Bear Buddies Child Development Center

Reviews

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  Shelly Droppo

  May 26, 2026
  5.0
  My grandson goes to the Hudson location, he loves his teacher. When we pick him up the kids always seem happy. I've never heard any complaints from him or his parents. The staff is very good at communicating with the parents. They also send you pictures of your child during the day!
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  Emily McDougall

  Mar 20, 2024
  5.0
  My 5 year old son has been at this bear buddies since he was a baby and we couldn't be more grateful for the staff there! The entire staff is amazing and have always been supportive, kind and caring. I always receive great communication from everyone and you can tell the staff genuinely care about the kids. My 5 year old was struggling this year with 4K and behaviors/sensory issues. Bear buddies staff(including directors) worked patiently with him and helped give him extra attention. I ended up having an IEP done on him which showed autism. Cheyanne was there in the IEP meeting and supported me afterwards when I was upset. They have gone above and beyond to help me and my children and I'm forever grateful! Thank you Bear Buddies staff! I highly recommend this daycare!
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  Paul Otto

  Mar 4, 2019
  1.0
  We were a little hesitant to start here as someone at one of their other centers had just broken a child’s leg but there were no other openings in Hudson. We heard from several neighbors that they’d heard bad things but Jan the infant teacher was so good we overlooked the other things. We were there about a year and it was ok, never great. Never loved the building or the administration but again there were a couple great teachers. It started to come to a head when we were transitioning to another room, literally every day that he spent the afternoon in the new room our son came home with a bite a diaper rash or both. We understand these things happen but it was remarkably consistent. The final straw was when we got a call at work one day at 10 am that we needed to come get him because he was not scheduled. We were on 4 days a week and our schedule had to rotate as per their policies. We submitted our schedule by responding to an email every 2 weeks. Apparently we had not submitted schedule for that week as we had not received the email we had been receiving. No one informed us the day before or the week before that they didn’t have our schedule, just that we had to get him that day. I asked to speak to the owner which was a mistake. In 5 minutes of taking to the owner she said “according to the handbook you signed” no less than 4 times, and despite the fact that we’d literally never submitted our schedule in writing in a year the way the handbooks says, and after I “threatened” (her words) to look at another center she said we were kicked out and to come get our kid. After I said I would and would be leaving reviews she threatened to sue me for libel, luckily it’s not libel if it’s factual. I rushed to the center as quick as I could, after the way I was talked to I was worried to leave my son there for another moment. The owner krista had a wait list and threw us to the curb when we had one complaint because she didn’t need us. Luckily we were able to find another center in Woodbury for 150 bucks more per week but if we couldn’t afford that one of us would have probably lost a job just becuase she got mad over the phone. I would never send my kid here knowing what I know now and many of the positive google and fb reviews are current and former staff.
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  Brittany Sperr

  Nov 29, 2017
  5.0
  My twin daughters enjoy going to daycare. The teachers and staff are wonderful. My girls learned so much from bear buddies. I like the fact that its structured schedule and they do curriculum there. Every day they get to learn and explore new things in a organized and clean enviroment. Also love that the rooms are open and when my kids get older and move to a different room they already know the teachers which makes a smooth transition.
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  Jess W

  Oct 2, 2015
  5.0
  We like bear buddies, my children like it and I love how excited they are to see the baby everyday. When there is issues they get resolved. we've had a couple billing issues, and that always gets resolved also. dress your kids in clothes you don't mind getting dirty because they come home dirty some days, my three year old pretty much roles around outside in the sand and fills his shoes.... but hey they have fun and are taken care of at a very reasonable rate!

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