PCLC Fails To Follow OSHA Safety Rules

Play Care Learning Center has made a habit over the years of disregarding federal labor laws and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)laws that help to protect workers. Play Care is required by law to have MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for every chemical used at the workplace. Since the Griffins buy whatever cleaning chemicals they can get the cheapest, they frequently change brands of cleaners. This makes it nearly impossible for them to protect their employees from these chemicals by making MSDS safety sheets available for employees and parents to see. If Play Care were to comply with the law, they would need to use the same cleaners all the time and buy them from a professional supplier who will give them the MSDS sheets to go with them. They will not do this unless people file complaints. It does not surprise me a bit that the Griffins have broke yet another law because they are trying to be cheap and do the bare minimum they can get away with. To report safety violations to OSHA, please visit the following webpage http://www6.dleg.state.mi.us/parsers/safety_health_hazards.asp

My Baby Genius

Play Care Learning Center boasts about how much the children there learn while attending their daycare. They even claim to have "teachers" and we all know this is not true at all. The main thing daycare children learn is how to fight for attention because there is no 1 on 1 interaction. Children in daycares are developmentally stunted because of the lack of 1 on 1 time with a primary caregiver.

My daughter is 23 months old and has spent the entire time at home with a loving, primary caregiving parent there to work and play with her every day. She has never been pawned off to a babysitter or a filthy child mill like Play Care to raise her for us. Because I have spent all this 1 on 1 time with her, she is leaps and bounds ahead of any daycare kids her age and many daycare kids a year or 2 older. She speaks in sentences. She knows all her colors, shapes, animals, etc. and can say them all. She not only knows her ABC's but she knows which letters are which. She even knows some sight words as well. She loves to read because I read with her at least 2 hours a day. Not only can she count to 20 (she sometimes skips 11), but if you put a pile of things on the floor or a table, she counts them correctly. When she colors, she stays on the paper. She has been able to climb a 6 foot vertical ladder into a playhouse since she was 18 months. She has been able to use the slides and swings the big kids use since 18 months. All this and she's not even 2 years old yet. I could go on but I'm sure anybody reading this knows where I'm going. Kids that stay at home with a parent have been placed in a position of advantage over the daycare kids.

We attend different playgroups with our daughter. We go to daytime ones for stay at home parents and afternoon and nighttime ones with some daycare kids. The children with the stay at home parents seem to be more independent, share more and whine less. They are also leaps and bounds ahead of the daycare children as far as accomplishments and abilities.

I'm not saying daycare kids are stupid. I'm simply saying that if you make sacrifices to raise your child yourself instead of pawning them off to Play Care, you will end up with much more favorable results and their abilities and emotional growth won't be stunted.

The developing minds of young children need 1 on 1 attention. Play Care is a filthy child mill and I wouldn't send my dog there!

PCLC Closes Again.... It's All About The $$$

Influenza is going around and the owner of Play Care has decided again to close the doors of the daycare. I find it peculiar that she waited until the public schools closed before she closed, despite the fact she has had sick children there for weeks. Could this have anything to do with the fact that the kids who would normally be in school would now be at her daycare all day? We all know how cheap they are and I'm positive this was a cost cutting measure to prevent having to pay for additional labor and meals. After all, the sick children should be at home and not at the daycare. The Griffins never cease to amaze me. Of course, as always, you will be paying for the care they did not provide, in addition to the lost income attributed to staying home from work or paying for alternative child care. If you are one of the few who actually believes she cares about the health of your children then you might want to think about all the kids you see at pick up time all year long with coughs and runny noses that were never sent home. Maybe you should think about the caregivers being forced to work when they are sick. She doesen't care about kids. She only cares about her financial well being. The Griffin's are greedy, self-centered bitches! Do you think the employees there will get paid for a full 40 hours this week? The Griffins surely will.

