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Play Care 03:28 AM 08-07-2013
On forms and contracts? I am redoing my contract to issue to my current families. This is the first time I have ever reissued my full contract in almost 9 years. There are a lot of bolded and underlined points and I'm wondering if anyone else does this? I started thinking that perhaps it was a bit too much or passive aggressive? Thoughts?
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daycarediva 03:59 AM 08-07-2013
I don't think it's too over the top, but I do it as well!

Bolded and underlined parts in my contract are things that are ABSOLUTELY essential. Almost each one of my topics has a sentence bolded.
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TheGoodLife 05:12 AM 08-07-2013
I do the bold more- bold AND underline only a couple time. I also have a 1 page "Handbook Policy Overview" where I briefly outline the most important/ most likely to be "unnoticed" policies
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LK5kids 05:13 AM 08-07-2013
Over the years with different jobs I have had that required parent communication I came to the conclusion that people are just not readers! Not that they can't they just don 't.

They may not read it, may skim it or read it and not make a mental note of it.

I would not hesitate to bold and underline. I find it helps. I don't think it's PA, but who cares if it is!
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Familycare71 05:17 AM 08-07-2013
Personally I feel like if I did that it would make some points of my policy/contract look less important. They are all important parts-
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EntropyControlSpecialist 05:42 AM 08-07-2013
I used to not. Now I DO underline/bold in my long parent handbook and I will also, on occasion, highlight the things with an actual highlighter.
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MCC 05:45 AM 08-07-2013
Originally Posted by Mama2Bella:
I do the bold more- bold AND underline only a couple time. I also have a 1 page "Handbook Policy Overview" where I briefly outline the most important/ most likely to be "unnoticed" policies
I was just thinking about doing a "policy overview" page. I think that's a great idea.
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littlemissmuffet 07:02 AM 08-07-2013
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I don't think it's too over the top, but I do it as well!

Bolded and underlined parts in my contract are things that are ABSOLUTELY essential. Almost each one of my topics has a sentence bolded.
Same here.
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crazydaycarelady 07:06 AM 08-07-2013
Yes, and I use italics too!
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Crazy8 07:32 AM 08-07-2013
I do not use it much throughout my contract but have bolded a few words here and there. I also use red text for any talk of money. Like it would say "fee for late pick up will be $1 per minute" or "return checks will incur a fee of $30" The "$1 per minute" and the "fee of $30" would be in red.
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frugalmama4 07:40 AM 08-07-2013
Yep...I'm a bolder and highlighter...in ALL my parent communications.
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Blackcat31 08:10 AM 08-07-2013
Guilty....


.....is there anything else???
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Unregistered 08:53 AM 08-07-2013
Besides doing some of the things everyone else does I also:

include reminders of different parts of contracts/handbooks in my monthly newsletters.
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Play Care 08:55 AM 08-07-2013
Originally Posted by Familycare71:
Personally I feel like if I did that it would make some points of my policy/contract look less important. They are all important parts-
Good point!
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littlemissmuffet 10:10 AM 08-07-2013
Originally Posted by Familycare71:
Personally I feel like if I did that it would make some points of my policy/contract look less important. They are all important parts-
That's not neccesarily true - I usually bold the CONSEQUENCE of not following the policy while the actual policy under each heading is in regular font
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Familycare71 10:16 AM 08-07-2013
Originally Posted by littlemissmuffet:
That's not neccesarily true - I usually bold the CONSEQUENCE of not following the policy while the actual policy under each heading is in regular font
Yes- that makes sense... I read the question differently...
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Starburst 10:17 AM 08-07-2013
I would capitalize, underline, and/or bold print a word for very important things that can be miss understood or where the "Not" or "is" can be 'misread'.

Example:
The child care home is NOT responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged property.

The child care home is NOT responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged property.

The child care home is NOT responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged property.

The child care home is NOT responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged property.


But I usually underline and bold the section titles and subsections for formatting purposes. So I usually just capitalize an important word and save underlining or bolding for reminders or disclaimers that say "Note:" or "Remember:". Because if you over use it it kinda looses its urgency
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