The Children's Institute

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to The Children’s Institute and noticed something odd: the neon sign kept flickering on its own, as if someone were playing with the switch from inside. Curious, he knocked gently on the door. To his surprise, a small voice answered from within: 'Delivery for little Mr. Johnson?' A tiny hand appeared, took the package, and whispered back, ‘Thanks, stranger!’ Turns out, it was just a kid playing a prank—making sure everyone got their packages safely delivered.

2. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to The Children’s Institute and noticed an old lady waving frantically from behind the fence. ‘What’s wrong?’ asked the puzzled driver. ‘My grandson is inside,’ she whispered urgently. ‘He keeps screaming “candy!” every time they give him medicine.” The driver chuckled and said, “I’ll take care of it,” before walking into the institute with a bag of sweets for the little patient.’

3. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to The Children’s Institute and noticed a small shadow darting between the buildings. Curious, he followed it only to see a little boy waving from an open window, beckoning him inside. As the delivery driver peered in, he saw a room filled with toys and games. ‘Hey kid,’ he called out, ‘what are you doing here?’ The boy grinned mischievously and replied, ‘Just helping myself to some fun stuff.’ They spent the next hour playing hide-and-seek around the institute before being discovered by a sleepy nurse who laughed and said, ‘Welcome back, little troublemaker!’

4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to The Children’s Institute and noticed an old toy truck wedged between boxes in the back of his van. He set it aside, thinking nothing of it until later that evening when his own child asked for a toy truck. Confused, he searched through the boxes again—only to find the exact same toy missing from the shipment. That’s when he remembered the little vehicle protruding from his van earlier. Turns out, someone at The Children’s Institute had accidentally swapped their kid’s gift for a duplicate.