Kids R Kids Cedar Park

Our son has a great time here and staff is always super friendly with only a couple exceptions but overall we feel very comfortable with Kids R Kids Cedar Park with the safety of our child and the curriculum here. For our budget this place gets a 5 star rating! Thanks Kids R Kids Cedar Park! Patrick is the coolest!

My son has been attending Kids R Kids for over a year now and we both absolutely love it! His teachers are great and Ms. Vicki the chef is absolutely awesome! I love that they have live video streaming, so I can watch my little one throughout the day. I also like that they do crafts and always have themes/​dress up days which makes it fun and keeps it interesting. The owners are great and are always there to answer any questions/​concerns you may have. I have visited many daycares in the area and this one is by far one of the best ones. My only gripe is that they recently switched over to sending daily activity reports via email, so sometimes I have to wait an hour AFTER I have picked him up to see what he ate/​did for the day.

This is definitely not a «one-​sided» review. I actually struggled with deciding to write this review a lot. In fact, as I tell my story, I remember thinking when we left Kids R Kids, that I was not going to push the envelope and write a public review… until I found out that they hired the teacher that left my child in the bathroom, alone, in the dark… while they took the rest of the kids outside for recess. That’s right, you read correctly. The room that my 3 year old son was in, the teacher forgot about my son and left him in the bathroom, unattended, alone, afraid, crying hysterically, in the dark, while everyone else was taken outside to play. Let me explain from the beginning so you can grasp the situation on a more personal feeling. The only reason we found out about the situation was due to another parent calling me and telling me of the story and how she found out. At first, I gave the teacher the benefit of the doubt, being it seemed like this was starting out to be similar to the «telephone» game. You know, when the story changes just slightly as it gets retold to someone new. Well, after hearing the story, my fiancé and I took both of kids into Kids R Kids the next morning. We confronted the teacher and she took us to have a «private» meeting with owner. We knew right then and there, there was truth to the story. We retold the situation to the owner and again, asked the teacher if the story was true. That is when she said, «yes, but it was only for a minute». That moment, the moment that every parent dreads hearing, literally felt like time had stopped. So many emotions coming and going through me I had to sit down in a chair. We also found out the situation happened over a MONTH prior to us finding out about it. The teacher, attempted to cover it up and never say anything. We decided to remove our kids from the daycare and report it to «State» (Texas Department of Child Protective Services), on the grounds of «neglect». What seemed like as we left that day, the teacher was escorted out of the building and I was told by the owner that the teacher «no longer works there» the next day, personally by the owner. This happened about 3 months ago, and like I said earlier, it was never my intention to make it public. That was until I found out, that Kids R Kids rehired this same teacher after we left, based on the grounds that we pulled our children from the daycare and to make things worse, she is in the same room, watching and taking care of the same age group that she admitted to forgetting about a child, and then covered the entire thing up. I chose to write this review, because hopefully, by making this public, that a fellow mom or dad will be aware of the type of daycare they are leaving their own children at. Hopefully, Kids R Kids, will know that it didn’t have to come to this. Hopefully, Kids R Kids will know that the truth will always come out in the end, and people will find out how much they actually «care» about the children.

Parents — Please don’t be fooled by the standard corporate response KRK sent us. We would never post something that wasn’t true. We truly hope that all parents who love their children do their homework before choosing a place to care for their child. What we reported did happen to our daughter and we were told it’s best not to bring our daughter back because they wouldn’t meet our demands. We were paying for this school to care for our child’s well being and having her come home in soiled clothes time after time is not keeping my child in their best interest. It’s carelessness and complete oversight by the owners. Our daughter is now in a great school where she doesn’t come home in soiled clothes, the owner and teachers care about her, her allergies are posted and our child hasn’t come home sick because they keep the room, toys etc. clean! We posted this so no parent has to experience what we went through.

