Parents FAQs

Parents Questions about Daycare Centers and ChildCare Smiles

How can I use ChildCare Smiles to help me select a daycare center?

What locations does ChildCare Smiles currently serve?

Does ChildCare Smiles publish parent reviews of daycare centers?

How can I use ChildCare Smiles to help me select a daycare center? When we designed ChildCare Smiles, many parents told us they needed a website where they could get great information about daycare centers quickly and easily.  In addition, they wanted to be able to use this information to help them make the best decision possible for their child.  Here's how ChildCare Smiles achieves this for parents: Search Functionality Parents can easily find a daycare center: Perform a simple search based on your address, city or zip code. If you know the name of the daycare center, you can enter it directly and search on the name. Perform an advanced search which enables you to select specific criteria, including: distance, learning approach, ages served, hours of operation, and more. This will help you narrow your list to the daycare centers that are a best fit for your child. View Profiles View the online "daycare center profile" for each member on the ChildCare Smiles website.  Every daycare center profile includes up to thirty different pieces of information, is easy-to-read, well organized and can be printed in a few pages. View Photos View photos of the daycare center.  You'll find photos of the centers in each profile.  These photos can be enlarged online to give you a great visual tour. Compare Daycare Centers ONLINE Parents can easily compare the profile information of daycare centers online, evaluating them on up to thirty pieces of individual data. Compare data including: philosophy, child-adult ratios, capacity, learning approach etc. Print Profiles The profile for each daycare center can be easily printed in a few pages. This is convenient for parents and the information can then be used by the parent when they call or visit the center.  Additionally when a parent compares the profile online, this comparison can be printed and reviewed as well. Contact the Daycare Center Directly Parents can easily contact the center using the contact information in the profile.  Also, they can click directly on the email link and send an email, and retrieve a map with driving directions from your address. Additional Information Parents, who would like additional information about a specific daycare center, can click on that centers' website link in the profile.  Top

What locations does ChildCare Smiles currently serve? ChildCare Smiles is currently operating in California, with new locations rolling out across the country every month.   Does ChildCare Smiles publish parent reviews of daycare centers? In theory parent reviews sound great; however from our research it is clear that parents prefer to evaluate good quality information, visit the center, and decide for themselves. Why?  Many of the reviews posted are outdated, unfair, subjective, and in some cases, misleading. Also, there are many wonderful daycare centers that may be mistakenly overlooked by parents because they have no reviews.  Parents, here's the bottom line: use the information at ChildCare Smiles to do your research online.  Once you've narrowed down your list of daycare centers, contact the center to set up an appointment to visit.  Before making your selection, we recommend that you visit/tour the center first.  At ChildCare Smiles, we are always open to your feedback about our daycare center members.  If you have specific feedback then please let us know at parentfeedback@childcaresmiles.com.  We will confidentially share your feedback with the member. Top