Play Care Lies As Children Cry

JoAnn Louise Griffin, owner of Play Care Learning Center, has absolutely no problem looking you in the eyes and telling you a bold-faced lie. She has lied to parents about portion size of food, frequency of carpet cleanings, etc. and has told her employees to lie as well. If a child has a rough day, the caregivers have been instructed to downplay or not even mention it to the parent. After all, what parent would leave their child in a daycare if they knew what kind of emotional distress their children were experiencing while mommy and daddy are at work? Mrs. Griffin has lied about things during state inspections and instructed her employees to lie as well. This lady has absolutely no moral character and will do or say almost anything to protect her pocketbook. Don't believe a word she tells you. She will say whatever you want to hear to protect her business. Have a talk with any former employee of Play Care and ask them what really goes on there while you're at work.

PCLC Employees Pay For CPR Classes

Any time an employer of mine has wanted me to take a class, the employer paid for that class and paid me while I was taking the class. Since caregivers must be certified in CPR, I would think PCLC should pay for this training and pay the employee wages during the training. Mrs. Griffin has required employees to report to work at Play Care for Red Cross CPR classes on a weekend, but the employees don't get to clock in and do not get paid for this training. Not only that, but the employees also pay their own hard earned money to take these classes. It's greedy, unfair and just plain wrong! There are still some people who need to wake up and realize their children are suffering because JoAnn Griffin will save a buck wherever she can.

Walking Away

There are so many current customers of Play Care Learning Center who are fed up with the things that have been going on there. Over time, the owner, JoAnn Louise Griffin, has cut her budget anywhere and everywhere she could. Her failure to spend money to purchase things for the children that most parents consider to be necessities has repeatedly shown the parents that their children are not her main priority. Money and power appear to be what motivates Mrs. Griffin.

There have been some people who have recently left Play Care to go to more professional and competent providers. There are many more of you considering it, researching it and talking to each other about it. That's a good thing because your children deserve much better than Play Care has provided. This blog was created to point out problems with this daycare and it's owner. These are problems every parent who sends their children there should be aware of. Instead of ignoring the mean comments about her and taking the constructive criticism from many of her customers, she created her own blog to bicker and argue with you and lie to you.

Since so many people are thinking of leaving, I thought I should warn you about what she has done to at least a few people in the past so that you can better protect yourself from her wrath. There have been several customers of hers who intended on leaving her daycare. When they tried to do the right thing and give 2 weeks notice, Mrs. Griffin told them never to come back. In at least 1 instance, I have been told that Mrs. Griffin even refused to return the money that was paid in advance and claimed the parents broke the contract. She has also told employees not to come back for work when they try to give their 2 weeks notice. I'm glad to hear so many people want to walk away from Play Care but be sure to have backup care ready in case you are just another person she kicks out on the spot for being considerate enough to give notice.

PCLC Fails To Purchase Needed Items

Many people are already aware that the children attending Play Care Learning Center are nothing more to the owner than a source of income. JoAnn Louise Griffin has put her own wants and desires before the needs of the children on so many occasions that most who know her have a negative comment about her. This has led to countless people removing their children from this daycare.

Old Lady Griffin hates to spend money on anything but herself. She will do anything she can to avoid opening up her checkbook for the daycare. She even refuses to buy some items that most consider necessary for young children. It is very common for her overworked and underpaid employees to buy supplies for the children that Old Lady Griffin refuses to buy. Very often, the employees have had to buy art supplies like construction paper, glue, crayons, etc. because the owners are too cheap to keep the supplies stocked for the children. Employees have also been known to buy big ticket items like an air purifier for an infant room because Old Lady Griffin didn't want to spend a couple hundred bucks to help fight the poop smell. It's not like she spends the day in those rooms smelling shit all day so why would she care? Employees have even brought in toys and musical instruments because Play Care didn't have these things or they were in disrepair. Some employees even buy snacks with their own money because the daycare is skimpy with food portions.

JoAnn Louise Griffin has never thanked any of the employees who have purchased these things with their own money. In fact, Old Lady Griffin has even patted herself on the back for some of these art projects which were funded by her employees. Do you really trust your children in a daycare where the owner is too cheap to buy glue, paper and crayons?

