How to maintain ongoing quality care from your nanny
When you hire a nanny, she often becomes an integral part of a family’s household, which makes it even more...
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Nanny phone interviews: Questions to ask applicants in your initial call
Phone interviews are a great way to narrow down a pool of potential nannies. Here's what to discuss in order...
Here’s What Your Family Will Save With the Trump Child Care Tax Deduction
By now, you’ve heard the numbers: President Donald Trump’s plan to make child care affordable could cost taxpayers $500 billion....
Here’s How Much Longer Women Have to Work to Earn the Same as Men
Today is Equal Pay Day. If you haven’t heard of this day before, we don’t blame you — it’s not...
Care.com Care For Business Survey Sweepstakes Official Rules
The Care.com, Inc. (“Care.com”) Care For Business Survey (the “Contest”) begins at 12am Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on January 30,...
Care For Business FCC Survey Sweepstakes Official Rules
The Care.com, Inc. (“Care.com”) Care For Business Survey (the “Contest”) begins at 12am Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on February 1,...
Quality Care and Your Home Care Aide
It’s a relief to have finally arranged for home care for your parent or spouse. But that’s only half the...
Tutoring job: How to set yourself up for satisfaction and success
Once you have accepted a job, you will want to make sure that the work you do meets your employer’s...
Tutoring job interview: Questions you will get and ones you should ask
Now that you’ve decided what to teach and how much to charge, the next step is the interview. If you...
The tutoring and lessons job guide: Your job options
Perhaps you’ve always been a good student, and tutoring seems like a reasonable way to earn more income. Or you...
The Special Needs Respite Care Guide: Quality Care and Your Caregiver
You’ve researched, interviewed, and hired an individual or respite care facility to provide care for your child with special needs. Congratulations!...
The Special Needs Respite Care Guide: Interview Questions
It can be nerve-wracking to think of handing off your child’s care to anyone — let alone a relative stranger....
8 special needs respite care options for well-deserving parents
These special needs respite care options are ideal for burnt-out parents in need of a break.
The Special Needs Respite Care Guide: The Cost of Care
Whether you hire a qualified individual or use a respite care agency, quality care can be costly. Rates may vary by...
The Special Needs Child Care Guide: Quality Care and Your Special Needs Caregiver
The hard work is done. You have narrowed down your options, crunched the numbers, interviewed your candidates and settled on...
The Special Needs Child Care Guide: Interview Questions
Whatever child care option you decide on, an interview with the prospective special needs child care provider is essential. The basic...
The Special Needs Child Care Guide: The Cost of Care
As parents of children with special needs work to find with the best way to provide the care required, many...
Special Needs Job Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Success as a Special Needs Caregiver
Now that you have been hired for the position you wanted, you will want to be sure that the job...
Special Needs Job Guide: How to Handle Interviews for Special Needs Care Jobs
The next step in finding a special needs child care job is to prepare for an interview. Don’t be intimidated,...
Special Needs Job Guide: How Much Should You Charge for Providing Special Needs Care?
You’re moving ahead in your career plan to be a caregiver for a child with special needs. Now that you...
Special Needs Job Guide: Your Options for Special Needs Care Jobs
You have a lot of patience and you are able to interact with all sorts of people in ways that...
Special needs care for adult children: Your care options
As they reach adulthood, young people with disabilities also reach a crossroads in care. As children, they may have relied...
Special Needs Care for Adult Children: Cost of Care
In the last chapter, we outlined types of care options available to adults with disabilities. These types of care can...
Special Needs Care for Adult Children: Interview Questions
Hiring personal care assistants (PCAs) is often a key part of a disabled adult’s system of care. Some hire PCAs...
Special Needs Care for Adult Children: Quality Care and Your Caregiver
As we noted in the first chapter, adults with disabilities access professional care in all kinds of ways and combinations....
Why would you need a nanny?
If you’ve been on the hunt for quality, affordable child care, you know that there are plenty of options out...
Am I Too Young to Babysit?
What’s the right age to begin a babysitting job? We wish there was a magic number. So how young is...
Behind the Scenes of a Single Mom in College
About Me: I’ve been called a lot of things over the past year. Yes, I am a single mother. Yes,...
A Day in the Hectic Life of a Single Mom in College
It’s hard for me to quantify days exactly. Well, to be more specific, it’s often hard to disentangle them, so...
How to Present and Promote Your Business Online
In today’s world, finding a business that fits your needs is usually just a few keystrokes away. But when you’re...
How These Moms Are Using Their Lives as Foster Kids to Defy Statistics
“Modeling behavior” — a basic tenet of parenting in which you teach your kids appropriate and desirable behaviors by doing (or...
Surprise, Surprise: New Study Warns Against E-Cigarette Use Around Young Children
If love yourself an e-cigarette, it may be time to reconsider using them around young children. It’s very well-established that tobacco...
Women Breastfeeding Abandoned Babies and Parents Storing Leftover Opioids
Today’s Top Trend: Woman Breastfed an Abandoned Newborn Baby Yup, you read that right. According to The Daily Mail, an...
Do You Use Essential Oils? If so, You May Be Poisoning Your Kids
Turns out that natural remedies may not be so safe after all. According to HealthDay News, a Tennessee poison center...
Just in Time for Summer: Consumer Reports’ 2016 Best and Worst Sunscreens
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: it’s that time of year for Consumer Reports’ fourth annual Sunscreen Guide for...
Kid Haircut du Jour: Bald, With a Side of Hair
Move aside, faux-hawk. There’s a new hot ‘do in town that the kids — well, ONE kid — are jonesin’...
13-Year-Old Operatic Singer Crushes Her “America’s Got Talent” Audition
It’s time to break out the tissues again, kiddos. I’m not usually one for shows like “American Idol” and “America’s...
Mom Hits Back at Cyberbullies Who Fat-Shamed Toddler on Social Media. How Would You Have Responded?
“Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?” takes on a whole new meaning now. Obviously, bullying is a very,...
Little Girl Wears Hot Dog Suit to “Princess Day,” Relishes as She Roasts Her Competition
It’s not an exaggeration when I say that I don’t think I’ve ever admired another human being more than I admire this...
Have You Hugged Your Best Friend Today? An Ode to Best Friendships, in 20 Images
Did you know that today is “Best Friends Day”? Ahhhhh, best friends. They’ve been with you at your best, and...