Communicating Effectively With Your Day Care Parents

Clear communciation with the parents of children who attend your day care is vitally important and should never be underestimated.  The more effective your informal and formal communications the smoother your business will run, the happier your parents will be and most problems/conflicts will be avoided.

Keep all your formal policies in a single folder for easy access and invite the feedback and comments of parents.  Try to keep the language as uncomplicated and jargon free as possible.  You want people to absorb the information not be blinded by science so try presenting brief, simple statements. 

Bullet points and graphics are an effective method of presenting information.  Try to keep your language and style informal and present the policies succinctly – you can provide more detailed explanations in seperate notes for those who wish to read it. 

Invite parental input via a comment box or notes on the policies and attempt to take them into account.  Sometimes we can't see the wood for the trees and a parent's practical feedback can be invaluable.

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