Know What You OfferBy Lora Brawley, http://www.allaboutnannycare.com/ Yesterday we discussed that it is important to know what you want when negotiating. It’s equally important to know what you are offering before you enter into a negotiation. This is often a very difficult task for nannies. Even when a nanny knows she’s a great caregiver and […]
[Continue reading...]Negotiating Success
March 8, 2009 5 Comments
How Nannies Can Get What They WantBy Lora Brawley, http://www.allaboutnannycare.com/ne·go·ti·ate1. to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.2. to arrange for or bring about by discussion and settlement of terms: to negotiate a loan. Photo above of mother and […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Trip to the Library
March 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Professional Nanny by Monica M. Bassett Review by Maria Lopez, Nanny, Miami, Florida The Professional Nanny by Monica M. Bassett is a bit tedious because it is a practical book discussing the business aspects of in-home childcare and is not intended to be a novel. But, it is a thorough text with topics discussed […]
[Continue reading...]Eleven Nanny and Domestic Worker Rights
March 5, 2009 3 Comments
Nanny and Domestic Worker Rights In a report prepared for the U.N. Human Rights Committee entitled, “Domestic Workers’ Rights in the United States,” violations against domestic workers are noted. The report states, “Employed in private homes to perform household tasks that historically have been assigned a diminished value, domestic workers frequently face exploitation and abuse, […]
[Continue reading...]Being Paid Legally is Your Right
March 3, 2009 11 Comments
What Nannies Should Do if they Did Not Receive Tax Forms. The term “nanny tax” is really an umbrella for several different taxes: Social Security and Medicare taxes and the federal unemployment tax. State unemployment tax and perhaps state disability tax may be owed as well. A nanny is an employee if the parents can […]
[Continue reading...]Women’s eNews N.Y. Domestic Workers See Bill of Rights in ’09
March 1, 2009 10 Comments
N.Y. Domestic Workers See Bill of Rights in ’09By Rebecca HarshbargerWeNews correspondent http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=3913 Amid massive layoffs, domestic workers and advocates across the country are looking to New York to become the first state to extend legal protections for health insurance, overtime, severance and cost-of-living salary adjustments. (WOMENSENEWS)–When Lois Newland began working as a nanny in […]
[Continue reading...]WEEKLY TRIP TO THE LIBRARY
February 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
Your Child’s Health: The Parents’ One-Stop Reference Guide to: Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior Problems, and Healthy Development By Barton D. Schmitt Book Review by Maria Lopez, Nanny, Miami, Florida Although this book is written for parents it is also a great reference for nannies and au pairs. Every in-home childcare provider should have this […]
[Continue reading...]BECOMING A NANNY
February 27, 2009 2 Comments
We have discussed it before that many professionals become nannies. I am gland to say that all of the experienced nannies I know in town and around New York and New Jersey make more than the woman interviewed below in this article for The New York Times. And now that she is gaining expereince she […]
[Continue reading...]DENTAL HYGIENE
February 27, 2009 5 Comments
Nanny and Au Pair Health Care SeriesBy Anne Merchant, Author of The Nanny Textbook By the time children have reached their second birthday they are ready for their first visit to the dentist. It is important that the first dental visit be relaxing and uneventful. Be certain not to relay any negative feelings about visiting […]
[Continue reading...]Procedures for Taking Children’s Temperatures
February 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Nanny and Au Pair Health Care SeriesBy Anne Merchant, Author of The Nanny TextbookThe following instructions are helpful if using a mercury thermometer. How Long to Leave Thermometer In When taking a temperature by mouth or the rectum, leave the thermometer in place at least three-minutes. The auxiliary route must leave the thermometer in place […]
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