So to start....I have facebook, however, after I sign up a family I block both the parents so that they can not see my fb postings and activity. I have nothing to hide (really I don't!! lol) but I very much prefer to keep my social and personal life separate from my business life. I don't want to feel that I have to censor my postings and such "just in case" a parent sees it and is either offended or misinterprets something.....know what I mean? lol. I also don't want the parents to think we are "friends"...that sounds harsh but I'm truly not friends with the parents outside of dc hours. I am friendly with them and like them but that is it. I will have playdates with past parents but only during dc hours. I keep in contact with past parents and will visit with them if I see them out and about but that's about it.


So now my dilemma.....I send pictures throughout the day to all the parents of their child and occasionally the activities we do. I used to post our snacks and meals on a white board but often we are outside at pick up time so parents don't see it anyways. I post things to my own personal fb page (but never with the children, just art, baking, sensory etc). However, I think it would be great if parents could see what we do!

I am considering making a fb page or group. I would use it to post our snacks and meals, the activities we do throughout the day/week, pictures of the children playing, daycare closures/reminders (but still do my newsletter as well).

For those of you who have a fb page or group, do you like it? Do you find parents like it? Do you make it private and once a family leaves they are removed from the group? When you first started it did you ask permission from all the families? What if a future family says no they don't want that...do you just make sure you don't post pics of their child? Any pros and cons you can tell me would be appreciated. Oh and would I have to unblock the parents or would I just create a page or group (which one do I do?) and that way my own personal fb page wouldn't be linked to it?

Or for those who have a website, how do you make one and do you find that better than a fb page?