As always, this story will be denied by the Griffins and their supporter. If you want to know the truth, just ask any of the former employees who worked there. They are no longer trying to protect their jobs.

On Vacation

This will probably be the 1st post I have ever made on this page that Old Lady Griffin will be happy to see. She better enjoy it while I'm gone because i have some good stuff to post when I get back. I am temporarily restricting comments so that I don't come back to a flood of comments from the Griffins and their supporter to moderate. If you have any comments, please come back and leave them after I return.

Nobody Can Love Or Care For Your Child Like You Do, Especially Not A Filthy Child Mill Like Play Care.

Ode To Joann Griffin

You slither like a snake
Their money you will take
Your concern is clearly fake
No smarter than a garden rake
You have made so many mistakes
Your views are opaque
Their innocence you will take
You are nothing but a headache
Their trust in you will break
Your anger makes you shake
I know you lie awake
Your business quakes
Don't know how much more you can take
Wake up for goodness sake!

Play Care Is A Nightmare!

Play Care Learning Center brags about how great the child care is there but everybody knows they only do the bare minimum the state requires. Play Care is a nightmare!

Lets begin by discussing the ratio they always talk about, which is 1 adult to every 6 children. Even if this adult split their time evenly between the 6 children in their care, these kids would only recieve 16.6% attention. I consider this to be neglect.

The National Institute on Child Health and Human Development conducted a study following 1,100 children in 10 different cities over a 10 year period. The results of this study are clearly not good for daycares. There's a direct correlation between the amount of time spent in child care and undesirable traits, like aggression, defiance, and disobedience. Dr. Jay Belsky, a principal investigator for the study, reports that "as time goes up, so do behavior problems. Children who spent over thirty hours a week in child care are more demanding, more non-compliant, and they are more aggressive." They scored higher on cruelty, bullying, and meanness, as well as talking too much.

It shows that children who spend most of their time in child care are three times as likely to exhibit behavior problems in kindergarten as those cared for primarily by their mothers. It holds true regardless of the type or quality of care or family socio-economic status.

There are many, many studies about the negative effects of child care. There are absolutely no scientific studies that show a daycare is good for a child. Most show that daycares are bad for the children. Anybody with common sense knows that there is absolutely no replacement for the parent-child bond.

Play Care is also a breeding ground for sickness and disease. Children and caregivers there are sick more often than the kids in the public schools. Probably because of more close contact with other children than at school and unsanitary conditions. Remember that just because something looks clean does not mean it is clean.

If at all possible, please consider giving your children the love and attention at home they need and remove them from daycare. It's the right thing to do.

Please Visit Daycares Don't Care

The Food Pyramid

Mealtimes are extremely important in the healthy development of children. What a parent chooses to feed their kids at their own homes is their own business, but when paying top dollar for child care (if you can call it that) at a place like Play Care, I would expect that children get everything they need nutritionally. Sadly, they do not. First of all, I would like to point out that Play Care does not participate in the USDA Child Nutrition Program. They also do not use a menu that was designed by a dietician and do not have a dedicated food service professional preparing the meals. The portions are skimpy and not paired or portioned to give the children a balanced diet according to the new food pyramid. Many children complain of being hungry there because they only get part of a sandwich for lunch. The cost cutting measures at Play Care are affecting your children by neglecting their nutritional needs. They say everything there is better than other daycares or the public schools. We all know that is not true. The schools have a menu designed by a dietician and meals there are prepared by food service professionals. The ingredients come from a reliable distributor like Gordon Food Service and the portions are measured out so everybody knows they are recieving exactly the nutrients they need to grow and in the proper amounts.

A Curse Upon Your Home...

Any man of God can bestow a blessing, or to invoke God's favor upon a person. Only certain people have the power to curse a person. After a curse has been uttered, a blessing cannot remove it. I have placed a curse upon JoAnn Louise Griffin, her home and her business. They shall all become barren and produce no fruit.

