When my son was 8mths I tried W&G however I quickly pulled him out after I quietly entered one day and peeked through his class door and saw him crying very hard sitting in a corner all by himself while the two "care takers" ignored him. I could tell he had been crying for a long time. A year after that I was actually employed at W&G. The ladys that watched my son were gone, they have a high employee turn over rate which is not a good sign. I very much agree with the previous poster that the owners could improve the center by providing more. More drinks (though I thought food was okay)& equipment such as educational toys and any other supply you could think of down to cleaning supplies. I often worried about the kids I watched, they were never given enough to drink and we were only allowed to give them one tiny cup like a dental rinse cup of juice or milk before the owner would take the container away. The kids would quickly gulp theirs down and then start stealing the other kids drink. The place is full of kids whos parents are on welfare as W&G accepts the welfare childcare voucher and bless their little hearts but there are some tough kids at W&G. They constantly hit, kicked and bit each other and did not care about being put in time out one bit or just refused to stay in time out so there was little the staff could do to protect the calm ones short of hovering over the troubled ones all day and there were just too many to do that as W&G are WAY under staffed. Lice and pink eye are very common at W&G as well. When I worked there, some of the staff where all right so if your child is there now just watch your childs class very carefully. I know profit is important for any business but you also need to make sure your business is a quality business especially a daycare. They are not horrible people but I hope the owners will one day put more money into the center and hire more staff that would greatly help. Two people just cannot safely watch 17 two yr olds and one person cant watch 18 four yr olds by themselves.
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