Growing Green Child Development

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Josh Groetsema

The past five months have been a nightmare for our family and our son culminating with us pulling him out of there this morning after threatening expulsion. He is 3 years old. Its a real shame to post this as the staff and teachers here are truly caring and knowledgeable. Since the change in directors a few months ago though our son has increasingly struggled without receiving the help he needed. He was branded as a problem child for not wanting to engage in activities all the time and for misbehaving. Again, he is 3 years old and when there are 20+ toddlers running around in a single room with just 2 teachers, Im not sure what they expect. Ive frequently seen other children pushing, biting, hitting, and engaging in the usual sort of behavior that young children engage in as they learn social norms. All of which is tolerated even though it is a safety issue. Our son was singled out though and it soon became apparent that the leadership was more concerned with documenting everything for purposes of covering themselves rather than coordinating with his pre-k teachers on ways to help him. We are now stuck in a very difficult position of having to separate our son from his friends and teachers. As a final slap in the face we were told that he could still visit for a week or so as long as someone was available to pick him up at any time. Now ask yourselves this question...why would anyone need daycare if they were already available to get him? We are reasonable people who love our son, and we can say without hesitation that the past several months at Growing Green put incredible stress on our son and family. Communication with parents is poor, and they will not hesitate to expel your child if he isnt able to conform easily. In short, research your options beforehand and dont make a decision based on a single discussion or tour. This decision can have a serious impact on your family as it has ours

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Jane Smith

Do not send your child here if you care about their safety,development, and happiness. There is no academic structure what so ever, the care takers are inexperienced, and their turn over rate in staffing is incredibly high. There is no communication and no compassion.The staff were unprofessional when speaking, emailing, and gossiping around us. Their excuse they use when saying they feel they can not meet the needs of the child is classroom size.Their assessments of "child development" are poorly written, minimal, vague, and contradicting. Children should be supervised at all times and not left alone for 15-20 minutes or more, especially if they are only four years old. They did not attempt to help in developing our childs social skills, but rather thought his decision to play alone was exceptional.There is a need for structure, experience, and academic growth within their building. It may be a very beautiful center visually, but there is no quality of care present there. And when it comes to my child or anyone I love, quality of care is the priority and we hoped for a place that agrees. We were lucky enough to find a wonderful child care center with friendly staff and indcredible academic structure. Our child went from saying he didnt like going to school to saying he cant wait. And we know he will grow and blossem there.They are able to meet our childs needs when Growing Green said they couldnt.

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Anonymous User

Growing Green provides a world class team and environment to every child that comes through their door. Nurturing and developing our future is critical and that is at the heart of what makes Growing Green the best child development center in Kenosha!! Before you put your child at any other center you MUST tour Growing Green!!!

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