AppleTree Cascade 5038 Cascade Road Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

"The final straw was the SECOND time my 1-year-old brought home lice."

"Great staff and great atmosphere. My daughter loves it there. I highly recommend coming here."

"We saw such an improvement in our daughter's social skills, speech, and cognitive development after enrolling her at AppleTree Cascade. We often get compliments from nurses, other parents, and even strangers saying how smart and personable our daughter is. We attribute a lot of that to her experience at AppleTree. Everyone at the front desk is friendly and helpful. The teachers we've worked with show genuine care for our daughter."

"I couldn't have asked for more for my daughter. The teachers were kind and obviously showed great care for my daughter. The program director was thoughtful as well, and made a point to schedule a lot of fun activities for the kids and families together. She was also very organized. Having the cameras in the rooms also gave me a great sense of security, as you are leaving your most precious thing there after all. It surprised me to see the negative reviews below- it is hard for me to imagine having a single negative thing to say. I think some people will have negative things to say about just about anywhere, so I would take those comments with a grain of salt."

"I can't believe this is a Christian learning center...My daughter was abused there! When she was a baby, her teachers didn't interact with her. They just stand all day and "watch" babies. When she moved to the toddler classes. They didn't give her enough food. Every day when I picked her up, she was starving to death and melt down right away. She would cry and upset until she was fed dinner (a snack in the car ride didn't help her either). My daughter is never a kid eats large amount of food. She eats pretty normal. We communicated with 5 different teachers about this issue and they all refused to give her more food. Also, if she is 10 mins late in the morning, they won't give breakfast. And there's no morning snacks in this place--Breakfast at 8:30 and lunch at 11:30. She also got bite twice--once on the face and once on the arm. The biter never got any consequences in the 10 month when my daughter attended there. The bite on her arm bleed for the whole day and left a mark for month. My doctor friend said that they should have taken her to doctor, or call us and asked us to do so. I did report all these incidents to the owner. The owner "took it seriously", but never called me back. I know that lots of other parents who send their kids there hated this place as well. Don't send your kids to this unsafe and unfriendly place!!!!!!"