PCLC Employees Deserve Union Representation

Due to the dissatisfaction and mistreatment of employees and parents with kids at Play Care, I recommend forming a union to better protect all parties involved and ensure the caregivers at Play Care Learning Center are paid fairly and treated fairly. This will improve the care of the children and the morale of the workers. You have the right to organize. A union will protect your jobs, increase your pay, increase the quality of care and keep Mrs. Griffin from using her veiled threats to intimidate you. Please take a look at this page and give the idea some consideration.

Please take a look at the following blog. http://unionizeplaycare.blogspot.com

How About A Nice Big Cup?

The owner of Play Care, JoAnn Louise Griffin has serious control issues. She controls her husband, she controls her son, she controls her staff. She would even contol her daughter if she hadn't moved away to escape her evil clutches. There are alot of us who know how she is and won't let her have any control over us. In fact, we have been pulling at her puppet strings for nearly a year and it's funny as hell to watch her dance. Dance puppet, dance! She says she has nothing to say on here anymore, at least if it's not a topic she feels comfortable talking about, or perhaps even an issue she might lose her daycare license for? Mrs. Griffin had control of her adult son's narcotics and put them in the baby room. That was too hard for her to dispute after all the times she has ran her mouth on here? I'm glad to see her announcement that she's done commenting on here. It's easier to share the truth without her drama and bullshit excuses. Since Mrs. Griffin is such a big coffee drinker, I have only 1 more question for her. Mrs. Griffin, How About A Nice Big Cup Of Shut The Fuck Up? Thank You.

PCLC Owner Hides Her Son's Narcotic Prescription Drugs In Baby Room

I think I have mentioned before about how Derek Griffin, the son of JoAnn Griffin, has a medical condition and feels the need to take narcotic pain medications. He has also been known to abuse his meds by taking multiple or excessive doses. I have been told by several people that his mother hides his narcotics from him and for some reason, Mrs. Griffin thought the baby room would be the last place he would look for them. The baby room was exactly where these narcotics were hidden by Mrs. Griffin. Not only that, but she forced the caregivers in the baby room to watch these drugs for her. That is just wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start. I will simply say that anybody who would endanger little babies to protect her drug addict son from overdosing is so twisted and sick that I hope she burns in the eternal abyss of Hell!

Play Care Sucks!

Play Care Learning Center says it can't afford to get a battery backup system or a generator to prevent problems responsible for and assosiated with closings of the daycare. It's owners, The Griffins, try to tell a story about how there is no money in child care and they do it just because they love the kids. What a bunch of crap! Of course they're in it for the money and they are just too cheap to pay for things like that. When the daycare closes, the parents still pay for the service they did not recieve and the Griffins make out like bandits. They are too cheap to feed kids healthy, nutritious meals and are too cheap to offer any benefits to their employees. They charge top dollar for less than mediocre care and won't open their checkbook unless forced to. They do, however, have plenty of money to pay for this sign on Michigan Ave. between Marshall and Wattles Park. This sign will not help their failing business. Piss poor child care and word of mouth is the reason for the decline in their business. It would be a crime if I encouraged anybody to climb up on this sign to spray paint on it. I wouldn't ask anybody to do that :)

Play Care Is In The Dark

I was informed that Play Care Learning Center recently closed it's doors for 2 consecutive days. It appears as if they called parents at work and told them they must come pick up their children because the power was out. When parents showed up, the power was on but still had to take the day off work because a light was "flickering". They were also closed for business the following day. It sure is peculiar that an incident like this happened when some of the older children are on spring break from school....Perhaps this was another one of those cost cutting efforts by the tightwads that own Play Care? I have been told that Play Care does not intend to make an adjustment to anybody's accounts for the failure on their part to provide adequate care. Think of all the inconvenience and lost revenue the families had to deal with because of this. If the power was really out for 2 days, which it wasn't, don't you think a responsible child care business should have a generator? The cost of a generator would be less than the amount the customers have been screwed out of due to this stunt. I know there are quite a few customers of Play Care who read this blog. I know you whisper to each other about what we share with you. You know it's true and you whisper about that too. For the best interests of your children, you need to stop whispering. People need to look that wicked lady, JoAnn Griffin, in the eyes and demand accountability for her decisions and actions. People need to demand professionalism. The way this daycare operates it's business is a joke! People should not pay for a service they did not recieve. Don't you and your families deserve so much better?

