Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Needy Parent I have a student who's mother wants something ALL of the time. I am friends with this parent outside of school. We attend the same church. She also had my personal phone number prior to her son being in my class. She is constantly sending me texts and calling my phone after school hours while I'm at home spending time with my family. She has questions about her son school related things. How can I tell her to please contact me through my school email, school phone, or through the behavior sheet that is sent home daily? When I get home I do not want to be bothered with school stuff. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Since you are friends outside of school, I feel there are many openings for you to confront her respectfully. You could send a formal letter home to her asking her for a conference and you can then talk to her about the situation in a formal setting and format. You could also approach her in a more personal setting, such as at church. After or before you could ask her to please use your teacher contact information for teacher related subjects and use your personal phone number for other matters. Don't make her feel attacked, tell her it's alright, that you just would like to have work and personal matters separate in order to keep more organized. Try to be relatable, she has a family as well, tell her you don't get to spend a lot of time with them when too many people contact you (this makes it seem like she isn't the only one to make this mistake) and that you'd just really like to focus more on your family when not at work (this will relate to her as a mother).