Nannies Join The Ranks of Essential Front-Line Workers
Today’s busy nannies carry the additional burden of keeping themselves and their employer’s families safe from COVID during an unprecedented […]
COVID-19 Free Testing Sites
During the COVID-19 pandemic, families and nannies may consider the option of COVID-19 testing before the in-home working relationship begins. […]
COVID-19 Information
The health and safety of our team, families, and nannies are of the utmost importance to us. As we continue […]
COVID-19 Nanny Employment Updates
The following update is provided by the Law Office of Lisa Pierson Weinberger. Her boutique employment law practice is committed […]
How Nannies & At-Home Family Members Can Work Together
Whether a nanny works with a stay-at-home parent, a parent who works from a home office, or other family members […]
Coronavirus and Your Nanny
The following blog was written by our preferred nanny payroll company, HomeWork Solutions: The spread of the coronavirus worldwide has […]
How to Be a Good Employer to Your Nanny
After a thorough candidate search, you’ve welcomed the right nanny into your family. Congrats! Your work isn’t over yet, though. […]
How to Find a Nanny Agency for Your Family
When you need help finding the right nanny for your family, you may want to work with a nanny agency […]
How to Keep Your Nanny After the Kids Go to School
It’s a difficult situation: you’ve had the same nanny since your child was a toddler, maybe even an infant, and […]
5 Tips to Make Traveling with Your Nanny Easy
It may be a vacation for the family, but traveling is still work for a nanny. That’s why, if you’re […]
Providing Health Insurance to Household Employees
As household staffing experts in this increasingly competitive market, many families come to us asking, “How can we attract the […]
To Flu or Not to Flu?
By Margaret “Shelly” Miller MD Myths about influenza circulate every fall when the discussion of whether or not to get […]
Ask the Expert: Back-Up Childcare
Jennifer asked: How do people go about having a back-up nanny? How is the stand-by time compensated? How does it work […]
Ask the Expert: Hiring a Nanny for Exclusively Breastfed Baby
Brigit asked: How well can a nanny integrate with a family that has a baby that doesn’t take the bottle, breastfed […]
Ask the Expert: How to Create a Compensation Package
The Parents’ Club of Palo Alto & Menlo Park (PAMP) has launched an “Ask the Expert” column featuring Stanford Park […]
The Afternoon Chauffeur Everyone’s Looking For!
This scarcity of afternoon nannies, along with the increasing need to move children from point A to point B, has paved the road for several local transportation options catering to families just...
Why the Trend Toward Gluten Free?
Why are gluten free food products becoming increasingly common in our grocery stores? Is this just the latest food fad or is gluten a potential dietary villain? Let’s begin by understanding what...
The Importance of Feedback in a Nanny/Family Partnership
Giving feedback is often seen as an uncomfortable obligation, and is therefore avoided altogether. Receiving feedback can be equally difficult, often viewed as a personal attack. However, a healthy...
Can I Bank Hours with My Nanny?
The simple answer is no. But let’s take a big picture look at the issue and hopefully it will all make sense in the end.
Writing A Letter of Recommendation for your Nanny
A letter of recommendation is an opportunity to recount details of your nanny’s employment, such as their schedule, and responsibilities; and it is a great way to memorialize your overall...
Use your Phone App to Order a Ride, Not a Nanny!
In our current gig economy, it is amazing to see families “ordering” a nanny as casually as they would a cab ride. Just as we require the nannies we represent be assessed through a rigorous...
Trusting Your Nanny Goes Beyond a Background Check
A common mistake we see from families is, after speaking with or meeting a nanny candidate and feeling like she is a match, they feel that running a background check is enough to establish trust....
Starting Off on the Right Foot – For Families
You have invested a lot of time and energy in your search, and have hired the right nanny for your family! With the goal of building both a strong foundation and a lasting relationship, we have...
The Myth of Doing It All
Lots of working moms struggle with feeling like they just can’t keep up with everything at home like they want to or feel they should. Here’s a story from Sarah Salisbury, a nanny from upstate...
Employer-Paid Health Insurance: Still Non-Taxable Compensation?
For years, many savvy household employers have included health insurance as part of their compensation package in order to capitalize on the tax advantages of employer-paid health insurance. ...
Nanny Bonuses: The Nanny’s Perspective
It's that time of year again. In the past week I've read 8 or 10 articles giving advice on the end-of year bonus or tip for your nanny. But the nanny bonus isn't as simple as picking a number...
Instant Nanny—Priority Shipping, Please!
In this day and age, we are accustomed to having our needs filled in an INSTANT, and often times we will settle for nothing less. I can’t tell you how often we see our busy clients growing more...
Where Have All the Afternoon Nannies Gone?
You are not alone in the exhausting search for after school help! The need for (and lack of) afternoon nannies has risen to crisis level. It raises the question, where have all of the afterschool...
Helpful Tips for Traveling with Nanny
It may be a vacation for you, but….. It is work for your nanny, so, think about that when you negotiate travel terms ahead of each trip.
