No Matter Their Religion, Teach Kids About Charity: Make a Tzedakah Box With Hanukkah starting this Tuesday at sundown, this is the perfect time to make tzedakah boxes with your charges. In modern Hebrew tzedakah refers to charity – giving to those in need. Giving tzedakah in Judaism is not voluntary, it’s considered an act of […]
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The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn In 1993, in Billings, Montana there were displays of bigotry based on religion, race, and sexual orientation. White supremacists desecrated a Jewish cemetery, made harassing phone calls to Jewish homes, painted swastikas on the home of an inter-racial couple, and so on. But then something happened in 1993 […]
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What Tips Do You Have for Live-Ins Feeling Homesick During the Holidays? It is only natural that live-in nannies and au pairs that move cross country or from another country to work and live-in another family’s home will feel lonely and homesick at times. But, homesickness is at an all time high when live-in domestics […]
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Other Than a Cash Bonus, What Holiday Gift Do You Want from Your Employers? Many nanny agency owners have been asking Be the Best Nanny Newsletter what parents should give their nannies as holiday gifts. So, we though we should ask nannies to answer the question themselves. Undoubtedly, when asked, many nannies will say they want […]
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The Most Important People to Tip this Holiday Season CBS Money Watch listed the six most important people to tip this holiday season. Below is what they recommend giving for nannies, babysitters, and housekeepers. Click here to see entire article and the other four most important people to tip. Nannies/babysitters. If there’s any tip you shouldn’t […]
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Holiday Gift: What to Give Your Nanny? A few years ago we were quoted in The Wall Street Journal in an article asking, “What to Give Nanny?” The author recommended that parents give their child’s nanny cash for a holiday gift. But, there were some other ideas too. Here is the article: When I asked our family’s tutor […]
[Continue reading...]How Much Nannies Spend on Gifts for the Family They Work For We started of this week with our suggestions of what to give as gifts to the family you work for in our 2011 Be the Best Nanny Newsletter Holiday Gift-Giving Guide. Today we share the results of a holiday gift-giving survey on how […]
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What Are You Giving Your Charges and Their Parents this Holiday Season? I have yet to meet a nanny or au pair that hasn’t bought the kids they care for a little gift for the holidays. When choosing a gift for your employers and their kids this holiday season remember the main goal of giving them […]
[Continue reading...]Do You Know Teachers Who are Working as Nannies? In the Chicago Tribune, Vikki Ortiz Healy reported online today that unemployed teachers are finding jobs as nannies. This is no surprise to me as last year I needed help driving my older charges to activities that overlapped, while I cared for a newborn. Although my employer and I met […]
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Weekly Trip to the Library This is a wonderful book to read with kids that are not too young because the book questions if Santa is real. My nanny employer has told me the phrase, “There is no Santa,” will never pass her lips. So, it might be better to read it to older kids who may be questioning if Santa is […]
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