Granted this information is a little late for those of us just pummeled by a blizzard in the Northeast. (See my car buried to the left!) But it’s never too late to follow the advice of Elizabeth Sedway of the SF Lake Tahoe Travel Examiner to get your car ready for the rest of the winter. * Perform routine servicing on your car before your trip. Flush the cooling system and replace the coolant. * Replace the windshield wiper blades (wipers that work well are more important, in the snow, than some realize.) * Put windshield washer fluid, not water, in the windshield washer reservoir Read more
What Are Your Favorite Picture Books?
How to Use Picture Books It’s the start of a new year and Be the Best Nanny Newsletter suggests nannies and au pairs make a New Year’s Resolution to read more to their charges. According to Bank Street College’s Guide to Literacy, young children can greatly benefit from reading experiences that use picture books with an easy-to-follow narrative sequence or storyline. Use quality picture books to encourage budding language arts skills in the young child. Encourage discussion about the pictures and story. Remember that pictures, like letters, are symbols. Reading Read more
Radio Listeners Sound Off On Moms Mistaken As Nannies
Does Radio Interview Show Prejudice Towards Interracial Children and Parents? National Public Radio.LEE HILL: Hey, Michel. Well, I think it’s fair to say this week’s parenting conversation made a lot of jaws drop, and it definitely inspired people to get online and share their feedback. Tuesday, we talked to a group of moms who share a unique experience. They were mistaken for the nannies of their multiracial or simply different-looking children. Here’s a clip from that conversation with featured mom, Jamila Bey. Ms. JAMILA BEY: I am African-American. That’s Read more
What’s Your Vote?
Should the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter Blog Continue to Allow Anonymous Comments? Vote:“Yes” to Allow Anonymous Comments“No” to No Longer Allow Anonymous Comments To reduce the risk of “flaming” from anonymous visitors, readers of the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter blog have asked that commenters be required to register. Registration would not require any private contact information be revealed. Registration would require the commenter to have one of the following: 1. Google account, (gmail address or easy to make with any current email address and Read more
For Nannies, Hope for Workplace Protection by The New York Times
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"I’m Jealous Of My Nanny:" A Mom’s Honest Confession
Check out this link to parenting.com with a quote from fellow nanny Michelle LaRowe. Read more
Nannies and Au Pairs: Do You Get Paid Snow Days?
Posted by on December 27th, 2010
There was a white Christmas for the South and now there is a major blizzard in the Northeast. As a rare December blizzard disrupts holiday travel and promises to dump as much as 20-inches of snow in the New York metropolitan area, and the airports and a State of Emergency is declared, we want to know: Do you get paid snow days? Read more