Kids health and safety
Keeping Your Child Safe This Summer: 5 Essential Tips for Nannies and Parents
Summer is a time of adventure and outdoor fun for children, but it’s also a season that requires heightened awareness and safety measures. Whether you’re a nanny or a parent, ensuring the well-being of your child during these warm months is paramount. Here are five essential tips to keep your child safe this summer. 1.…
Read MoreSpring Forward with Ease: 5 Tips for Helping Kids Adjust to Daylight Saving Time
As the days grow longer and the warmth of spring beckons, the annual ritual of Daylight Saving Time (DST) returns Sunday, March 10. While we adults may grumble about losing an hour of precious sleep, parents and nannies know that the real challenge lies in helping little ones adapt to the time change. Fear not!…
Read MoreCreating Social Media Guidelines with Your Nanny
In the era of digital connectivity, platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Threads, and Instagram have revolutionized how we share information, fostering unprecedented connections with friends and family. It’s conceivable that your nanny, like many, utilizes these platforms to stay in touch with loved ones, While sharing is generally positive, it’s crucial to establish boundaries when it…
Read MoreHelping Kids Adjust to The End of Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings time ends this Sunday, November 6th. Most of us will “fall back” our clocks for an extra hour of sleep. However, for most little kids this means an early rising. A child that wakes up at 6:30am will now be waking up at 5:30am. Not the extra hour we parents need and look…
Read More4 Car Safety Tips for Nannies to Follow
As a nanny, you’re not only investing in your childcare career, you’re also investing in the well-being and safety of someone else’s children. Your responsibility is to provide maximum care and the most hazard-free environment, which may include traveling via car. You may prefer to use your own vehicle for your job because you’re more…
Read MoreSix Back-to-School Lunchbox Ideas
It’s time for your child to head back to school. You roll your eyes, because that means coming up with a new lunch five times a week, for the rest of the school year. What’s a parent to do? Here are some ideas for creative and healthy lunchbox ideas that you can send to school…
Read MoreIs Make-Believe Healthy?
Young children take life literally. They view all situations as “good” or “bad.” Water is either “hot” or “cold.” Young children do not assign “degrees” to any situation, and in the young child’s world, everything is real. The three-year-old has absolutely no doubt that Sponge Bob or Dora the Explorer really exists. These characters are…
Read MoreTeach Kids Important Values Through Activities: 6 Traits That Build Character
As a nanny, you have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the children you care for. You can act as an inspiration, example and a mentor for the kids, so they can learn important virtues. There are six main pillars of character– trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. You can engage in…
Read MoreBeing Prepared for Disasters
If the event of a disaster, does your family know what to do? Do you have a plan for if you get separated? Where will you go? Do your children know who to call if something happens to the adults? These are all scary things to think about happening but important things to prepare for.…
Read MoreHow to be Cool, Calm and Collected When Kids Push Your Buttons
If you are a parent, you know that your own children are those who are most skilled at knowing and pushing all your buttons. Since we are generally in contact with our children more than anyone else, they become very knowledgeable about who we are and what makes us tick. They also know what to…
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