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Overcoming the Tax Dilemma
By Stephanie Breedlove, Founder of Breedlove & Associates We had a nanny call us the other day with some tax and legal questions. She was trying to decide whether or not to take a job and was torn emotionally. The pros: she loved the family and the kids; the hours were ideal for her schedule; [...]
Get to Know NannyFusion Member: Stef Tousignant of Ask A Nanny!
As you have hopefully seen our “Meet Nanny” series,we wanted you to get to know our NannyFusion members too! Through many of our networking experiences the development team has had the privilege of working with many of ourNannyFusion members. We wanted to share more about them with your our readers. Professional networking is a vital part [...]
Disability Insurance for Nannies
What Every Worker Needs to Know About Disability Benefits By Tom Breedlove of Breedlove & Associates Disability benefits are short-term financial benefits provided to employees that are unable to work due to non-occupational illness or injury. (Note: If the injury or illness is work-related, the benefits fall under workers’ compensation coverage). An employee would qualify [...]
Keeping Up with Busy Schedules
A Tuesday Tip from Nanny & House Manager Karen Yatsko I am a nanny in a household with two very busy children. Olivia who is 13, and JD who is 10 ½. My tidbit for you today is to explain how we keep up with their busy schedules. When I first came to this family [...]
Power of One Person
Word of mouth is such a powerful tool. Social Media is a powerful tool. When you add the “power of one” to both of those you gain something so strong and powerful. Each year the International Nanny Association conducts an Annual Salary & Benefits Survey. This survey is used by many potential employers, agencies and [...]
Kids and Quitting
As a nanny for over 16 years, I have ran into my fair share of kids that have quit things. Whether it be when they are losing at a game, just don’t feel like going to baseball practice, not liking the piano teacher or practicing to not wanting to work out with the swim team [...]
Teaching Kids Humility
Do you work with kids who need to brush up on their humility skills? As nannies, we have many teachable moments with the children in our care, and helping them with being humble is one of those teachable moments available. Today we share an article from Nanny.net on helping kids take a bite of the humble pie. [...]
Protection with a Debit Card? Think again
Recently I discovered via my credit card statement that I had fraudulent activity of $350 to an online company. I called Citibank and they were great. The weird thing about this “fraud” is that I don’t even use this credit card as it has a balance transfer balance on it. They cancelled my card and sent [...]
First Financial Friday January 2012
New Year, New First Financial Fridays are here! If you missed any of the previous month’s First Financial Fridays make sure to go and “search” for them. Make sure to check out these articles, the blogs and like them on Facebook and Twitter etc. I am sure they will provide you with additional insight on financial [...]







