I've had both of my children in this establishment since they were 2 and 1.5 years. My 2 year old is now 5 and my 1.5 year old is 3. From reading some the negative reviews on here, I felt obligated to give other prospective parents who are considering this school some perspective. The Montessori method is not for everyone. Parents that have a less than satisfactory experience try to blame the school or the guides for their own shortcomings and dysfunctionalities as parents of their children. I assure you, their experience will more than likely be the same at any other child care establishment that cares for their child and the over all ecosystem. Your children tend to absorb and project what they see/hear at home during school hours. Your child's guide more than likely has a fairly intimate view of what transpires during home hours, especially of the filial dynamics of the family unit as your child very likely tells the guide what happens at home. If you have a ton of entropy at home, it will get projected at school, where such behavior is not tolerated. To better align your expectations, prospective parents...this establishment is not a daycare, it isn't a place where you can ""throw"" your kids for 6-10 hours a day and then come pick them up, feed them, bathe them and put them away for the night only to repeat the process the next day. If that is the expectation, take your kids to daycare and don't be a ""poseur"" Montessori parent, as in someone that wants bragging rights that their kids to go Montessori; but' they themselves do not put forth any effort to understand or propagate the Montessori way. The families that enroll their kids here, make a commitment to the school, and to their children, if your lifestyle or work or whatever won't allow for you to be a nurturing parent, this probably isn't the place for you. ALL of the parents work very hard in concert with the school and with our children so that these children flourish in a nurtutring ecosystem. If you want your child to flourish but you don't want to put in the work, like the negative reviewers on here, take your child somewhere else. It isn't fair to the rest of the children or their parents to have ""poseurs"" in the midst. MHFC and the Montessori method is a commitment, you have to commit to your children, and their well being wholeheartedly, if you are a ""poseur"" you will complain about the little things that you as a sponsor of your Montessori child have to do to enable them to be their best. Yes, you have to have your children wash and fold class towels, occasionally, that is their work, NOT yours. One of the fundamental tenets of the MM is to let children do their OWN WORK...if you help them and they do not require your help, you are sabotaging your child and undoing what they learn at school. Yes, you have to buy snacks and flowers occasionally for the class. Every parent/family has this commitment, and if you can't be a part of the nurturing environment for your kids, then perhaps you should indeed consider enrolling your children in a daycare. I know a lot of alum families whose children have graduated from MHFC, and gone on to be beyond successful in elementary school. This place is the BEST provider of a nurturing, loving and caring ECOSYSTEM founded in the Montessori way in the greater Fort Bend area. The only other school that is of this high caliber is inside the loop, and they have very high requirements of parents and very low tolerances for unacceptable behavior especially from parents. I personally haven't had one single complaint about this place, then again, I was a Montessori child myself so I know what is required of me to be a better enabler and guide for my children. I sincerely hope that you find this review fruitful. God Bless.
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