Facebook and Daycare...Do you mix the two?

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5LM I see the appeal in having a dedicated page to share your wonderful daycare experiences and day to day activities, but I too share in your concerns and I think they are warranted. Do you have a website? If so then you could have a parents page which is password protected so they can access children's info and then change the password periodically when parents leave and new people start. If you don't have a website it's easy to make one for free as basic or as complicated as you'd like through wix or weebly. Both have the optional feature of a password protected page for certain content. I'd think this would give you way more options to personalize it exactly as you'd like without any of the worries of FB and I think overall would offer a much more professional approach in my opinion. Also it would be a great first impression in terms of advertising to show prospective families that not only do you have a great website that you have taken the time to put together, but that you maintain it and update it regularly too.

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Everyone has their own way of doing things. I don't doubt that you are very open....I've sensed that in some of your discussions in here My 'extreme' openness with my clients is part of my (for lack of a better term) 'schtick'. It's kind of how I present myself and my business. Of course, I've had 1 or 2 in the past who have made me question this method, but overall, it's been great! The FB page is an excellent tool, whether your personal one or a business dedicated. I just find it easier to maintain the one page and if the parents are cool with it, then so am I. Besides, they see me in an unprofessional light fairly regularly....such as this Friday night when we go to a 'Parents' Dinner' possibly to be followed by a pub crawl As long as I'm professional when I need to be, they don't mind....though my atmosphere isn't for everyone. It draws exactly the clientele I want.

Good luck sorting out your decision. I think you'll find the additional advertising to be beneficial.