It seems to be a case of big business forgetting about the little person - the really little person. Parents and children at the Goode Street ABC childcare centre yesterday found out that the long day care facility will be closing mid-year, and they are furious. Sonya Hogan has a four-year-old at the centre and with two older children, she has been part of the centre's community for seven years. She can't believe that they are being forced to move into one of the other ABC centres by June 17 and blames the decision on the management of the $845 million company. "For quite a few families their kids have just stopped crying when they get let off in the morning and now they're going to have to get used to a whole new set-up and start again," Ms Hogan said. "We were all just shattered and shocked this morning - I feel for the staff too - they're dedicated and the kids always come first and that's the big difference between staff and management." Ms Hogan would now like to move her daughter into a privately owned childcare centre instead of taking one of the positions being offered at the other three ABC centres in town, but found nowhere else had an opening for three days a week. "There's something to be said for privately owned rather than being one of a number," Ms Hogan said yesterday. With ABC Learning Centres closing 65 of their 660 centres last year mother of three-year-old twins Therese Hatch said: "We're just another number - and a small one at that because it's a small centre". However it's that small-centre quality which Ms Hatch valued and she is especially worried about how her son will adjust to the Delroy Gardens ABC Centre where she has been offered a place and which is licenced for 100 children. ABC spokesperson Scott Emerson said the closure was necessary because they were no longer experiencing the same demand in the younger age groups. At other childcare centres in Dubbo like Council owned Rainbow Cottage, social services manager John Watts said their waiting list had fallen slightly in the younger age groups but they are still experiencing very high demand. ABC has offered parents two months'free childcare to compensate for the inconvenience but Ms Hogan said that was "no compensation for the disruption to the kids lives". All the staff from Goode Street will now fill vacancies at the other ABC childcare centres in Dubbo.