My 2 children (girl 4 and boy 2) attended the JustKidz setting last year, and I relied on reviews to help form part of my decision to do so.

I wanted to write an honest review based on my experience, to help others in their search for the best childcare for their little ones. And also provide Lindsley with constructive feedback on how she can improve the quality of the service she provides to children and parents.

Lindsley had a tough, and occasionally fair approach in her care of my children. Her style is definitely more ‘teacher’ than ‘nurturer’, so it would be best for you to consider if your little ones would benefit and thrive under this.

I understand from social media posts that Lindsley was having difficulty with adapting to my children in her care, and that she found certain elements of their characters challenging to manage. I would have appreciated Lindsay discussing this with me in person to work out a way forward, and that would have been a much more professional and appropriate approach to take.

In addition, Lindsley had many opportunities to address this with me and could have detailed in my children’s learning journals. However these were not kept up to date, and I’m still waiting for my daughters journal having asked for this repeatedly over the last 4 months.

On occasions I was made aware that my children were being left in the care of an assistant who I was not informed of, and I had not been given the appropriate consent forms to sign.

Whilst my experience with Lindsley has been negative, I’ve been able to learn from this, and my children are now thriving in an alternative childcare setting.

I hope Lindsley has also learnt from this, and I wish her the best in improving her service and future endeavours as a childminder.

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