Should have written this review a long time ago.
What got me interested: the camera and relatively affordable price for what SEEMED TO BE a decent child care.
What got us out of there: TONS.
Infant room – (1) Dirty toys should be put away asap into the dirty bin. I have witnessed a teacher saw with her own eyes, a baby licked a toy, and teacher left the toy be. Another baby took the toy and put it in his mouth. (2) Bottles are left on the floor, other babies can get a hold of these. A baby was done with her bottle and teacher did not pick up bottle, so my child crawled to the bottle and drank from it.
These are standard hygiene. They failed miserably. And other hygiene practices that aren’t met. Gee, you wonder why kids are always sick in daycare. Most illness could be prevented i think.
Feeding – (1) Canned food quite often. (2) Feeding reports can be inaccurate/​false. Once I picked up my child, my child was still drinking the bottle, but the teacher had already written down «finished». I almost died laughing from the teacher’s dishonesty.
Teachers – (1) Poor communications. (2) Daily report can be incomplete and not informative. (3) teachers quit often, which indicate overworked/​underpaid, just plain unhappy. (4) Some teachers are inexperienced and young. I’m talking younger than 20 years old. Don’t get me wrong, some older teachers may not be better. (5) Some teachers are ignorant of your child’s needs, your child’s coping skills, your child’s emotional well-being…those are out the door from the very first day. (6) Lazy. Such as documenting on the booboo report that ice was applied to injury. But when you rewind the camera, the teacher held my child for 8 seconds and no ice was applied. Confronted the teacher and she said «oh, I’m just so used to checking that box». (7) Injuries are reported inconsistently. The lead teacher will say it differently than the assistant teacher. The director will tell you something else. (8) To say the least, most teachers are not nurturing or teaching. I’ve seen kids get yelled at, left alone in parts of room that aren’t safe like closet/​toilets.
Diapering/​Toileting/​dirty clothes – (1) Ignorant of diaper rashes. (2) Don’t expect diaper changing to be gentle. I’ve seen teachers be rough to other infants, yelling for them to stop moving and wiping roughly. (3) Sometimes they leave dirty diaper for god knows how long, until the poop has glued itself to my child’s buttocks. (4) They have put other kid’s dirty clothes into my diaper bag.
Place as a whole – They gossip about parents that asks questions/​voice concerns. One day I picked up my child and teachers were gossiping about another mother.
No director, no management. The owners call all the shots and manage the place. They are not attentive to your needs, they will tell you what you want to hear. When you voice a concern, they either say «we’ll get that taken care of» but never fixes the issue, or they will divert the conversation to lets say… the weather. The moment you drop off your child, your baby = business.

Ok so the bad reviews above are all one sided stories !!! Kids R Kids is a great place for your kids to attend. Every teacher I know is under paid and that’s everywhere not just there. I trust this place with my children and they have been going there for many years now. I am a very protective parent and I would not just have them go anywhere. My kids have learned a lot and built a great rapport with the staff.
Judge and see for yourself. I know there’s not a thing the staff and owners wouldn’t do for me and my kids.

Should have written this review a long time ago but figured «Hey, I got my child out of there before any real damage was done so I’ll leave it be.» But now, I called up and spoke with the front desk requesting the tax document with how much I had paid to them and was told no. The owner informed me I had a balance due and then asked if I was on CCS (Child care service assistance through the state/​county). I answered that yes I was, the program would have CANCELED my assistance if I wasn’t paying my copay, and still, they won’t give me my tax paper! I don’t know if this is because this place is so disorganized or if they really are this rude that they would go out of their way to inconvenience someone who was unhappy with their business. This place seems to still be as horrible as when my son attended. The only good thing about this place is the cameras, so you can log in and watch as other children bully your child and the teachers do nothing. However, when you rush from work to go pick him up you will be scolded like a child because your child stood up for himself. When you ask about what is going on in the classrooms you will get different answers from different people. The director says one thing (basically bad mouthing the owners, claiming they don’t know what is going on and that they don’t know anything about childcare and that the teachers argue in the classroom and that’s why the kids act out) and the teachers will say something different (the director isn’t paying attention and they are overwhelmed). One teacher even went so far as to tell me that the director wasn’t going to do anything about the child that was picking on my child because that child’s parents had 4 children enrolled and she paid the full cash price. Excuse me? So basically because one parent pays more than I do, that parents kids can do whatever they want. My son was only there for 2 months but HATED it. He would cry and cry and cry begging me not to leave him. I was fooled by this place, with their flashy camera system and fancy building, but those things only go so far. The staff here is terrible, the owners treat you like you are beneath them and the director is clueless. I thought I was giving my child a better opportunity when I moved him here but I was wrong. Moved him back to where he had always gone and I have not received any complaints. Run run RUN from Kids R Kids Cedar Park!

