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Does your nanny take your kids out for activities? Outings like a special ice cream treat or a visit to the Children’s Museum often come with small expenses, and it helps to have a clear plan for how those costs get covered. Should your nanny pay out of pocket and then get reimbursed, or is there a better approach?
Below, we walk through how your nanny should pay for those activities (hint: not in cash) so the system is simple, safe, and stress-free for everyone.
Most parents have never run a background check before, so understanding the results can feel overwhelming. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the ins and outs of how to read a background check report and make sense of what you’re seeing.
Once you’ve ordered your background check and received the final report, the next step is understanding the results. Some of the questions we hear on a regular basis from background check customers are:
How should I interpret that hit on the County Criminal Record Search? What does the flag mean on the Social Security Trace? Should I be concerned about that accident listed on the Motor Vehicle Report?
Below, we walk through how to read and interpret each section of the report, including the red flags you should be on the lookout for when reviewing it.
Most parents across the United States have never ran a background check on a nanny or sitter before. It’s hard to blame them! The process can feel daunting as there are so many different companies out there offering a variety of background check resources.
But when it comes to the safety of your children and family, confirming that your child care provider has a clear background is so critical.
In this two part series, “Guide to Background Checks”, we’ll walk you through the ins and outs of how to run a background check and understand the results. We’ll cover everything you need to know to make the process of choosing and ordering a background check as stress-free as possible.
In Part 1, we’ll cover:
– What Is a Background Check?
– Different Types of Background Checks
– Why Is It Important to Run a Background Check?
Are your kids struggling to connect with your new nanny? Our little humans have some big emotions and may be dealing with separation anxiety when your new nanny starts caring for them.
What can you do to help your kids AND nanny bond?
Below are five tips for how to go from “my kids don’t like our nanny” to “when is our nanny going to come and play with us again”! We hope they help if you find yourself in this situation.
Quiet quitting is something we’re hearing a lot about lately, and you may be too. It’s REAL and happening across the United States currently – even in the nanny world.
Not sure what quiet quitting is? Concerned that your nanny might be “quiet quitting” on you? What should you do if you think your nanny is quiet quitting?
Below, we cover what to do if you think your nanny is quiet quitting, how to talk it through with your nanny, and what you can do to prevent it. We also share the steps to take if your nanny decides to quit.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
– What is Quiet Quitting?
– Could Your Nanny Be Quiet Quitting On You?
– How Do You Tell If Your Nanny Might Be Quiet Quitting On You?
– How Can You Avoid The Risk Of Your Nanny Quiet Quitting On You?
Hiring a new nanny? Don’t forget to conduct a working interview!
A working interview can give parents a better sense of the nanny’s work style and how they connect with your children before making a formal job offer. Remember to pay your nanny for the time they spend at your home during the interview.
In this guide, we walk through all aspects of working interviews, including:
– How to prepare for the working interview
– What to look for during the interview
– What to do after the working interview if it goes well (or doesn’t go well)
Each week, our team reviews dozens of nanny resumes. Most are well put together, but we constantly see the same nanny resume mistakes being made.
In this article, we walk through the top common mistakes we see on nanny resumes and how to fix them. Be sure to read all the way to the end for our pro tip – it’s a game changer when applying for nanny jobs!
Some of the mistakes we’ll cover are:
– Listing babysitting experience when it’s actually nanny experience
– Not listing special skill sets
– Not including child care experience on your resume
– Your resume is not up to date
We hope you find these tips useful for touching up your own resume!
Considering having a nanny watch your children overnight? Or going on vacation and want to take your nanny with you?
One of the most common questions families ask is how to pay for overnight or vacation child care. Do you pay a flat fee or per hour? Or both?
We’ve got you covered. Below, we walk through everything you need to know about overnight and vacation child care, including:
– What is the best way to pay your nanny for overnight care?
– Rules of thumb you will want to follow
– What job duties are okay to ask of your nanny during your time away?
Inflation is impacting each of us on a daily basis. It seems that anytime we turn on the news these days, we hear about rising prices. Nearly everything is more expensive this year than it was last year, and inflation is driving up the cost of everything from food to gasoline to your morning coffee, and it’s even increasing the cost of working with a nanny.
But what is inflation, and how is it affecting the nanny world? Below, we break down how inflation is impacting both parents and nannies, plus some great tips on how you can save money on childcare during this time of increasing costs.
In this article, we cover:
– What is inflation?
– What causes inflation?
– Some trends we’re seeing in the nanny world as a result of inflation
– Several great tips on how you can save money on childcare
There’s a popular corner of the internet dedicated to the secret thoughts of nannies, and it’s worth a look. While these “things nannies don’t say out loud” are meant to be funny, many of them point to real lessons for the families they work with.
A few examples: why it’s best not to answer the door for your nanny in your bathrobe (it can make the nanny feel uncomfortable), and why you should make sure the iPad or tablet your child uses isn’t synced to your phone (your nanny doesn’t want to see your private text messages).
Below, we walk through some of our favorites, along with our reactions and the takeaways for parents and nannies alike.
