Mothers Helper Child Care

Reviews 6

MA

Matt Palmer

Our 6 year old son has been at Mothers Helper in Sandy for a little more than 2 years. This review is long, so if you dont want to stick around, I will say that the facility is clean and well maintained, and we have always felt like our child was safe there. It has served a need for him to be somewhere after school for a few hours where we dont need to worry about him. For the most part the staff seems fine, though weve only interacted with a small fraction of them. I cannot speak to any experience a very small child or his/her parents may have there. That being said, Mothers Helper seems to have a lot of turnover. The temporary "Now Hiring" sign is pretty commonly displayed outside. At some point it may as well be a permanent sign. The facility where we had our son prior to Mothers Helper was a fairly exclusive child development center and is hard to make a direct comparison, so I dont know if such regular turnover is normal in the industry. In the 2 years hes been there, though, I believe hes had 6 different teachers. They have ranged from adequate to excellent. Our son is sometimes a difficult child and can be a major handful when he sets his mind to it, but weve always felt like he was liked by the staff, and weve never believed he was treated unfairly because of his severe ADHD (and the side-effects experienced as weve tried to navigate our way through finding the right medication), or because of his black skin. When he was in Miss Pams class, she was always welcoming and happy to see him. Even on the days I could tell she wasnt terribly upset to have him go home she always seemed to genuinely like him, which we appreciated. I was not wild about the day he came home with his head filled with religious notions about god and angels, but it was a short lived fascination so no real harm done. I know in Utah, the default understanding is that everyone is religious. Its disappointing, but not surprising. Miss Megan has been a wonderful teacher. She is engaged and excited, and weve felt like shes made incredible strides from the previous teacher in the "big room" to make it more than just a room full of kids who are a single adult presence from Lord of the Flies at any given minute. Shes helped our son with his homework. She has tried to instill structure and respect, and she has really pushed to make the after-school experience for these kids more than simple custodial care. She has been kind and caring to him, and shes always gone out of her way to tell us about what kind of day he has had. Shes been emotionally supportive of him, and has been extremely fair to him, even when hes not on his best behavior, which may be even more than shes let on. I also think she has cracked the whip more than a few times to get the kids to shape up, which is entirely appropriate given the environment she was thrust into. My wife and I feel like she has a career ahead of her that is not at Mothers Helper, but if I were them, Id give her a raise and offer whatever support they are able to keep her as long as they can. Our son has shown real progress, and great affection toward her. I wish she could have been his teacher longer than the couple of months she has been. She is a gem. I would not hesitate to write her a letter of recommendation. We made the decision this week to move our son to a different after-school program that we feel is more suited to his individual needs. He simply requires more organized structure and activity than he is currently getting, through no real fault of Mothers Helper (or especially Miss Megan). But with the exception of a couple of minor dissatisfiers over the years, which we could have probably expected at any child care center, we have been generally happy with the care hes received there.

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Anonymous User

When we first started my oldest kid there the lady in charge would say hello, remembered my childs name for his first day, the place was amazing. Then the head lady moved and they replaced her with someone who never greets us unless she wants to be paid and just hides from everyone. So we have another baby and they kicked my baby out (who has a muscle disorder that puts him in a lot of pain) because he is constantly "upset". My oldest would come home with scratches , bruises, etc and they wouldnt tell us about incidents unless we asked about them. I wouldnt take my kids to this specific location.

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Russell Strunk

These are good people that care about the children. I have had very bad experiences with several daycare companies in the area. My wife and I work allot of hours, and they are not consistent so we never know from one day to the next what exactly our schedules are. They have been very accommodating to us, which to me is above and beyond what they are required to do. If we have had trouble paying tuition, they have worked with us. They are always friendly, and they work with the children to make sure that they are succeeding. I could not be more pleased with them. Thank you all for what you do.

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Trish Richmond

I drive out of my way to bring my child here because the teachers are so amazing with such big kind heart and they take such wonderful care of all of the children. They teach them and they play with them and they engage them and I know that my sweetheart if theyve when I am away. I would not even dream of interesting my little one to anyone else. This is the most wonderful facility I have ever found!

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Benjamin Behrmann

My nephew was taken here last week. They said it would take a month for him to adjust and not be upset about daycare. On the third day they kicked him out because he cried to much even though when he is picked up he is playing and not crying. Hes 2, apparently they wont tolerate babies and toddlers who cry. When the lady told us that he wasnt welcome she was so rude. terrible daycare.

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Anonymous User

My daughter has been at this daycare for a little over a year now and I like it and she loves going every day. I have been very pleased with them this is the third daycare I took my daughter to in less than 6 months and it was the only one I felt comfortable with. The staff is great I love Jeanette (I think shes a manager of some sort)

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