Texting On A Sunday?

[familyschoolcare]

The thing that would have bothered me in the orginal post was that the texts was time sensative. I tell my parents do not E-mail ot text me something that

is time sensative because you have no way of knowing if my phone, computer or service is having a problem and I did not get the message. When

it need to be explained I say if you need to tell me it before you will see me in person call me.

[littlemissmuffet]

Anyway, how do you feel about being texted on weekends particularly Sundays regardless of what the context is, etc?

I don't text and even if I did, it's not a form of communication I would have with clients. Phone, email and face to face only. I don't answer the phone after hours - parents leave a message and I decide whether or not I need to call back and collect more information, etc. Same with email.

The way I see it, I am the owner of this daycare 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it's my job to at least have a way of parents to contact me/pass information to me if/when need be... whether or not I chose to respond outside of "open" hours simply depends on the situation.

[3girls]

I like texting so it wouldn't bug me. The schedule being late would.

I don't do anything tense or ugly with texting so if something is hard I will call them and talk.

It's not unusual for my parents to text me every day. We are on facebook together too so they IM me too.

I love it.

This is me too. I would be upset by the parent not following policy. My daycare parents like to hear what we are doing during the day so I usually send out at least one text a day. On my end I would much much much rather a text than a phone call. I'm too busy/its too loud to answer the phone usually.

[Crazy8]

I don't mind texting, actually I'd prefer they text me instead of calling me over a weekend. I can read their text and reply with a simple "ok" - doesn't interfere with my family time at all - a 10 min. phone call would.

The late schedule thing would bug me and TELLING me they will be coming by in 5 min. would bug me, and I would not accomodate either - but I have daycare parents who text me over the weekend telling me how busy a local amusement place is when we talked about it on Friday - that I don't mind at all. I know its frowned upon by some, but I have a level of "friendship" with most of my daycare families and I like it that way!

[MarinaVanessa]

I don't mind texting, actually I'd prefer they text me instead of calling me over a weekend. I can read their text and reply with a simple "ok" - doesn't interfere with my family time at all - a 10 min. phone call would.

Ditto here too. They know that if they ask me a business related question they may not get an answer until Monday. Other than that I appreciate a short text telling if they'll be late or not coming on Monday morn.