Nannies, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, and Maintaining Professional Boundaries

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 […]

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A Professional Nanny Respects Confidentiality

Have You Ever Been Caught Gossiping About Your Boss? Professional household employees are rare these days. If you work as a nanny how often do you hear other nannies gossiping and complaining about their jobs at the playground? In contrast, true professionals don’t speak badly about their employer’s publicly. While all workers in all professions are expected to […]

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How to Dress on a Nanny Interview

What Do You Wear on a Nanny Job Interview? Most nannies and agency owners recommend that nanny candidates dress business casual for job interviews. Interviewees should choose clean, well-pressed clothes. In-home job candidates should avoid wearing large jewelry, heavy make-up, clothing that exposes tattoos, and tight or low-cut shirts. Prospective employees should not smell like […]

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Book Review by Kids, for Kids

A-Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island by Ron Roy Review by Mary, 8-years-old The Invisible Island is just one story in the exciting A to Z mystery series. There are 26 books in the series, one for each letter of the alphabet. The main characters in the book are Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose. They go to a picnic […]

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5 Ways Nannies Can Help Divorced Parents

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 […]

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5 Ways to De-Stress Your Current Job

How Do You Cope With Stress at Work?Adapted from Monster.com Look at Your Own Attitudes: While it might seem like the job itself is the culprit, experts suggest changing your attitudes and the way you adapt — or don’t adapt — to job stressors. If you’re confident in yourself and positive about the world and open […]

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Is it Important for Nannies to Know How to Swim?

Have Parents Asked if You Can Swim in Nanny Job Interviews? On Beverly Hills Nannies tonight we saw how important it was for Justin to learn how to swim to work as a nanny. He aptly explains that to keep his job he must be able to fit in with the family. If the kids swim, […]

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Taking the High Road When Leaving a Nanny Job

The Last Impression Made by Employees Becomes the Basis for References By Sue Downey, Nanny Whatever the reason for leaving, nannies should be thoughtful and considerate of the children and the parents when planning to leave a job. This may be difficult to accomplish. Caregivers have to be professional, even if they are angry and […]

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What Are Standard Nanny Benefits?

What Benefits Do You Have? Standard benefits to offer nannies include: paid vacation (two-weeks minimum); paid Federal holidays (at least six-days including New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas); and paid sick and personal days. If the nanny does not use the vacation, sick, or personal days then the nanny […]

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Book Reviews by Kids for Kids

The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole Review by Taylor, 8-years-old The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Bodyis one book in a series of Magic School Bus books by Joanna Cole. The Magic School Bus Collectionis also a television show on TV that is really good. I like these books because […]

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