The Griffins-Too Inept To Stalk Properly

Although my friends and acquaintences have shared plenty of negative information with me about the Griffins and Play Care Learning Center over the past couple months, I have been so busy with a list of construction projects that I haven't had the time to share any of these things with our readers. I have, however, had time to notice that Clyde and JoAnn Griffin have driven by my home staring at it repeatedly over the past couple months. I have also been told by a PCLC employee that Jo Ann Griffin was talking about the current location that I live. This means they are watching me and shows that they are stalkers. They probably thought that I never noticed their frequent drives by my house until late Thursday afternoon when they drove by and I was working on the exterior of my home out in the front yard. The look on their faces was golden when they realized that I saw them. They knew they got caught watching me. I could accept their frequent traffic by my home if I lived on a main road like Michigan Avenue or Old 27. I could accept their frequent traffic by my home if they lived or worked within a couple blocks of my home. I could accept their frequent traffic if they had a close friend or relative living on my street. I live on W. Prospect, a side street, and they have known exactly where I live for some time now. I will not accept the fact that a lady who supposedly feared me enough to take out a Personal Protection Order against me has the nerve to repeatedly drive by my house staring. There is no doubt that this lady is unstable. This lady followed me to City Hall and raised her voice at me in front of my 1 year old baby! This lady has never feared me because I have never done anything to her except share the truth about them and their crappy daycare. I have never threatened or stalked them. I'm not scared of the Griffins. I am completely capable of defending myself and if necessary, have many means to do so. I do, however, fear for the welfare and safety of my family in my absence. It appears as if I'm the one who needs the protection order to keep them away from my family. How fucked up is that? Get a life, stalker bitch!

PCLC Owner Endangers Lives

Robert Clyde Griffin, who is co-owner of Play Care Learning Center is a flight instructor and a recreational pilot. According to my sources at Play Care, he is also color blind.

Color vision is essential for recognizing aircraft position lights, light-gun signals, airport beacons, approach-slope indicators, and chart symbols, especially at night. The 14 CFR Part 67 regulations, revised on September 16, 1996, state that a pilot must have "the ability to perceive those colors necessary for the safe performance of airman duties" for all medical certification classes.

There are several ways for a color blind person to pass a vision test for their medical certificate. They usually doctor jump until they find an Optometrist who uses the correct type of plates to allow them to pass. This seems very sneaky to me and concerns me to know that there are pilots flying around who cannot see the full spectrum of colors.

JoAnn Griffin was blabbing to employees at Play Care one day about how her husband was color blind and still managed to get his medical certification. If these people don't care enough about the safety of other people to do the right thing and let people with full vision do the flying, how do you expect them to properly care for your children? Everything I know of the Griffins shows me that these greedy, manipulative people care about nobody but themselves. I believe every child in their care is potentially in danger because of their failure to put others first.

JoAnn Griffin. The Wicked Witch, Stalker Bitch

As the new co-author of this blog, I take great pride in my first post. Shortly before 3 p.m. this afternoon, I arrived at the city hall building to transfer the utility bills for a property. I parked in the closest space to Michigan Avenue and was clearly visible as I removed my 1 year old daughter from her car seat. As I was doing this, JoAnn and Clyde Griffin pulled up and got out of their vehicle. Because there is no longer a personal protection order and also because I was there first, I ignored them and walked in to conduct my business. We ended up in the same office in line next to each other. Mrs. Griffin began to make a spectacle of herself by raising her voice and telling me several times to come up next to her and watch her pay her taxes. She also went on and on about her mental health and how she pays her own taxes and telling me to post it on my website. I never spoke a word to her and made a point to stand several steps away from them. I wouldn't waste my breath speaking to her. I wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire! First of all, how dare this wicked lady raise her voice and make a scene in front of my 1 year old baby! This is the woman who claims to "love" children so much? She doesn't belong near children. She looked like a fool and everybody chuckled after the Griffins left the room. What an evil woman!

