I Can Kids Child Care — Local services in Edison

I wish I could give negative stars. I have debated on even posting this because it’s been over a year now and I was hoping that I would feel better, but I don’t. The effects of what my children experienced at this facility are still present in our lives. And someone recently asked me about this facility and I suddenly felt that I needed to not only tell them, but anyone who is considering sending their children there, what happened. During the pandemic I was working for a hospital and considered and essential worker. Since my children could not attend school and I could not stay home with them and help them with remote learning, they had to attend child care. I spoke with the director at I Can Kidz and explained the situation. I also explained, in detail, that my youngest has a language disorder and neurological delay and that she required a lot of support with remote learning. They assured me they would help her. They lied. Instead of a staff member assisting my daughter with virtual school, they say her next to her older sister, who also had her own online schooling to do, and left my older daughter to help her little sister. No adult helped with school. No adult helped when my first grader with special needs was melting down and unable to follow the virtual classroom nor could she effectively communicate her frustration without help. Instead, they left her in the care of my sixth grader, who was also trying to navigate remote learning. My first grader was distressed and upset. Due to the stress of this situation, my sixth grader developed anxiety and a neurological tick which also lead to depression. Her doctors even directly related her condition to the trauma of this experience. When I was finally able to pull them out and put them in a good child care, they were broken. My youngest got in the car and said “I never go to I Can Kids again!” I tried to talk to the staff and director but I never got a true or straight answer. They said they would take care of my children. They didn’t. They said they would help. They didn’t. Instead, they made the entire situation way, way worse. I don’t know how they are as a regular child care, but they did not help us, they harmed...

It’s really amazing experience for me during this September. When I knew I got one month business trip to North Brunswick, New Jersey. I planned to take my daughter go with me. Her name is Sunny, 5 years old, attending kindergarten in Taiwan now. I hoped she can experience different school life in U.S.A. Then I started to search school information on the internet. I found 2~3 schools near where we were living. I checked each school’s website and try to get as much information from the internet. When I saw “I can kids” website, I was impressed. I studied the school curriculum and photos, then I found all children with happy smile in the photo. This is the most important reason attracted me to make decision. Then I made appointment with Ms. Betsy.

When I arrived New Jersey second day, as appointment time I went to school with Sunny. Sunny is so shy and had a little bit nervous at beginning, but when Ms. Betsy introduced the school environment and teachers to us, all the teachers looked so friendly and very patient with kids, then I found Sunny is so exciting to look forward to starting her new school life. So I chose “I can kids” to be Sunny school.

I am so happy to see Sunny is happy to go to school everyday, she can speak more and more English during the class and have many new friends. She said she loves this school, teacher Ms. Tracy, and all friends. She asks me “Mom, can we stay in U.S.A.? I love here so much.” So I know I made right decision and we will come back again in next summer vocation.

Linn...

My boy is my first child. So finding a daycare for him it's something new to us as parents. We used to send him to other daycare before coming to I can kids. He started to go to daycare when he was 10 months old, we always prepared 3 bottles of his formula every morning, but came back home with 1 unfinished bottle. And when he was ready to have table food more than half of the time his daily report said he refused to eat lunch. He got sick a lot. Everyday when he got on the car he always asked me for cereal or milk. During cold season I will see him with running nose when I picked him up. So I felt very uncomfortable letting staying at that daycare. Finally after he attended I can kids, I started seeing him learning things. One day he came back home from school and pointed at the box said #2. I was so surprised he actually know his numbers and colors. (He's not even two years old yet) I love the daily report with pictures, as a working mother I'm very curious what was he doing at school and what can he do! And when they go outside they always help you dressed your kid right and letting them drink water. When he had the nutrition and the right care. I don't see him get sick as often as back then. However, now we are moving to another state I hope I can find a daycare just like I CAN KIDS. So he will grow up happy...