in the morning and I am no longer getting behavioral complaints. I wanted to be as honest, upfront, and detailed, in this review to hopefully save some other parents the trouble.

Update: Yesterday I walked into the daycare and witnessed a teacher screaming at a child, and i could not keep my mouth shut about it. I said something to her, it was terrible. I told them my son better not go with her because i don't trust her behavior, so he stayed in the office with 2 teachers, i worked from 10-7pm. got there at 7, and had to sign an incident report because he "fell on the concrete" well his injuries are inconsistent with that. his skin is not broken, just bruising, welts, and broken blood vessels (blood spotting). the injury is consistent with a blow or something being thrown at him. theres not a single bit of broken skin. its all just bruising and blood brought to the surface under his skin.heres a link to the photo of my son. they told me it was no big deal. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN HERE. photo of my sons injury: https://www.flickr.com/photos/158894845@N07/shares/JJy5M5

My son was going here about a year ago when he was 2. I had him in other daycares so being bit by other kids was very common. I picked him up one day and the lady at the front desk told me he had been bit. I signed the report. I thought nothing of it but the way she kept going over the story, was almost as if she was trying to warn me. Idk. But she said it was strange because the lady watching him never noticed, never heard him cry, never said anything. And it wasn't until after shift change that the next worker noticed and reporter it. Then what was strange was it didn't actually appear to be a bite mark. It was similar but I never could figure out what it was. What's worse is that night a HUGE bruise developed on my son's head. Like his forehead area. Probably the worse bruise he's ever had on his head. Idk wtf I was thinking. I guess I'm just an idiot who didn't piece all this together. But after the next day it was on his daily paperwork that he was brought In with a bruise. So basically.....there's no way my then 2 year old did not cry when whatever happened, happened. He either had something done to him. Or was not being watched whatsoever. That bruise when it finished developing ....I'm telling yall....he would have been screaming his head off. No one was even able to explain it. Also....around this time ...My son had night terrors. Screaming in his sleep where I couldn't wake him. That's common in toddlers sometimes so I thiknk that's what I was thinking back then when I researched it. But my son has never had them before acorn. Never had them since I removed him. I really deeply regret not removing him the day I saw that bruise develop. If you're gonna take your kids here.......if you've read all these reviews. That's what's even worse. It's still weighing on my mind a year later and so I looked it up to see so many other similar stories. Be careful

I actually had to make an account to tell you how horrible this center is.f I could give this child care facility zero stars I would. The staff is horrible. They yell at the children and they have a tendency to put their hands on the children in ways which border on abuse. The facility is one of the most disgusting places I've walked into. My wife placed our daughter there and when I came and picked her up that evening, I saw a teacher in a child's face yelling . The floor was covered in food (which I assume was from dinner but who knows how long it had actually been there). Do NOT take your children to this center. I hear this daycare company has other centers. I just hope they aren't nearly as bad as Acorn cause if they are someone should shut them down!