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What You Can Learn from Lucy’s Nanny-Mama-Drama
You Are Not the Parent’s Friend Last night on Beverly Hills Nannies we saw a nanny Lucy start a new job with Tricia Fisher. Lucy has a lot of positive energy and is great with kids, when she actually...
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Nannies, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, and Maintaining Professional Boundaries
Is it Unprofessional to Discuss Your Dating Life With Your Boss? When working as a live in nanny, the caregiver must respect house rules. Before accepting a job position the nanny and parents ought to...
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Nannies as Role Models of Good Health
The Best Role Models Bring Out the Best in Children Undoubtedly nannies have a huge influence in children’s lives. Nannies are role models for the kids in their care and the best role models are a...
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Professional Nannies Don’t Yell at Kids
Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies When caring for other people’s kids I urge nannies not yell at children. To encourage kids to be respectful and kind you need to be respectful and kind...
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Some Rules Can Be Broken As Long As You Are Honest About It
Respecting Professional Boundaries: Don’t Lie to Parents About What the Kids Eat When working as a nanny I do my best to serve the children the foods the parents prefer their children eat. But, I...
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Professional Nannies Pay Attention to Bookkeeping
Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies: Keep All Receipts Most parents are generous employers that treat their nannies well. Most parents are willing to pay for their caregiver’s meals and pay...
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When Nannies Are Asked to Travel with the Family
Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies and Parents Families are making their travel plans for the summer and asking their nannies to travel with them. Many nannies see traveling with their...
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Professional Nannies Don’t Hit (Spank) Children
Corporal Punishment and Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies Despite the fact that nannies may have been spanked as kids and turned out fine, whether they would spank their own children, and...
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Nannies Must Support the Parent and Child Bond
Don’t Speak Badly About the Parents in Front of Their Kids There are few things as horrible for a nanny to do than speak despairingly about their employers in front of their employers’ kids. Yet, so...
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The Best Nannies Resist the Urge to be Average
Surround Yourself with Positive Influences I feel like I am finally reaching the salary and professional respect that I have been striving for in the past 20-years working as a nanny. There is no...
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Respecting Time for Nannies
Professional Boundaries for Nannies and Parents Although working (and living) in someone’s home can be an informal working situation, parents and nannies must always remember they are in a working...
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How Well Do You Communicate With Your Boss?
How to Communicate Effectively With Your Employers Nannies must communicate to be understood. Effective communication with employers is essential so that nannies can avoid misunderstandings and...
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Do You Correct Your Nanny Kid’s Homework?
Reading the book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey has been life-changing for the way I support my youngest nanny kid during...
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Hobbies that May Help Your Nanny Career
Your hobbies and interests may actually increase your chance of being hired as a nanny. For example, if you are a talented musician the parents might appreciate your willingness to give the children...
View Article7 Ways to Make Bringing a Newborn Home Less Stressful for Your Nanny Family
Preparing for, and caring for, a newborn is hard work. Parents hire nannies, newborn care specialists, doulas, and baby nurses as experts to help them prepare for the arrival of a newborn and with...
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Would You Work for a Family that Has Guns in their Home?
There seems to be no more hotly debated topic in America at this moment than gun control. No matter a nanny’s opinion on the topic, the reality is that an estimated one-third to one-half of American...
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Have You Heard About the US Nanny Association?
New Professional Nanny Organization There is exciting news in the nanny industry. A new professional nanny organization has been created. I had the opportunity to ask the Board of the US Nanny...
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Many Nannies Show Up for Work, Even When Scared of Being Infected During the...
I need an income. What are people not understanding about that? In late March into early April, 2020, How to Be the Best Nanny Blog asked 256 nannies about their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic....
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Why Kids are Finicky Eaters
What Science Shows Works with Finicky Eaters Babies have a healthy appetite and then a common shift takes place and they become picky eaters at about 2-years-old. The reasons are instinctual. All...
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The Debate Over Using Time-Outs
Properly Using Time-Outs Whether to use time-outs with children or not has become nearly as polarizing as whether to vaccinate children, letting babies cry-it-out, and spanking. If you admit to using...
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