My child has not attended daycare here but the way I was spoken to on the phone by the provider was completely unacceptable. I called inquiring about a slot for a future child. My husband and I are planning to adopt through DCF which means we will be pre-adoptive parents who are fostering until the adoption goes through. We know the child will be under two and that the child will not be living with us until at least November- beyond that we don’t know much. So right now this is like our “pregnancy” of sorts- we are setting up a bedroom, collecting gear, getting on childcare waitlists, etc… the first thing Marie said to me when I mentioned “foster” was sorry I don’t take vouchers. I then pointed out to her we won’t necessarily need to use a voucher. We are hoping to use the voucher DCF offers foster families but it’s not required. We just need daycare so we can both work and want to get on as many waitlists as possible. I did inform her though that Winnie lists her as having financial aid available which would have been convenient. She then stated well I only take 15 months old and up. We said our good byes. Then she called me back and let me know she couldn’t find what I was talking about online so I directed her to Winnie, once again. Then I explained to her I really just want to be put on her waiting list for the age group she references because I’m worried about finding childcare. My bio daughter goes to the other daycare on her road and it would be so convenient if they were both at that daycare when we start daycare for the foster child but that might not be possible given availability so it would be nice to at least have them on the same road. She then declared, “well I charge $9/ hour. Can you afford THAT?!” I did the math and calculated that for full time care it would be about $1200/month give or take 100 bucks. I used to pay $1350 for my oldest so not an unheard of amount- seems steep for a family daycare but average range for daycare, overall. I pointed this out to her, that her rate seems average overall, to which she declared, “oh not it’s NOT!” And then hung up on me. Marie was completely inappropriate. It was obvious Marie had incorrect assumptions about vouchers, foster care, and me overall, and if I were a parent who actually didn’t have the means to pay for daycare, I would have felt totally stigmatized. As it was, I felt stigmatized for considering fostering a child and felt that my future foster child would be stigmatized and unfairly judged by attending this daycare. I would not recommend considering Marie for your child. This is not the attitude of someone who actually cares for children but of someone judge mental and cruel who will treat anyone who doesn’t live up to her ideal poorly. FYI Marie- my husband and I are both master’s degree holders and although we don’t make a brag worthy amount of money, we do make well over six figures between the two of us and would have had NO problem paying $1400/month for childcare. We used to pay over $2000/month for a nanny. We are incredibly kind and loyal people who treat the ones who care for our children with deep gratitude and love. Treating people poorly will attract people to you who will treat you equally poorly. I hope you read the is review and change your attitude. The loss is yours