Are You Traveling With a Family on Vacation?
Did your employer ask you to tag along on a family vacation to help with child care? At first you...
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How to Confront a High-Pressure Parent
Should you step in? The experts from our story “5 Signs You’re a High Pressure Parent” say this is not...
The Care.com Home Binder
Download PDF As a parent, you wear many hats when it comes to organizing your family. You want to make...
What NOT to Say to a Nanny
Whether you just hired a nanny or feel yours is part of your family, you may not know that some of...
4 Reasons for Setting Clear Expectations for Your Summer Care
With swim floaties in hand and goggles on, your kid is ready to dive head-first into summer. The question is:...
The Family and Caregiver Laws and Policies You Need to Know
Changing laws. Government jargon. Reforms and new regulations. It can be hard to navigate all the rules and policies that...
10 Reasons to Hire a Teen Babysitter
Whether you want to get out of the house for date night or run some errands without towing the kids...
Should You Hire Family Members as Caregivers?
Your six months of maternity leave are over and you have to go back to work. The thought of leaving...
The Child Care Dictionary
As a new parent preparing to return to the work force, or a parent who just needs some time to...
5 Things to Consider When a Family Member Is Your Nanny
When it comes time to finding child care, some families turn to grandparents or other relatives. And while some family members...
6 Mistakes Families Make When Hiring a Nanny
Hiring a nanny isn’t a simple process. You’re looking for the right person to care for your child and the...
9 Tips for Hiring a Caregiver When You’re Divorced
Hiring the right nanny or sitter for your child isn’t always easy, but can be even more complicated if you’re...
Babysitter Courses You Should Know About When Hiring a Sitter
When you hire a babysitter, you want to feel secure that your sitter is confident and comfortable with the role,...
Hiring Guides for All Types of Care
The hiring process is no joke. Whether it’s finding someone to look after your aging loved one full time or...
How to Find Child Care at Walt Disney World
If you ever had the opportunity to visit Walt Disney World as a child, you know first-hand how exciting it...
How to Find a Nanny When You Move
A nanny search is a nanny search, no matter where you live. But if you don’t know the area, the...
How to Hire a Nanny for Twins
Finding a nanny, babysitter or other child care provider can be a bit different for families with twins or multiples....
The Best Time to Book Care Throughout the Year
You’re busy all year long and sometimes little things slip through the cracks, like finding summer vacation child care or...
What Is a Nanny Agency? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Choosing a nanny for your child is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a parent. Of course, you’re...
What Questions Should I Ask a Nanny Agency?
A nanny agency may be a great option for you to find child care. To learn more about the costs,...
Real Moms Share Their Best Interview Questions
As someone who will be spending a lot of time with your children, your nanny or babysitter is one of...
10 Safety Tips for Hiring a Teen Babysitter
Times have changed since the days when your neighborhood teen could pop over last minute to babysit for the first...
How to Determine the Right Salary for Your Nanny
You’ve decided that you want to hire a nanny. Now, it’s time to get to work. You’ll need to determine...
What families need to know about the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Household help is a lifesaver for many families. Caregivers who look after young children, aging parents, pets or homes can...
7 babysitter red flags every parent needs to know
Whether you’re a working parent or a mom or dad looking to go on the odd date night, finding a...
9 Tips for Managing a College Nanny
Flexible schedules, youthful energy, the ability to multitask — there are so many reasons to hire a college student. And...
Can You Ask Your Nanny to Cook?
“My son loves his babysitter!” says Rebecca W. from Scottsdale, Arizona. “She only cooks his food, nothing for the family as...
How to Set Realistic Goals With Your Nanny
Three weeks after Betsy Roggenburk Mastaglio’s new sitter started, she wasn’t so sure it was going to work out. Each...
Back-to-school anxiety is real. Here’s how to help your kids work through it
At the end of the summer, when it’s been months since kids have been in the classroom, the mounting anticipation...
8 Back-to-School Resolutions for Parents
Back to school season is a time of anticipation and often dread for students, but it can be very stressful...
Making the 1st day of school a success: Tips for easing your child into a new year
I’ll never forget my daughter’s first day of school. My tears were bittersweet. My baby was old enough to leave...
4 Quick Breakfasts for Kids On-the-Go
Mornings are hard enough: Throwing the alarm clock across the room, getting out of bed, putting on (somewhat clean) clothes...
How to Organize Your Fridge to Make Fast School Lunches
Whether you’re a parent or nanny of one or twenty, making a kids’ school lunch is often time-consuming — and one.more.thing.you.have.to.do....
8 Fun Homework Games
The start of a school year inevitably comes with the start of the homework routine. Though not always welcome, homework...
9 Solutions for Homework Challenges
The homework battles started for Beth and Mark Zink of Charlotte, N.C. when their daughter Zoe entered fourth grade and...
Back-to-school tutoring help: Don’t wait for the first report card
You’ve been having nightmares about your child’s report cards from last year — the homework assignments covered in red pen,...
How Much is Too Much Homework?
A district-wide homework ban? Yeah, right, in your child’s dreams. During the summer of 2011, Galloway, NJ decided they might...
How to Teach Kids at Home
You know that learning doesn’t stop at the classroom. As a parent, you are your kid’s first and favorite teacher,...
Parent-Teacher Conference: 8 Steps to Take After You Meet
If you have a child in school, you’ve likely been to at least one parent-teacher conference before. Sometimes these meetings...
8 Things to Consider When Choosing a Preschool
You probably think you have this preschool application thing solved. By comparing the cost, location, length of the school day...