The Great Lakes Child Development Center 4195 East Thirteen Mile Road, Warren, MI 48092

"I know a Child that attends this daycare who got stripped from her mother in an ongoing custody battle she is being molested by father. The child tried to vent to them at the daycare and they smacked her in her mouth! This place need to be closed immediately!!!"

"As a new mom looking for a daycare for my 3 month old son I was convinced nobody could care for my baby as good as I could. We ended up choosing GLCDC for our son and we couldn't be happier with our choice. Miss Chelsie and Miss Mary Lou in the infant room are so wonderful with the babies and you can tell they genuinely love them. My son has also had wonderful experiences in the older toddler rooms, all of those teachers have been great too. My son has serious food allergies and the teachers have been so supportive and careful to make sure he doesn't get a hold of anything he cannot eat. We're so grateful to the staff at GLCDC."

"My two sons attend this daycare and we couldn't be happier with the decision to send them to GLCDC. The teachers are very caring, my older son is academically ahead of where he should be for starting Kindergarten in the fall, and my kids enjoy their Italian and German language classes."

"*update: according to the LARA website there was a special investigation report 10/10/2022 regarding toileting and discipline involving Ms. Carol, again. The child claimed she grabbed their chin. The parent disenrolled do to Patty’s gaslighting and dismissive attitude. Please save your child. Go elsewhere. Both my son and daughter attended GLCDC for a few years and we finally left September 2022. I ignored so many red flags and I wish I would have reported them myself. It is worth every penny to invest in another school as I don't think any child will ever thrive here. For some kids, it will be damaging. Time out is a large component of their behavior practices, even as young as one year old. For example, my son was put in timeout for putting toys in his mouth at 1 y.o. I met with the director and teacher about the use of timeouts and how it was developmentally inappropriate. I asked about any proactive or restorative efforts but was informed that those do not happen. Further, it was clear the teachers and director were not familiar with preventative or restorative practices to teach a skill, instead, the strategies were very punitive. As an educator myself there were quite a few policies I did not agree with but felt like it might be beneficial for my children to experience multiple tactics. Additionally, if I ever had a concern the director and teacher would find time to speak to me, but it was never from a place of understanding or working together. The director and teachers were always very defensive. Little things continued to happen that made me question the amount of attention paid to the kids in the classroom, but nothing significant enough to make us want to move especially during COVID. Then my 3-year-old son came home and told me his teacher held his blanket over his face at nap time. I called immediately and asked for clarification as he must have had it wrong. Unfortunately, it was confirmed that a teacher in the 3-4 year old room threw a blanket on top of my son's face during nap time out of frustration. The director apologized and spoke with the teacher about it, but it never felt like enough was done to remedy the situation and be sure it wouldn't happen again. My son has some behavior and impulsivity concerns related to ADHD, but he attends occupational therapy and behavioral therapy to support that. Issues cropped up every now and again, but the teachers were never very forthcoming about what they saw in the classroom to help us work through it at home or in therapy. Ms. Carol always just said he "was a good boy". I regularly reiterated that being "good" and also having deficits were not mutually exclusive. Shortly after, my son started to complain about tummy aches when going to school. After a few weeks, it was clear that it was anxiety driven and he disclosed that his teachers called him a bad boy. We tried to talk to the teachers to see if they had any suggestions as to what he could be worried about and to address the bad boy comment. The response I got from the director and teachers was immediately defensive. Rather than having empathy for my son and helping us figure out what was going on, I was told the teacher cried and was so disappointed that I would believe my child. I was never accusatory and always asked if he could have misinterpreted something or if was he regularly getting time outs. They denied anything and were so upset that I would believe something nefarious was going on. Ms. Carol told me, "After all the work I have done with him with the hitting, biting, and tantrums. I would never call him a bad boy." However, she NEVER told us about these problems or the "work" she was doing with him despite ample opportunity. The communication, support, family involvement, teaching, and overall experience at our new daycare are all leaps and bounds better than GLCDC. My son and daughter are both academically more interested and growing SO much more. I wish we would have left sooner."

"We’ve been taking our baby to GLCDC since she was 9 weeks (now 5 months) and we absolutely love it. Having to put her in daycare when I returned to work was so difficult. But, we took solace in the fact that she was being taken care of by such compassionate, attentive, and kind caretakers. Our daughter is happy and content every day when we pick her up. That’s all we could ever ask for!"