What games or activities do you play with kids on New Year’s Eve? When nannies are paid handsomely working on New Year’s Eve they ought to put some effort into their job to keep the kids entertained. In fact, a subscriber of Be the Best Nanny Newsletter who works and lives in the Atlanta area says she […]

  Have You Ever Charged More for Babysitting on New Year’s Eve? In 1999 babysitters made $300 for New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. According to the The New York Times, more than a decade ago, babysitters were earning up to $100 an hour, some $250 for five hours, with a 13-year old charging $135 […]

Security researchers at Sophos have detected one spam outbreak, which offers a salaried work for au pairs or nannies where the salary stated is absolutely unimaginable. Essentially, probable victims through the spam mail are presented one simple work of minding two kids. Craftily written, this email is tempting enough for anybody to abandon their existing job. The job […]

Leaving Santa Cookies On Christmas eve, the night before Christmas, children expect a visit from Santa.  It is customary to read children some Christmas stories to complete their evening. The classic The Night Before Christmas is by far, the most popular short story of all. Reading stories in front of the fireplace with some hot […]

Christmas Crafts Run, run, as fast as you can… You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man. This is a great way for younger kids to make a pretty realistic gingerbread man without all the mess and hassle of making them in the kitchen. This also makes a great bulletin board display or Christmas Ornament! […]

What Big Stories About Nannies Did We Miss? enannysource.com posted the top 10 Biggest Nanny News Stories of 2011. We rearranged the concept a little and added the new America’s Supernanny television show. Here’s our three top nanny stories of 2011. 1. The Babysitter Bill: The California state assembly introduced a bill, A.B. 889, AKA “The Babysitter Bill” which included […]

Easy Craft for Nannies and Au Pairs The Star of David is named after King David of ancient Israel. With the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 the Star of David on the Flag of Israel has also become a symbol of Israel. You Will Need: 6 Craft Sticks Glue Glitter Blue Paint […]

The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn In 1993, in Billings, Montana there were displays of bigotry based on religion, race, and sexual orientation. White supremacists desecrated a Jewish cemetery, made harassing phone calls to Jewish homes, painted swastikas on the home of an inter-racial couple, and so on. But then something happened in 1993 […]

Great article from Down Under. WOMEN should demand nannies and housekeepers as part of their salary package to keep their careers on track, Ita Buttrose says. The publishing queen said if Australia adopted more of a nanny culture, it would help women stay in work, continue to climb the corporate ladder and snare the chief […]

Did You Watch America’s Supernanny? Unlike many nannies on Facebook nanny groups and Yahoo nanny groups who said they would not watch America’s Supernanny because the new host Deborah Tillman is a daycare owner and mother, rather than having experience as working as a nanny, I watched the show. In this first episode of America’s Supernanny […]