Excellent staff and my 2 and 4 year old love coming here. We have experienced the classes from the babies on up to Pre-​K. They have fun and are learning so much. Miss Aprel is amazing in the Pre-​K class and my son comes home talking about her and the work they do. I can peek in on their day online to see what’s going on and that gives me piece of mind. Tight security with a thumb print scanner so I am able to go to work with ease. I never worry about my kids while they are here and they always come home tired but happy.

If i could give it 0 stars i would
This place is horrible the teachers are over worked and under paid which in turns gives lousy service to the children
My nephew hated it here he would cry every time we drove up to this place and never wanting to go into the class willingly we would never know why
one day we looked at the camera to show exactly what they did and they forced my nephew to lay down on a mat during nap time and covered him from face to toe with a double fleece blanket we provided never knowing that they would cover a 2 year old child that way (*be advised we were told prior to enrolling him that during nap time if he wasnt tired they wouldnt make him take a nap as long as he was playing quietly*)
He was in a corner playing quiety with two trains this ‘teacher’ comes up snatches the trains from him and puts them away and lays him on the mat face down and covers him at the same time the teacher was trying to eat her lunch and with one hand held my nephew down and the other ate her lunch and then when she got up she put her body weight on my 2 year old to get herself up
I was mortified i was stuck by calling the media/​cops to running down to that place
when we spoke with the director she was less than helpful you can tell they have no experience working with special kids that need a little extra patience she was wanting us to give her an extra chance and to keep him going there but how could we when he would cry hysterically at the site of just driving by that place we imediately took him out of that school and didnt even bother pursuing legal action i was just happy to have him out of that school he know is attending a lovely school that is great and he runs to his teacher and hugs her and cant wait to get to school im just sad i ever gave that place a try but appreciative they have that live camera option to show exactly what kind of crap they pull
*this occurred a couple of months ago and im now writing this review because ive had time to calm down and my nephew to readjust with strangers but it still angers me. mainly at myself that i didnt pursue this further and i wanted to warn other potential parents about this place and to seriously think it over twice prior to enrolling them here *

When you check out the daycare and call back 3 days in a row but never get a call back from the director… It means do NOT go here. You can tell there’s favoritism with the other workers there. Two of the co workers were sitting up front not doing anything with their 7 year old daughter sitting with them. So not only does the director has favoritism but letting a worker’s child being up front shows favoritism. I am disgusted with the unprofessional atmosphere.

I have two children enrolled at KRK in Cedar Park. My eldest started at the school the day it opened in October 2009. Within a week of enrollment, at 13 months of age, she started using sign language which was not taught at her previous day care. Our second daughter started at KRK at 8 weeks of age and has flourished as well. The infant room has a lot of natural light and the school does not use the kennel style cribs built into the walls. Each classroom has a curriculum which includes a theme for the week along with a sign language and Spanish word. KRK has a philosophy of «hug then teach». I can honestly say that this is not just a slogan but is evidenced by the staff and owner on a daily basis. The staff has a genuine love of children and desire to see them learn and grow. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the school and how well our girls are doing there. I would highly recommend it!