Love Thyself Child Development Center
Love Thyself Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (2 of 6). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #408 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers.
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Licensee and staff acknowledgement that Licensees son and husband worked at the CCCwhen children are in car, prior to obtaining a fingerprint clearance and/or exemption which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Licensee will take the Child Care Center Orientation and provide LPA Clayton with the certificate and a wriiten Declaration of her understanding of the regualtion regarding Criminal Record clearances and exemptions no later than November 22, 2024.
Licensee will ensure that all children enrolled and/or in attendance at the CCC met the age requirement as specified on the licensee and that there is documentation in the childrens file to confirm that they meet the requirement. LPA Claytons record review and interviews which determined that there was a child enrolled and in attendance at the CCC who’s age did not met the conditions and limitations as specified on the License which poses and immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Licensee will take the Child Care Center Orientation and provide LPA Clayton with the certificate and a wriiten Declaration of her understanding that no child shall be present in the Center until after the child has reached their 2nd birthday, no later than November 22, 2024.
LPA Claytons review of the childrens files and observations that none of them contained the LIC 701 forms, which poses and immedicte Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on observation, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to comply with the license issued for age ranges 2 through entry into 1st grade by enrolling and accepting Child 1 prior to the child's second birthday, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 clearly states no child shall be present in the Center until after the child has reached their 2nd birthday. Parents/Licensee will sign and date the addendum and shall submit to LPA via postal mail or email by 7/22/2022.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the trash can next to the kitchen is not covered, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 9 out 12 children's files reviewed by LPA did not include immunization records, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
CRIMINAL RECORD CLEARANCE: Uncleared adult(s) have access to day care children in care.
LICENSE: Facility is operating beyond terms and conditions of their license
License: Facility is operating beyond terms and conditions of their license
About this center
Common questions
Does Love Thyself Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Love Thyself Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 14, 2024, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Love Thyself Child Development Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Love Thyself Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #408 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Love Thyself Child Development Center last inspected?
Nov 13, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Love Thyself Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Love Thyself Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Love Thyself Child Development Center?
The licensee is Cheryl M. Muhammad, and the administrator listed with the state is Cheryl M. Muhammad.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 197418442 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.