The Simple Things

Simple Gifts are the Best Gifts This holiday season we have been urging nannies and au pairs to give quality toys as gifts to their charges. Kids still get pleasure from the simple things: a large box of crayons and a thick packet of construction paper, modeling clay, building blocks, pick-up sticks, puzzles, balls, and […]

Do the Gifts Your Charges Get Spoil the Children?

The Great Divide, Now in the Toy Aisle Nannies typically work for wealthy families. When I shop for the gifts for friends and family I don’t shop where my employers shop. When my employer stocks up on Christmas gifts she uses a personal shopper at Nordstrom, visits FAO Shwartz for toys, and a professional photographer […]

This Black Friday Remember Quality vs. Quantity

GIVE QUALITY GIFTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON It’s Black Friday (the busiest shopping day of the year for Americans). If you are going out to shop for Black Friday deals today I urge you to remember that when gift giving quality is much more important than quantity.Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment (TRUCE) suggests that when choosing […]