Finding Your NicheBy Karen Smith Being a nanny means different things for different people. Some nannies are simply trying to get by until they are able to finish school or pursue their desired careers, while others know that caring for children is what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Regardless of […]
[Continue reading...]What Do Parents See When They Google Your Name?
September 27, 2012 3 Comments
What are the Most Inappropriate Things for Nannies and Au Pairs to Post Online? Earlier this week we shared stories of four nannies that were fired from their jobs from what they posted on Facebook and for spending too much on Facebook during work hours. But, you shouldn’t just be careful about what you post on […]
[Continue reading...]4 Nannies Fired for What They Posted on Facebook
September 25, 2012 6 Comments
What Not to Post on Facebook I sent out an email randomly to many subscribers of Be the Best Nanny Newsletter asking if anyone had ever regretted something they had posted on Facebook. I asked our readers if they got in trouble at work or fired for something they posted on the social media site. […]
[Continue reading...]How to Tell Your Employers About National Nanny Recognition Week Without Sounding Self-Serving
September 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
Practically Perfect Podcast by Lora Brawley and Sue Downey It is National Nanny Recogntion Week (NNRW). NNRW is September 22 to 29, 2012. and is a great time for parents to appreciate the important work their nannies do. But, a lot of employers don’t know about it. This podcast by Lora Brawley of nannybizreviews.com and Sue Downey […]
[Continue reading...]No More Sorting of Whites and Colors: SHOUT Color Catcher
September 23, 2012 1 Comment
Products Nannies Love Over the past 19-years working as a nanny I have always done the children’s laundry and many nannies wash the entire family’s laundry. The very first thing I learned about doing laundry is to sort the white clothes from dark clothes or clothes with bright colors. My grandmother told my mother, my […]
[Continue reading...]"Yawn" by Sally Symes and Illustrated by Nick Sharratt
September 22, 2012 2 Comments
Weekly Trip to the Library This week my charge and I picked up a copy of Yawn by Sally Symes and illustrated by Nick Sharratt at the local library. It’s already one of her favorite books. We started reading it at nap time and now she’s reading it herself to her baby dolls. The book […]
[Continue reading...]Poor Communication is Bad for Your Job and Health
September 21, 2012 1 Comment
Learn to Be More Assertive From The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbook by David S. Sobel and Robert Ornstein In The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbook, David S. Sobel and Robert Ornstein write that evidence suggests that communicating effectively enhances our health and self-esteem, nurtures our relationships, and helps us cope with stress. Healthy communication is the […]
[Continue reading...]Dangers in Feeding a Baby Rice Cereal: Avoid Rice Grown in the Gulf Coast
September 20, 2012 1 Comment
How to Reduce Arsenic in Your DietYesterday we learned that the rice grown from Texas and Louisiana and along the Gulf coast where fields were used to grow cotton a century ago have the highest level of arsenic because when there was cotton there they had to treat the cotton with arsenic pesticides to control […]
[Continue reading...]Tips on How Nannies Can Say “No!”
September 20, 2012 2 Comments
According to the authors of The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbooklearning how to decline a request is an essential life skill. Many of us have a hard time saying no, even when we’re overwhelmed with things to do. We may say yes from an exaggerated desire to please, but in the end we often feel […]
[Continue reading...]Do You Speak Up at Work?
September 18, 2012 1 Comment
Are you Aggressive, Passive, or Assertive at Work? This week we are sharing information from The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbook by David S. Sobel and Robert Ornstein. The authors of the book explain that there are basically three ways we communicate with other people: aggressively, passively, or assertively. Effective communication is usually assertive communication. […]
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