Early childhood teachers have complained of stress and overcrowding in a national survey.
Four thousand teachers responded to the Child Forum survey and a quarter said they would not send their own children to the centre they worked in.
Some of the teachers said their centres were noisy, crowded and one compared her's to a prison.
Teacher Susan Bates told our Education Correspondent, John Gerritsen, the survey results match what she hears through the support group she runs, the Teachers Advocacy Group or TAG.