I actually picked up this time as I was getting annoyed wit the 2-3 daily calls each weekday after 2 weeks of them calling straight.The place that is calling is based in Ontario. The caller said she's calling to conduct a 2-3 minute survey regarding child early development. I told her I didn't have the time to do this and asked her to not call again and instead she answered with, "I''ll call back."How annoying.

I got the call too and decided to take the survey. The company is called A+ Child Development (check out their website) and the program they are marketing is called Project Headstart. They use the survey to determine if you qualify to have a consultant come out and meet with you to tell you what the early childhood program is all about. They won't tell you what the cost is, so I will.  It's $75/month for 4 / 6 years (I can't remember) or it's an upfront fee of $3600ish.  They don't tell you how much it is so that they can explain the value of the program and show you a sample of the materials. Well I qualified and had a consultant come in and talk with us last night.  The theory, concepts and materials are excellent and can be used up to the Jr. High stages of your child's life.  I see a real benefit in this program for my child (program is Montessori based). If you're interested they will sign a contract with you only binding in 10 days or until you see a qualified teacher who will bring all the materials with them to show you how to use the curriculum.  If at that time you don't want to go ahead you can cancel your contract and that's that.  They tell you that you're part of a market research program and ask that you provide information to them (ie. reports cards when your child starts school, and a testimonial after a period of time that can be used for marketing purposes once the program is launch in the retail market.  My husband and I feel that the costs are high and it's hard to get a 3rd party opinion of the program on-line. They say they have a confidentiality agreement with all the 18,000 families that are in the program so they can't provide names as references.  The only feedback so far is the testimonials on their site. Both my husband and I love the materials, the program and concepts behind it.  They boast that 80% of their children meet the goals (i.e reading at a grade 3 level by the age of 4) if this program is started early (3rd trimester to age 10).  But b/c we can't find more 3rd party information from them we're skeptical.  I'm in the process of looking for more information before we decide to do anything.

If you don't want any more annoying calls I suggest that you do the survey and answer their questions incorrectly and trust me, they'll leave you alone.  Good luck.

Have recieved this call on my BC cell phone at least three times a week at the same time of day.  They are supposedly doing an Early Childhood Developement survey. Have told several of the ladies that I am at work and can't take personal calls and to please call back after 4 pm my time.  Still getting calls around noon and getting thourally pissed off.

Getting REALLLY tired of calls from these guys - who never say hello once I pick up the phone.

Abuse of telecommunications equipment.  I'm going to start calling my provider with harassment calls.

Getting REALLLY tired of calls from these guys - who never say hello once I pick up the phone. Abuse of telecommunications equipment.  I'm going to start calling my provider with harassment calls.

This number I believe is to be from a progam called Head Start which is an early childhood development program. They're looking for families for enrollment into their program.