All My Children Child Care & Learning Center Ltd.

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Kate Capanear

AMC has wonderful teachers and an awesome program, but this is not the place for your child if he or she is anything outside of the mold of what the director thinks a child should be. Bonnie Depermentier, or as she is lovingly referred to by the children of AMC, "Monster," lives up to her reputation of being an unbalanced business woman who cares more about profits and Keystone Star ratings than she does about children. When I first looked into the kindergarten program this time last year, my son and I went for a tour of the school. At that time, I expressed concerns about how he would fit in at AMC and whether the program could support his needs because of on-going impulse control issues. She yeah-yeah-yeahed me and was more interested in closing the sale than the issue at hand. Apparently, she wasnt even listening. As issues have arisen, my sons therapist and I have worked with the teacher to find solutions for him. But Bonnie couldnt be bothered to come to our meetings until the most recent one. When she did finally show up, she was late and slurping loudly on her iced coffee. Im really not sure she was listening at this point either. As it turns out, AMC cant support my son and that is okay-- but it was completely inappropriate for the director, the advocate of the school, to promise they had the resources and hands to work with my child when clearly they dont. I had been told by multiple parents in the community that Bonnie is a poor director and has no business being in education, but I was fooled on our first meeting. In the future, I will listen when fellow parents tell me about how children are terrified of the director at their school or how they had to pick their kid up because she has dry skin and a doctors note but the director believes she knows more about skin conditions than a dermatologist. In the future I will heed warnings about school directors who speak to their teachers like they are dirt instead of being respectful to her staff. In the future, I will listen more closely when directors of other schools tell me that they get the "reject" students from a school because the director doesnt want to create a loving and supportive environment, she wants to engineer one by only allowing a certain type of child to remain at her school. Of course, if you kiddo is perfect, Im sure you wont have any issues with Bonnie. In which case, I highly recommend AMC. Because like I said at first, the teachers and the program are phenomenal.

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Emily Fox

I went here when I was in grades 4 and 5 along with my younger sister who was in kindergarten and first grade at the time. Now having graduated high school and nearly finished my first year of college, the things that happened at this daycare are still horrifying and unbelievable to me. My parents had us attend this daycare because it was close, open early enough that our dad could take us before he went to the air base, and they drove us to school if the bus was late or if we missed it. The teachers and caretakers that we had then were very kind and truly good people, I remember Rachel in particular because she was just a lovely human being day in and day out even with Bonnie there trying to tear her down constantly. So yeah, the Monster had truly always been a Monster. My mother was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer sometime through my second year at the daycare so we couldnt afford to keep going there and pay for her treatment, so sure enough when my mom was pulling us from the daycare the Monster wasnt having it and would berate my mom about being cheap and not caring for her children. Because of my sister and my age difference we were always in different groups and I was told I was not allowed to see her, and any time I tried to, it ended in the Monster biting my head off about being disrespectful and a problem child. I have seen that woman grab kids younger than my sister by the back of their necks, shoulders, and all else and snatch them up and pull them around like rag dolls. How she has not been charged with child abuse or endangerment yet is truly beyond me. I dont blame my parents for having us go there, especially my mom since she was probably sick sooner than I thought and needed help with all of us before it got worse, but please do not send your children to this daycare. STAR rating or not, youll be paying a lot more for their therapy sessions later in life if they have to be put in the care of Bonnie.

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Kevin Maginn

My son attending this day care for 2 months. All seemed well until on 11/8/2013 when I arrived to drop my son off in the morning, when I overheard a stranger I never met point out to another mother that she got to hold my son. At this point I was worried that people I did not know were handling my son aside from the licensed staff. I expressed my concerns to the director Diane at the Perkasie branch; she agreed that for no reason should another parent, stranger to me, be holding my son. She informed me that she would contact one of the owners and financial directors Jim at the Souderton branch. At 11:48am Jim called stating that Diane did not have the whole story on the situation and he would like to explain what happened. I agreed to listen. He stated that Miss Jen, the infant daycare teacher, was changing another baby and had her hands full. My son was on the floor squirming so another mother picked him up and took care of him while Miss Jen finished changing a diaper. I stated that while they may feel this is in fact ok, but this mother is a stranger to me and I am not comfortable with it. Furthermore my permission was not given for anyone besides the licensed and trained professionals to care for my son. Another woman on the phone then compared my son squirming on the floor to that of a car accident, and asked if I would stop and help someone in a car accident. At this point I asked is the care of my son is being compared to that of a car accident, in which case we have a bigger problem. Jim and the other women on the phone then took to personal attacks stating that I do not have a heart and that they will continue to bill for their services with no refund for next week, which was withdrawn from my account after my talk with Diane.

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Anonymous User

We were new to the setting of an institutionalized day care center, we had our older daughter in an in-home setting which was wonderful, but because the commute time we needed a solution closer to home. We met with several Harleysville area day care centers and felt that All My Children was the best available option. We discussed other centers we looked at with the administrator at AMC and she specifically mentioned that they send their problems to the one of the other daycare centers in town. We decided to pull our 14 month old daughter out of All My Children after a few months because a new center opened within walking distance to our home. The new center provides all meals (AMC does not provide any) and we receive a decent discount on care through our employer. When we advised the administrator that it would be our last days we were very bluntly informed, in the lobby of the building, that We were not permitted to return to the center in the future because, as per the administrator, "People think the grass is greener, but I had to put a stop to that". It took us over two months to get a receipt for our first payment which was a little hard to swallow especially after the administrator repeatedly made an issue of reminding us that prompt payment was expected even when our payments were on time and we had never been charged a late fee. Bottom line: The teachers are genuinely caring, however, the administrator is unprofessional and seems to see the kids as nothing more dollar signs.

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