Which is your favorite age group to care for? Infants (newborn to 1 year of age) Toddlers (1 – 3 years of age) Preschoolers (3 – 5 years of age) Middle Childhood (6 – 10 years of age) Young Teens (11 – 14 years of age) Teenagers (15 – 17 years of age) When looking […]
Do You Drive for Work?
March 13, 2012 1 Comment
Do You Use Your Own Car for Work? Some parents don’t allow their nanny to drive their kids. But, the vast majority of nannies who have a current driver’s license, are willing to drive, and have a clean driving record have an advantage in landing nanny positions over caregivers who cannot drive. Employees who drive can help parents […]
Why Do You Think Nannies are Having a Harder Time Finding Great Jobs?
March 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
Nannies, au pairs, and nanny industry leaders please take our Be the Best Nanny Newsletter monthly poll to help determine what you think is hurting nannies in their job search at: http://surveyconsole.com/t/ABv7WZDPn7 Why do you think nannies are having a harder time finding great nanny jobs? Parents underemployed due to the economic recessionUnemployed teachers working as nanniesParents […]
Have You Seen The Lorax in 3D Yet?
March 11, 2012 2 Comments
For Product Review Sunday we are recommending a great movie in theatres now, rather than a product that can be currently purchased on Amazon or on store shelves. I highly recommend The Lorax. After more than 40-years after Dr. Seuss published The Lorax (Classic Seuss) the story is very relevant today. The Lorax the movie is […]
Seize the Daylight by David Prerau
March 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, daylight saving time (DST) […]
Does Hiring a Nanny Mean an Absent, Non-Responsive Parent Isn’t Neglectful?
March 9, 2012 2 Comments
Working for Neglectful Parents This week we discussed working for parents of different parenting styles as defined by child development researcher Diana Baumrind. A reader of Best Nanny Newsletter who works as a nanny for a single mother who has asked to remain anonymous emailed us for some advice. Her email reads, “Although the mother pays […]
Have You Ever Worked with Permissive, Indulgent Parents?
March 8, 2012 2 Comments
Indulgent and Permissive Parenting Style On our Facebook Page nannies admitted that working for permissive parents is harder than working for strict parents. Many people speculate that parents who themselves had a very strict upbringing, with their parents following the authoritative parenting style, want to make things easier for their kids so they practice the […]
Have You Ever Worked for Parents That Punish Their Kids Too Much?
March 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
Working for Authoritarian Parents Authoritarian parenting is also called strict parenting. Parents who adopt this parenting style are demanding of their children, but not particularly responsive to their children’s needs and concerns. These parents have high expectations for their children to conform to a set of rules of behavior. When their children violate these rules, […]
