Renton · Licensed family home
Kids Paradise Childcare
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since September 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 23, 20252 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During the time of inpection, licensor observed the emergency exit gate blocked by a large board and a soccer goal.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During the time of inspection, licensor observed a metal rusted paint bucket underneath the balcony in the outdoor licensed space; accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
Aug 5, 20242 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor observed outdoor emergency gate on the right side of the home has equipment and trash back in the pathway, could cause tripping hazard during an emergency.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider and assistant Z.O. have expired food handlers permit listed in MERIT. Permit will need to be renewed and recorded in MERIT.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Sep 25, 20232 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Window Blinds have pull cords that form loops in the nap room and main childcare area, window next to the fireplace. Will need to be removed or replaced with blinds that do not have pull cords that can form loops WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e): Water in licensed bathroom is showed 129 degrees, will need to be 120 or less.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Cleaning solutions, disinfectant wipes, contact solution, and other pesonal items found in several areas in the licesned space. All will need to be made inaccessible to children”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 66% of 698.
How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 323%
- 2 of 332%
- All 334%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 23, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
During the time of inpection, licensor observed the emergency exit gate blocked by a large board and a soccer goal.
· December 23, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Dec 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · December 23, 2025
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
During the time of inpection, licensor observed the emergency exit gate blocked by a large board and a soccer goal.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
During the time of inspection, licensor observed a metal rusted paint bucket underneath the balcony in the outdoor licensed space; accessible to children.
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · August 5, 2024
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
Licensor observed outdoor emergency gate on the right side of the home has equipment and trash back in the pathway, could cause tripping hazard during an emergency.
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Provider and assistant Z.O. have expired food handlers permit listed in MERIT. Permit will need to be renewed and recorded in MERIT.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · September 25, 2023
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b): Window Blinds have pull cords that form loops in the nap room and main childcare area, window next to the fireplace. Will need to be removed or replaced with blinds that do not have pull cords that can form loops WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e): Water in licensed bathroom is showed 129 degrees, will need to be 120 or less.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
Cleaning solutions, disinfectant wipes, contact solution, and other pesonal items found in several areas in the licesned space. All will need to be made inaccessible to children
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 778-6391
- Area
- Renton, 98058This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-82133
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 2, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
Details
- Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Seattle-area family home holds; 735 of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes are. Small is 3 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.