Looking for some different perspectives when it comes to communicating through text messages with the parents. Recently, I was given notice for one of my dck through a text message. I should've just ended the texting and picked up the phone to discuss this with my client, but out of sheer reaction, I texted my client back.

I feel frustrated as all of the communication about my little guy leaving has been through texting. The parent comes off very short and cold and now I feel somewhat angry and hurt to the point where I don't want to see them or talk to them. I feel disrespected and unappreciated. Lately I'm feeling like the parents coward away from things that should be discussed in person, or with a good ol' fashion phone call. I must say though, that the cold, impersonal manner in which these texts are sent seem to coincide with this particular parent - they have always come across to me this way.

Does anyone see a pattern in regards to parents picking location and driving distance over the bond their child makes with a provider? I had my own children with a provider and I can say I would have drove long distances to get them there, because of how happy they were and how much they loved her. I suppose this is a bit of a vent as well, lol.