Nanny Charged After Found Hitting and Kicking Infant on Nanny Cam We have often spoken about proper screening of nanny candidates and performing proper background check on domestic workers before hiring them. We even published a series about misleading advertising on some nanny web sites claiming they pre-screen their caregivers. Of course, those familiar with […]
CBS 2 Goes High-Tech: Who’s Watching The Kids?
April 1, 2009 6 Comments
In Today’s Day And Age It’s Hard To Trust Anyone, But If You Have To, Installing Surveillance Cams AdvisableBy Kirstin Cole http://wcbstv.com/seenat11/nanny.cams.surveillance.2.972770.html NEW YORK (CBS) ― With both parents needing to go to work to make ends meet these days it can be nerve-racking to leave a child home with a nanny. But now it’s […]
Au Pair and Nanny Privacy and Confidentiality Survey
January 16, 2009 5 Comments
Monthly Poll ResultsIn April, 2008, 596 people that took the Best Nanny Newsletter monthly poll at http://www.bestnannynewsletter.com/. Five hundred and seven of the survey participants were nannies or au pairs, 38 were parents, and 37 were nanny agency staff or owners. Below is just a small portion of the survey that applies to the discussion […]
Tracking Nannies
January 4, 2009 10 Comments
More Than Nanny Cams Yesterday we discussed building trust between nannies and parents by conducting thorough interviews, background checks, and by using nanny cams. http://bestnannynewsletter.blogspot.com/2009/01/nanny-cams.html We should mention there are other technologies parents use to track nannies. Parents may use global positioning systems (GPS) in the cars used by nannies to transport children. Employer supplied […]
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