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Employee Benefits Parents Can Offer Nannies
While providing benefits for nannies and other household employees is largely optional and seldom required by law, they greatly help the household employer attract and retain high-level employees. By providing an attractive employee benefits package, the employer is...
Water Safety Rules for Parents and Nannies
It's hot out there! Perfect weather for jumping in the pool or a lake, leaping over waves at the beach, splashing in a river, or even just flopping into a plastic tub in the backyard. Whatever type of water activity you and your kids enjoy, staying safe has to be top...
What You Need to Know About Nanny Sharing
Many families are looking for ways to cut costs these days. For those that use nannies for their childcare, there is a trend that is becoming more and more popular: nanny sharing. Families can hire a nanny to watch their respective children simultaneously, or a nanny...
Making STRIDEs in the Community
On June 15th, A New England Nanny was proud to support STRIDE Adaptive Sports for their 10th Annual Strides 4 STRIDE 5k/2k Run, Walk ‘n Roll event at Jennings Landing in Albany. STRIDE is a nonprofit organization that provides over 8,000 adaptive sport and recreation...
Father’s Day Funny Quotes
Whether you're a father or you're celebrating with your own father, grandfather, or other father figure in your life, Father's Day always seems to be a little less sentimental and a little more goofy than Mother's Day. But maybe that's because dads are, in general,...
How Much Will a Nanny Cost?
One of the most common questions we hear is: "How much will my nanny cost?" There are a lot of considerations that need to be addressed before answering that question. Our partner GTM Payroll Services has put together a thorough list of factors that go into what...
When Children Age, a Nanny’s Role May Change
As a family's children age, the nanny's role and responsibilities will change. Obviously when you have a young child - an infant or a toddler - the nanny will need to concentrate their time and attention on the child, attending to their physical needs and interacting...
Can You Tell Your Nanny How to Dress in Summer?
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer, and that means hot weather and time spent by the pool or on the beach. The summer heat also means showing more skin and dressing much more casually, and parents may have concerns about their nanny's attire. What...
Helpful Car Safety Rules and Tips for Parents and Nannies
Hitting the highway for a family road trip this summer? Will you or your nanny be shuttling the kids to and from camp? Maybe your little ones will be taking a school bus to and from camp each day. Whatever your plans are for summer (or any time of the year), you'll...