Quote Originally Posted by martymonty View Post
I looked on google places, I noticed it asked for a phone number and I'm always leery of putting that information down. I am very protective of my daycare family and usually only accept initial contact to be by email. do you think it is a safe practice to have your phone number listed for anyone and everyone to see.
I think having my phone number there is fine. I am not listed so people can't do reverse number look up and my street address isn't listed either. I good chunk of my inquiries are calls and I wouldn't want to prevent people who prefer that method of communication from getting in touch with me. I know that email is the most popular way of contacting people but I find that telephone is much more personal and some people when searching for this kind of thing prefer that over an impersonal form of contact, even though its just an initial email followed no doubt by a phone call, I still feel like I want to make my business as accessable as possible. I feel I can still do this efficiently while keeping my daycare children safe.