Children's Lighthouse of Parkside

Reviews

• DV

  Daisy Vargas

  2 days ago
  5.0
  We brought our son to Children’s Lighthouse when he wasn’t speaking as much as expected, and we were extremely nervous about transitioning him to a new school. He had struggled with separation anxiety at his previous center and would scream for hours for months. From the moment he started here, the staff was incredibly patient, caring, and supportive. After a rough first day, he quickly became comfortable with his teachers and friends. Now, at just 2 years old, he’s counting to 20, learning his ABCs, and starting potty training! As busy parents, it’s such a relief knowing he’s having fun while learning, playing, singing, and dancing with people who genuinely care about him. They’ve also been incredibly flexible and supportive of our family, working with us through changes from full-time to part-time and back again when we needed extra help. If you’re looking for a daycare that truly cares about both the children and their families, I highly recommend Children’s Lighthouse! ❤️
• DC

  David Chen

  Jul 20, 2026
  5.0
  --- We’ve had a wonderful experience at Lighthouse with both of our children. Our daughter and son each had excellent teachers—Ms. B and Ms. Stephenson—who made a lasting impact on them since leaving. One thing we truly appreciated was the high expectations set for the kids. It’s easy to underestimate what children at this age can handle, but the structured approach, including homework and firm guidance, really helped them grow. Beyond academics, they developed strong social skills and learned the importance of empathy and politeness—qualities that matter far beyond the classroom. We’re grateful for the role Lighthouse has played in shaping not just their learning, but their character.
• EA

  Emerson Araujo

  Jul 17, 2026
  5.0
  Great support and daycare system
• SM

  Sarah Moore

  Jun 24, 2026
  1.0
  We did end up receiving 2 voicemails yesterday from who we assume to be the owner - we couldn’t understand her name due to language. Thank you for finally reaching out but as I said we’ve moved on. Edit to update: I called again on Sunday after reading your response and was able to leave a voicemail this time, but I never received a call back. I figured I’d walk over yesterday to save the call back, but no one answered the door. It’s ok, we’ve decided to move forward with another center we were able to tour. Thank you for your time. No one answers the phone and we’ve yet to receive a phone call back to get information on our 3 littles joining. We just moved around the corner so this location would have been ideal but we are looking elsewhere now after trying numerous times. The one star only speaks for initial impressions since we cannot speak for the quality of care.
• LF

  Luilly Faria

  Jun 24, 2026
  1.0
  I wasn't sure if I was going to write this review, but I did not want any other children would not go through what my son did. When we first started at this preschool my son was so excited, he has always been a very happy boy, but that quickly changed. He turned into a different person, at first we thought it was separation anxiety but we noticed a lot of things from teachers yelling at not just my son but other kids ( we walked in once to a child crying and asking for her mother and the teacher snapped at her to stop calling for her mom, her mom wasn't coming, this was brought to the attention of the director). I went to pick up my son once and he had nothing on but a shirt and his underwear and was wrapped in a blanket, no pants no shoes, when asked what happened I was told by the teacher he had an accident and no change of clothes... he has 3 changes of clothes there, no one thought to call the parents to bring clothes on there way to pick him up. Fast forward to the worse incident, we pick him up when we went to give him a shower he had two HUGE scratches on his back, when asked about it he mentioned a little girl did it ( the kids hit each other A LOT here, you can make complains nothing happens). Come to find out a TEACHER had SCRATCHED my son... she admitted to it...Picture is attached. The same teacher who used withholding food as a FORM OF PUNISHMENT to a 3 year old. Now I will tell you this, when we complained about teachers and how they were treating our son they started targeting him. They labeled him as "bad" well here he is in a new school thriving. He wasn't bad he was being mistreated by the adults who were trusted to protect him. The owners will reply to this and say they tried to work with us, you don't realize the unsafe environment until you are out of it. My son is back to his old self. If I could have given them a negative star I would. Be careful, what we thought was a wonderful experience for our son turned out to be a traumatic event.

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