Routines Help Kids Succeed If your school-aged charges haven’t started school yet, they will tomorrow. In the September 2010 Be the Best Nanny Newsletter we discuss how nannies and au pairs act as tutors helping children with homework and school work. We discussed multiple intelligences and how each person has a different learning style. This […]
U.S. News and World Report asked Stephanie Felzenberg, editor of the Best Nanny Newsletter, to share her best advice for nannies who want to market themselves and stand out from the pack: 1. Standout Résumé. The résumé remains the most important way for nanny candidates to market themselves. To stand out among a pile of […]
Why Children Should Witness Breastfeeding in Public This article from Nursing Freedom a mother describes her experience of breastfeeding in Europe compared to in the United States. The mother explains that in Sweden and Denmark she observed three women nursing babies, uncovered, at the table at restaurants, and many others nursing at parks and playgrounds. […]
Responsibility, Reform, Research Earlier this year we presented a series that highlighted the year-to-year changes mandated by new health care laws. Click here to see a summary of the series or enter “health care reform” in our search engine. You should be aware that these newly enacted laws and regulations do not form a socialist […]
Paterson Signs Domestic Workers Bill of Rights! Governor David A. Paterson today signed into law a landmark bill to grant workplace protections to domestic workers, the first such law to be enacted in the nation. Domestic workers had been excluded from many of the rights granted to other employees by legislation enacted in the past. […]
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Becomes Law Today Domestic Worker’s United asks domestic workers to join them at the historic signing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law at the new Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza, a traffic triangle, at the intersection of Frederick Douglass Boulevard (formerly Eighth Avenue) at St. Nicholas Avenue and […]
On Facebook, Kids Often Don’t Know Who “Friends” Are NEW YORK (CBS) You may think kids are behaving responsibly online and know everyone they talk to on Facebook. But in a startling new AOL survey conducted by The Nielsen Company more than half of the children surveyed – 54 percent – said they don’t personally […]
Product Review Sunday for Nannies and Au Pairs This Sunday we review the Mommy’s Helper Perfect Feeder. What we like the best is the divided feeding bowl. The divided bowl easily holds baby food jars and the divided bowl allows feeding two different flavors. You can easily put a fruit on one side to mix […]
Review of Teacher Says: 30 Foolproof Ways to Help Kids Thrive in School by Evelyn Porreca Vuko Popular Washington Post education columnist and veteran educator Evelyn Vuko shares the inside scoop to ensure children get the best education possible. Drawing on her experience in the classroom-as well as input from authorities ranging from creative writing experts […]
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to Become Law Tuesday, August 31st at 11AM New York Governor Paterson will be signing the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law this coming Tuesday, August 31st at 11am. Join domestic workers and supporters for the historic ceremony at the new Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza, a traffic […]
