It is always helpful to write a message about absenteeism to students and families so they will receive an automatic answer when they contact you outside of class, and a friendly reminder that you will answer their questions tomorrow or Monday If you want to be the teacher your children need in the morning, you must allow yourself to leave work. This process begins with establishing a hard line as you go to work. Set the limits and stop answering emails, calls, and text messages after a certain period of time. We need more of this permission to hang up, work on our contract hours, go home and rest. Of course, it is more effective to say “no” to permanent availability if everyone in the school community is satisfied and respects working hours. We can organize an evening meeting with a difficult parent whose working hours do not allow us to meet “him” or “her” during the day. The best gift I have ever given as a teacher is receiving my professional email back to my phone. And this is probably what you should get before and after the end of the school year. You should clearly explain to parents and students when they can contact you during this time. Protect your time, mind and brain. To give yourself a chance to fight, you will set certain limits.