Would You Be Comfortable Having Your Charges Use the Breastfeeding Baby Doll? Bebé Glotón is a infant doll made by Berjuan, a toy maker in Spain, for the express purpose of promoting breastfeeding. The idea is to impress upon kids that breastfeeding is natural. The child wears a colorful bra-like halter-top featuring flowers over the nipple […]
[Continue reading...]Gavin de Becker’s Best Advice for a Lost Child Last week an eight-year old boy was murdered in Brooklyn when he was allowed to walk home for the first time alone. Notable author Gavin de Becker explains there is no magic age that children are ready to walk home alone, but rather they should take […]
[Continue reading...]When a Child is Lost They Must Find One of the Millions of Strangers That Will Help Them For every stranger who would harm a child, there are millions who will not. After years of telling children not to talk to strangers, Gavin de Becker recommends teaching children how to find a safe stranger for help. The goal is […]
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Do Your Charges Have Cell Phones? With the murder of an eight-year old boy last week in Brooklyn we have been discussing how to know if a child is mature enough to walk home alone and books about child safety. My friends and I have been questioning whether the boy had a cell phone on […]
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Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs In response to the horrific killing of an eight-year old boy in Brooklyn we posted the Test of Twelve by Gavin de Becker to help determine if a child is ready to walk home alone, I first remember seeing Gavin de Backer on the Oprah […]
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If You Have Trouble Negotiating Use Our Nanny Job Negotiation Comparison Sheet It is easy for most nannies to speak with children. But, it is much harder for some nannies to speak with parents, especially when it comes to negotiating their wages, job benefits, and job duties. That’s why I enlisted the help of a full-time negotiator to create the Be […]
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Take the Test of Twelve to Help Determine if a Child is Ready to be Alone in Public Yesterday Levi Aaron was arrested in the kidnapping and murder of 8 year-old Leiby Kletzky. The boy was kidnapped in his Brooklyn, NY neighborhood after losing his way on his seven block walk home. His parents say […]
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Have You Ever Been Asked During a Job Interview if You Can Swim? Being Able to Swim Can Help You Land a Great Nanny Job in a Tough Economy It’s no joke, according to the National Safety Council an estimated 5,000 children ages 14 and under are hospitalized due to unintentional drowning-related incidents each year; […]
[Continue reading...]Are law-abiding nannies at a disadvantage when seeking jobs? The most common and most persistent problem we hear from nannies is that they have difficulty finding employment if they insist on being paid on-the-books while others get jobs because they agree to be paid under-the-table. The frustrated nannies report that the main reasons nannies agree […]
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The Tragic Death of 7-Year Old Girl Becomes the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (P&SS Act) takes its name from Virginia Graeme Baker, a young girl who drowned after she was trapped under water by the powerful suction from a hot tub drain. A […]
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