The Griffin Family Faces Severe Financial Crisis

As many of you are aware, the Griffin home, located at 611 Brewer street in Marshall, Michigan has been for sale for quite awhile. Their asking price is $230,000. What they have not told people is that it has been for sale due to their debts and financial negligence. Their business, Play Care Learning Center, has been struggling financially because of their poor business decisions and failure to put the needs of the children before their own desires. I heard from a little bird that they have been recieving collection notices for overdue bills all year long. Within 2 minutes of searching public files on the internet, I found information that confirms they are delinquent on their bills. I understand that there are friends of the Griffins reading this blog (or possibly the Griffins pretending to have friends?) that are every bit as dumb as 10 miles of picket fence. Hi Sherry! For those people, I will explain what you are about to see. The property taxes, primary mortgage insurance and hazard insurance costs are usually added into the monthly mortgage payment when a person has a mortgage on a home. These additional funds, after the principal and interest are paid, are put into escrow and the lender takes care of paying the property taxes, hazard insurance and PMI on behalf of the homeowner. You are about to see proof that Robert Clyde Griffin and JoAnn Louise Griffin are delinquent on their City of Marshall property taxes. This means that they are not keeping up with their monthly mortgage payments and explains why their home is for sale. The link at the bottom of this post is a screenshot of the city of Marshall tax information for the Griffin home. JoAnn Griffin has said that we are the "scumbags", yet we pay our bills on time and live within our means. We don't owe more money on our properties than they are worth, as the Griffins do. Look at the S.E.V. on that house. Look at what they originally paid for it. $230,000 is a ridiculous price to ask for that house! They might find a buyer to pay $160,000 in this market, if they find a moron. How does it feel to fail? Ha Ha!!!

Property Address
611 BREWER ST
MARSHALL, MI 49068

Owner Information
GRIFFIN ROBERT C & JOANN L
611 BREWER ST
MARSHALL, MI 49068

Legal Information
MARSHALL CITY, NORTHVIEW SUBDIV LOT 17 & 18

2008, Winter $676.60 $0.00 $676.60

General Information for 2008 Summer

School District: 13110 PRE/MBT %: 100.0000
Taxable Value: $70,911 State Equalized Value: $89,900
Property Class: 401

Tax Bill Number 02767 Last Receipt Number:
Last Payment Date: Number Of Payments 0

Base Tax: $2,660.72 Base Paid: $0.00
Admin Fees: $0.00 Admin Fees Paid: $0.00
Interest Fees: $139.69 Interest Fees Paid $0.00
Total Tax & Fees: $2,800.41 Total Paid: $0.00

Tax Bill Breakdown for 2008 Summer
Taxing Authority Millage Rate Amount Base Amount Paid
CITY GENERAL 15.462900 $1,096.48 $0.00
CITY REC 0.816500 $57.89 $0.00
DIAL-A- RIDE 0.484000 $34.32 $0.00
LIBRARY OPER 1.671100 $118.49 $0.00
SET 6.000000 $425.46 $0.00
CALHOUN I.S.D. 3.130000 $221.95 $0.00
K.C.C. 1.855300 $131.56 $0.00
SCHOOL OPER 9.000000 $0.00 $0.00
SCHOOL DEBT 2.225000 $157.77 $0.00
D.D.A. 1.612900 $0.00 $0.00
SCH SINKING FUND 0.500000 $35.45 $0.00
COUNTY GENERAL 5.377900 $381.35 $0.00
Totals: 48.135600 $2,660.72 $0.00

2008, Summer $2,800.41 $0.00 $2,800.41

As you can see, they are $2,800.41 behind on their taxes. They also have an additional $676.60 due, which makes $3,477.01, in addition to the interest on this amount that is growing daily. It appears as if buying a new car was more important to them than paying their bills.

You may see their current Marshall city tax information online on the following webpage:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33022781@N08/3076859570/sizes/o/

JoAnn Griffin Steals Taxpayer Funds From The State Of Michigan?

