How to Stick to a Christmas Budget
When the festive feeling starts, with tinsel, baubles and wrapping paper everywhere, it can be easy to start spending beyond...
Child care advice
Christmas Tipping: A Bonus Guide for Your Carers
Whatever your motivation, appreciating those who take care of those most precious to you, is part of the holiday protocol. If...
Top 5 Winter Walks
Pick a crisp winter’s day, wrap everyone up warm and explore our ideas for family walks. 1. Stately Homes and...
Christmas Crafts — Salt Dough Decorations
The nights are drawing in, the weather is cold and wet and your children are getting restless. If their DVD...
Getting a New Year’s Eve Babysitter
You’ve been invited to a great party but there’s one problem: your usual babysitter has been invited to another party,...
International Parenting Techniques: Learning from Other Cultures
Parenting is hard work no matter what part of the world you live in. However, a host of new books...
Who’s the Daddy?
Missing your child or feeling guilty for leaving them when you finally return to work is a familiar topic, but...
6 Working Mum Tips
Executives by day and mothers by morning-noon-and-night, women are leading companies across the country. Between board meetings and parents’ evenings...
Teaching Your Child About Peers with Special Needs
The term ‘special needs’ can be applied to a wide range of disabilities; some are obvious, such as a child...
Adzuna Care Job Statistics
Adzuna is a search engine for classified adverts. They aim to make it easier for you to find a job,...
Blogger Interview Series: Twitter Chat with @dadbloguk
Incase you missed it, or don’t have twitter, here is the interview we did with one of our favourite parent...
Tell Us Your Care Challenges — and Success Stories — Here’s (One of) Mine
Since Care.com launched, we have seen phenomenal growth of families and carers wishing to connect on our platform, looking for...
Blogger Interview Series: Twitter Chat with @RaspberryGiggle
Care.com UK What advice would you give to new mothers? RaspberryGiggle #carechat Tami Anderson RaspberryGiggleNo-one can prepare you. Listen to people’s...
Blogger Interview Series: Twitter chat with @thrupennybits
Incase you missed it, or don’t have twitter, here is the interview we did with one of our favourite parent...
Back up Care — When the Chips are Down
You know how it goes: your boss has asked you to prepare a presentation for an important meeting out of...
Bullying: This Behaviour Starts at Home
This week, my youngest (6 years old going on 36), declared, a propos of nothing: “There is just one person...
How to Supervise Your Children Online
For most of us, the words “social networking” and “social media” seem to stare at us from every page of...
How to be a Plugged-in Parent
Your child’s energy seems to shift to a new website every week. He has new friends and you can’t keep...
She Called Me a What?!
What a great result – I’ve found another reason to feel guilty about working and employing a nanny. I don’t...
1, 2, 3, 4, How to Plan a Kids Party and More!
These days, there’s always a reason to celebrate – a new puppy, the arrival of summer (!) or welcoming new...
Life In The Middle: Sandwich Caring
It’s a Tuesday afternoon and I am 673 miles from my children, my husband, my home and my faithful four-legged...
Your Nanny Is Pregnant – 6 Tips To Make This Work For Everyone
Your nanny has just texted you to say that she has some wonderful news to share tonight, once you have...
When To Teach Kids About Money?
If, like me, you were never much good at the money “thing” until your first rent arrears scared you into...
Starting School
The requirements and age to start Reception across the UK are generally that the child should be starting school within...
Toilet Training Tips
With the news that more children are starting Reception without being able to use the toilet by themselves, we revisit...
Get Hired Faster – Share Your Profile!
With the help of social media, email and classified ads it is quick and simple to get your Care.com profile...
“How Do I Tell My Boss I’m Pregnant?”
You’re pregnant – congratulations! You’re excited and overjoyed, and perhaps a bit anxious too. Family and friends have heard the...
Father’s Day: 6 Things We Would Miss If Dads Went On Strike For the Day
There was a series of blog posts that went viral recently, where a Mum catalogued her attempt at going on...
Parenting with Balls: Twitter Interview with @SingleParentDad
Care.com took to Twitter to discuss the highs and lows of raising a child solo, and the importance of dads...
Tried & Tested Is Best
Recently, we asked Care.com nannies and carers to take part in a survey, so that we could better understand how...
How to Negotiate Flexible Working
Mandy Garner is the Editor of Workingmums.co.uk: the UK’s leading female-focused jobs and community site. How do you best go about negotiating flexible...
Caring for a Child with Special Needs
Caring for a child with special needs –educational or physical disability – brings huge rewards and satisfaction for the carer....
A Moving Abroad Checklist for Families
Moving abroad can be a challenging, but hopefully also rewarding experience to go through. It is often difficult enough for...
Volunteer to Boost Your Special Needs Care Career
Many parents of children with special needs struggle to find carers who they trust and feel understand their son or...
Beating Those First-Day-of-School Nerves
It’s only natural to be worried about heading back to school – and that goes for parents and children! Of...
Parents – it’s time to get involved in the classroom!
Being involved with your children’s school is a great way of showing that you’re all on the same page and...
Cutting Out the Back-to-School Chaos
The six weeks of summer holidays have promised us an extra hour in bed each morning, barbeques whenever the sun...
Oh, I’ll Do It!
Response to the arrival of George, Prince of Cambridge, must have been quite overwhelming for Kate and William. At Care.com,...
Traditional Gender Roles Persist Despite Progress in Flexible Working
Survey Highlights Traditional Divisions Between Mums and Dads Over Childcare and Working Hours London, England – September 12, 2013 –...
Halloween Stories for Children
Witches, ghouls, pumpkins and haunted castles are a-plenty in these 10 Halloween stories for children. Enjoy reading them together with...