How to Keep Motivated During Down Time When the third grader is at school full-time and the toddler is napping it can be hard to be motivated to do another load of laundry when your favorite soap opera is on the flat screen and some leftover birthday cake is waiting to be tasted in the […]
Nannies, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, and Maintaining Professional Boundaries
August 15, 2012 2 Comments
Is it Professional to Discuss Your Dating Life With Your Boss? When working as a live in nanny, the caregiver must respect house rules. Before accepting a job position the nanny and parents ought to discuss the rules of the home to determine if the job is a good fit. Some parents will enforce curfews […]
5 Ways Nannies Can Help Divorced Parents
August 10, 2012 1 Comment
Have You Ever Worked for Divorced Parents? By hireananny.com When children of divorced parents need full-time childcare, hiring a nanny can be a feasible childcare choice. In addition to providing personalized and customized childcare, nannies can help divorced parent’s co-parent successfully. Here are 5 ways how: 1. Nannies can provide consistency of care. Children whose […]
Questions Parents Cannot Legally Ask Nannies in a Job Interview
August 3, 2012 3 Comments
What’s the Worst Question You Have Ever Been Asked on a Nanny Job Interview? Nannies are supposed to be protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlaws discrimination against workers based on race, color, religion, or national origin. Although parents that hire household staff aren’t legally allowed to base their hiring decisions on […]
What You Can Learn from Lucy’s Nanny-Mama-Drama
July 26, 2012 1 Comment
You Are Not the Parent’s Friend Last night on Beverly Hills Nannies we saw a nanny Lucy start a new job with Tricia Fisher. Lucy has a lot of positive energy and is great with kids, when she actually attends to them. But last night we saw her spending the majority of her energy trying […]
The Standout Nanny Resume
September 28, 2010 9 Comments
Finding a Nanny Job in a Tough Economy Click here to see our sample resume posted to the left. No matter the method you use to find a nanny job: using a reputable nanny placement agency, a nanny web site, classified advertisements, or word-of-mouth the resume remains the most important way for nanny candidates to […]
Au Pairs and Nannies Can’t Be Too Safe this Summer
June 25, 2010 3 Comments
Make Water Safety Your Priority By American Red Cross After learning about the tragic drowning death of a nanny and a child under her care in a pool yesterday (click here to see the story) it is vital to remind nannies and au pairs of the importance of practicing water safety and drowning prevention. Each […]
Are You a Calm or Hysterical Caregiver?
June 18, 2010 11 Comments
Visual Cliff Experiment from Mind in the Making by Ellen Galinsky In Mind in the Making, Ellen Galinsky has grouped research into seven critical areas that children need most: (1) focus and self control; (2) perspective taking; (3) communicating; (4) making connections; (5) critical thinking; (6) taking on challenges; and (7) self-directed, engaged learning. For […]
A New Budget, A New Attitude
January 4, 2010 5 Comments
Making a Budget for Nannies A new year. A new decade. You have made your resolutions, your targets, and your goals. We want to continue with your financial checklist and get you to make some financial resolutions. It’s time to make a budget. You need to know where the money you earn went and where […]
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