Attachment: An Important Part of Your Job We have been discussing how important it is for nannies and au pairs to make attachments with the children in their care. We explained how daily routines are essential to forming attachments with kids. But an in-home caregiver’s attachment with their parent employers is equally important. The most […]
What Do You Do to Build Trust Between Your Parent Employers and Yourself?
February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Routines are Essential to Building Attachments Between Nannies and Children
February 22, 2012 1 Comment
Attachment: An Important Part of Your Nanny Job Children thrive in predictable environments, where mealtimes, nap times, separating from their parents, and toileting are dealt with consistently. Daily routines include greeting children in the morning, how the parents leave for work in the morning, how you serve their breakfast, how the kids get dressed, to doing homework, […]
Did You Ever Think Your Charge Might Be a Bully?
January 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
No Name-Calling Week FOR THE KIDS: Are you a bully and don’t know it? Maybe you know you’re a bully, but don’t know how to change your ways? Ask yourself these questions: 1. Does it make you feel better to hurt other people or take their things? 2. Are you bigger and stronger than other […]
Teaching Your Charge to Stand Up to Bullies
January 24, 2012 2 Comments
No Name-Calling WeekWe can teach children that are being bullied to respect themselves by standing up to bullies. There is a lot of new information about dealing with bullies all over the Internet, journals, and textbooks. The current belief of many child psychologists, teachers, and guidance counselors today is to teach children to stand up […]
No Name-Calling Week: Has a Child in Your Care Been Bullied?
January 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
This week is No Name-Calling Week. No Name-Calling Week is a week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying in their communitie based on the book The Misfits by James Howe. Each and every […]
Activities for Nannies to Do With Kids on New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2011 1 Comment
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 […]
Do You Charge More on New Year’s Eve?
December 30, 2011 2 Comments
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 […]
Sophos Uncovers Fresh Nanny and Au Pair Job Scam
December 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
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 […]
What Are Your Favorite Christmas Eve Traditions?
December 24, 2011 4 Comments
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 […]
Gingerbread Man
December 22, 2011 2 Comments
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! […]
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