Kare Bears 1697 Peabody Way, Lexington, KY 40511

"My kid has been happy everyday when I've shown up to pick her up. That to me is the best sign I can have to know you're dealing with good childcare when you're always picking up a happy kid and dropping off a kid thats excited to go."

"Great service! My children been there for almost 2 years. The staff is very friendly and caring to my children . The Daycare center is always clean. The staff is very understanding on requests and also has good communication skills. I would recommend this daycare to parents and guardians."

"I would give this daycare zero stars if possible. My kids were enrolled less than two days. The staff seemed nice enough originally, which makes my experience that much more disappointing. When I picked up my two sons after work, both had marks on their bodies. The older one (in the 2 year room) had red marks all over his face/neck, and when asked where they were from, the teacher had no idea. When I got my 1 year old, he had been bitten hard enough by another child that his skin was broken. There had been no efforts to contact me, no incident report filed, nothing. They also had my younger son strapped into a bouncer and screaming. He was way too big to be placed in a bouncer. He's been walking and running for months so there was no need for him to be in one other than that the woman watching him was too lazy to chase after him. I sent them back the second day against my better judgement. When I got to work, I told a coworker where they were and she told me she had previously worked there. She quit and withdrew her daughter because the woman in charge of the 1 year room was known among the staff to smack the babies in the back of the head if they were too loud or troublesome. I have no clue how true this is, however I decided to stop by the daycare around 11 to see what the kids were doing. The front door was locked and I called the daycare multiple times. It took almost 15 minutes to contact someone and be let in! The entire time I was waiting, I was knocking on the door as loudly as I could and calling. It was completely unnecessary, unprofessional, and frankly makes me wonder what was going on inside with my kids. I took them home and never took them back. Everything I wrote about happened in less than a day and a half of them attending."

"Being that I was a director of a daycare I know the ins and outs of how it is ran. My granddaughter came home Friday with a pull up on that had not been changed at all and had poop stains badly. Also the way my daughter works she drops her off around 12 in the afternoon or so and they are complaining that’s she can’t bring her because she doesn’t nap like the other children. First of all she isn’t required to take a nap but as long as she lays or plays quietly you are to care for her. Worse daycare ever. What are you teaching these kids? Not much."

"I am writing this in the hopes that any parent that is considering this daycare facility will first read this. I personally witnessed the 12 year old daughter of the director, Ellen Harshman, kicking a little girl (3-4 years old) in the stomach. This happened while the "teacher" was in the room; she did not respond to the situation at all. When I bought this to the director's attention, she stated "what do you want me to do?" She tried to convince me that her daughter was playing. I questioned whether the little girl's parent knew that this is how she is treated. She then went on to insist that I did not like her daughter and stated why am I doing this to her. This was the first and only day my daughter was in this facility. I have no reason to dislike anyone here. I saw something wrong and I reported it. I will not take my one year old back there. If they believe this type of treatment of a child is playful, what else will they allow to go on? This facility should not be rated at all."