Survey to Increase Nanny and Family Satisfaction

A doctorate student in child psychology working on her dissertation is working on developing a measure that will help to better match nannies and families, and increase satisfaction for both the nanny and the family. The survey is anonymous. People who complete the survey can chose to enter a phone number or email to enter a drawing for three visa […]

Take the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter Survey

Nannies, Children, TV, Social Media, and Video Games Click here to take the Winter 2013 Be the Best Nanny Newsletter Survey1. Do you text or email the parents to keep in touch with them during the work day? 2. Do your employers provide you with a mobile phone for work? 3. Are you allowed to […]

Are the Kids Overscheduled? Nanny and Au Pair Survey About Acitivites

What Activities Do Your Charges Do? Do your charges have cell phones, Facebook accounts, and are they allowed to play freely on the computer? Do they have enough play dates and leisure play time, or do you feel they are over scheduled? Let us know by taking the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter survey. The […]

Are Your Charge’s Over Scheduled? Take Our Survey!

What Activities Are Your Charges Engaged In? Do your charges have cell phones, Facebook accounts, and allowed to play freely on the computer? Do they have enough play dates and leisure play time, or do you feel they are over scheduled? Let us know by taking the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter survey. The results […]

Are You the Typical American Nanny?

What is the Typical Nanny Job in America? We want to know what the typical American nanny job is like. Please click here to take our poll so we can add your statistics to our findings. We will publish the results in the next issue of Be the Best Nanny Newsletter.

Holiday Gift Giving Survey for Nannies and Au Pairs

It’s officially holiday shopping season. If you work as a nanny or au pair please help other in-home caregivers by taking our holiday gift giving survey by clicking here. Some of the questions you will be asked include: If you work as a nanny or au pair do you purchase holiday gifts for the children? […]

How Will Healthcare Reform Affect You?

Many nannies are scared about what might happen if there is healthcare reform. That is why the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter October monthly poll asks nannies about healthcare. We want your input. We want to know, if you work as a nanny do you have health insurance? Do you get health insurance as a […]

Au Pair and Nanny Privacy and Confidentiality Survey

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 […]

What to Charge on New Year’s Eve

Is it Fair to Ask for More Per Hour Working on New Year’s Eve? Andrea Flagg, professional nanny and co-founder of Nanny Alliance of New York and New Jersey http://www.nannyalliancenyandnj.com/ asked Best Nanny Newsletter http://www.bestnannynewsletter.com/ “Is it fair to ask for more than usual on New Year’s Eve?” We believe, in the spirit of the […]

Did The Economy Affect Nanny Bonuses?

We received many responses about the topic of holiday bonuses for nannies after Best Nanny Newsletter was quoted in the Wall St Journal (see below or click this link): http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2008/12/19/holiday-bonus-what-to-give-the-nanny/ Now that Christmas is over we asked Best Nanny Newsletter subscribers, “If you work as a nanny did the economy affect your holiday bonus or […]