There are some working parents who cannot afford to pay the high prices for child care that Play Care Learning Center charges, but want to be a contributing member of society and hold down substantially gainful employment. In many cases, the state of Michigan pays for some or all of their child care expenses. The parent fills out the forms with the Michigan Department Of Human Services and Play Care recieves direct payment from the state of Michigan for providing care (if you could call it that) for the children of these eligible families. After the financial situation improves for these parents and they can afford to make other arrangements for child care, the taxpayers should no longer pay to take care of these children. This is not the case with Play Care Learning Center. Sometimes, after a family who was eligible for this state assistance removes their child/children from PCLC, Play Care Learning Center has failed to inform the state of Michigan that these children are no longer in their care and they continue to collect payments from the state for these children that are no longer attending there. This is not a matter of poor bookkeeping. It is a matter of stealing. They are stealing from the taxpayers. I'm glad to hear Mrs. Griffin enjoyed that visit from DHS for the child abuse she covered up. Let's see how she likes another investigation and an audit. She shouldn't have taken money from the state for kids she was no longer watching. Even the crooked bookkeeping of PCLC can't hide it. I hope you go to jail you theiving bitch! You have been stealing from us all.

Meet The Play Care Child Abusers

I would like to introduce two of the scumbags that are physically and mentally abusing the children at Play Care Learning Center. Let's have a big welcome for Elaine Maisner and her slutty daughter, Kelsey!

Kelsey runs a child care room for school age children about 6 years old. She picked up one of the young boys in her care by his ankles and held him upside down and shook him. Despite the fact that this boy was crying and screaming, she refused to let him down and laughed about it during the incident and afterwards. This girl should not be around children if she physically and emotionally abuses them like this. Kelsey was never wrote up or fired for this because her mom is JoAnn Griffin's favorite pet. What kind of animal is Jabba The Hut, anyhow? Every employee of Play Care Learning Center is aware of this incident and most of them want Kelsey fired for doing it and want Elaine fired for trying to cover it up. Very few of them like Elaine, anyhow.

On another Kelsey related matter, she has been known to work with Laryngitis, Influenza, Strep Throat and Food Poisoning. This speaks poorly of her judgement and shows that Play Care doesn't look out for the best interests of your children.

PCLC Owners Smoking Around Kids

Not many play care learning center customers are aware of this, but the owners, Clyde and JoAnn Griffin are smokers. They try to hide it but don't do a very good job. If you get within a few feet of them, you can smell it. I don't believe it is in a child's best interests to be cared for by smokers. Even if they smoked elsewhere, the smoke still stays on their clothes and breath. Should young children be placed in a position where they learn that smoking is acceptable? I think not!

Play Care Neglects Children's Oral Care

Despite the fact that the American Dental Assosiation recommends that everybody brush their teeth after every meal and floss twice a day, Play Care Learning Center still has no dental program. When my child attended there I asked that brushing and flossing happen after every meal and snack. I even sent a toothbrush, toothpaste and floss with my child everyday and it was never done. I had talked with JoAnn Griffin about this and she assured me that my child was brushing twice a day there. If this was true, why was the toothbrush dry every day at pickup? JoAnn Griffin will tell you what you want to hear but never does what she says. Oral health can adversely affect the physical health. This is just another example of how this daycare truly doesn't care. Please remove your kids from this daycare if you really care about their well being. There is no excuse to give kids a sugar filled bowl of cereal for breakfast, a cheap lunch and a junk food snack with absolutely no oral care.

There is absolutely no excuse to neglect children in your care!!!

On another toothbrush related matter, imagine your house was for sale. Imagine strange people walking through it while you were not there. What if the realtor was in one room with one prospective buyer while another went to look at the bathroom unsupervised? Imagine where your toothbrushes could have been! Could they have scrubbed the toilet with these toothbrushes? Could they have been wiped on a dirty anus that flatulated on them? What if some sicko hacked up a lung biscuit onto them? How would that make you feel if you knew there was urine, feces, saliva and mucous all over the thing you have been scrubbing your mouth with?