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Financial Friday: Envelopes & Dave Ramsey
For almost all of 2009 I have been trying to stick to a budget. Some months are way better then others. I started researching the Envelope Budgeting System by Dave Ramsey. I found some articles online that explain how to do this. to read the rest of the article
Table Talk Thursday: A Nanny’s Duty to Protect in Cases of Abuse/Neglect
We are proud to have our own Myrna Alphonse as our guest blogger today. She is addressing a difficult topic that every nanny needs to read. Clarifying Grey Matters: A Nanny’s Duty to Protect in Cases of Abuse/NeglectMyrna Alphonse, MA, NCC Imagine this job description: high profile single Dad with three children in need of [...]
Creative Nanny Wednesday
This week we will talk about Cowboy Day.Cowboy Day was enjoyed by all. We all wore our cowboy hats and cowboy boots if we had them. We wore bandanas around our necks and we all had clip on sheriff badges.We made vests. We took brown paper bags, cut them up the middle, cut out arm [...]
Are you Ready? Being Prepared for Personal Emergencies
Our Tuesday Tip comes from Regarding Nannies Development Team Member Kellie Geres. As nannies we are so consumed with the safety and well-being of our charges and the families we care for, we often forget to include ourselves in emergency preparedness. At any time an accident can occur and with that comes a multitude of [...]
Monday Moxie: Wisconsin Nanny Retreat
I greatly thank Regarding Nannies Blog for inviting me to write a bit about Nanny Retreat 2009, a yearly weekend educational and networking retreat, hosted by my agency, Perfect Match Nannies & Sitters, that will take place in beautiful Lake Geneva, WI, September 11, 12 & 13… Commonly referred to as “The Hampton’s of The [...]
Week 4 Giveaway: The final Partial Year INA Membership!
Week Four of the INA Giveaways for July starts now!,This is for an INA partial year membership(valid July-December 2009-valued at $35 ). This giveaway is open to anyone-nanny or business owner- who has NOT been a previous INA member or is a former INA member that hasn’t been a member since June 2008. There is [...]
Announcing our Week 3 giveaway winner!
Regarding Nannies would like to congratulate Jan S.. on winning the Partial Year INA Membership! Jan loves the following educational websites for kids:My favorite is starfall.com. It’s perfect for pre-readers and early readers, as it teaches leveled early reading skills through games. It is one of the only sites that have games that are educational [...]
Weekend Roundup
We have had a busy week here at Regarding Nannies. On Monday Moxie, Alice shared some articles of interest that she found while surfing the net. On Tuesday Tips, Marsha Epstein, owner of American Nanny Company gave us all some excellent advice for working with a placement agency. On Wednesdays’ Creative Nanny, Glenda (with the [...]
Financial Friday: Why is he interested in how much you tipped?
The other night at dinner, my teenager asked her preteen brother why he was so interested in what I gave for a tip at lunch. I shared with her the fact that he now puts the tip on our bill when we go out to dinner. Here is how this started: to read more about [...]
Online Sites and the Importance of Pre-Screening
Stephanie Felzenberg of Best Nanny Newsletter recently spearheaded a campaign of online nanny referral services to clarify or change their advertising on the practice of pre-screening the candidates on their sites. Brought to her attention by a diligent nanny in New Jersey, Stephanie took it upon herself to research those online services and bring to [...]
