The 10 Best Pizza Places Around Los Angeles
If your kids are anything like mine, they probably request pizza for dinner at least four times a week. I...
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10 Creative Kids’ Cooking Classes Around Denver
Here are some of the best classes for your little chef in and around the Mile High City. So many...
The 5 Best Places to Go Apple Picking in the Bay Area
Kick off your autumn with a fun, seasonal family ritual: apple picking! Get the kids together and spend a day...
10 Unforgettable Places Near Denver to Stargaze With the Family
Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway or just a quick evening trip outside the city, there are plenty of spots...
10 Great Date Night Ideas for Denver Couples
Date nights may not come as often as you’d like, so we’re taking the legwork out of planning for you...
The 10 Best Hikes for Kids Near Denver
What better way to spend time with the littles ones than spending some time on a trail, exploring and discovering...
4 Tips for Raising Interfaith Kids
If you are in an interfaith relationship, you probably get asked — a lot — about the religion you’ll choose...
Piano The Best Activity For a Healthy Mind, Body, And Soul
I was too young when I started learning piano. The very first day I went there was the day I...
Anti-Snore Sleep Aid Device: A ‘Must Have’ Tool for Sound Sleep
Know how essential a sound sleep is? Hectic day, a busy schedule and heavy workload, life is running in a fast lane....
How to Talk to Aging Parents About Who Gets What in the Will
Jenna said she didn’t think it was possible to feel worse than she already did after her mother’s death, but...
How to find and hire the perfect personal chef
Hiring a personal chef isn’t just for the rich and famous. Many home cooks love to be in the kitchen,...
6 Things You Can Expect When You Are the Royal Nanny
The royal nanny must always be the height of professionalism. From manners to milestones, there are many attributes to a...
13 Ways to Stop Stressing About Having Enough Time
In their annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates discussed what superpowers they wish they had. It may surprise you that...
How to Actually Work from Home on a Snow Day – and Be Productive
When meteorologists warn of blizzard conditions, chaos ensues. Schools announce closings. Storm warnings leap into in effect. Milk, bread and...
A Checklist for Aging in Place
In a recent survey of Americans over 50, AARP found that 89 percent wished to stay in their current home...
3 Exciting New Emoji Evolutions
This fall, almost 25 million children will final have an emoji that represents their family. That will be one...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hire a Housekeeper
I’m terrible at cleaning. My place is a mess. I admit it. I try to clean—I really do. But I’m...
Laying the Groundwork – “Ultimate Nanny” Guide
In my new book Ultimate Nanny: How to Find, Interview, and Manage the Most Important Person You Will Ever Hire – Your Child’s...
The 5 Best Family-Friendly Coffee Shops in Toledo
With constant tantrums and meltdowns and endless piles of laundry, the cabin fever bug is imminent. Living in a city...
10 Community Service Ideas for San Francisco Kids
How do we get kids to give back? Connect them to community service from a young age and show them...
Care. It takes a village
Five years ago almost to the day (January 24), I stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange...
6 Things to Do When You’re Not Getting Responses to Your Job
You’re stuck. You need someone reliable to watch your kids, walk your dog, clean your house, etc., and have been...
Adult Care and Senior Care: Rules to Discuss Before You Hire
As you start interviewing prospective caregiver candidates, it’s a good idea to take some time to determine your house rules as...
8 Things Your Housekeeper Won’t Tell You
You have a wonderful relationship with your housekeeper. After all, you’re opening up your home to her, letting her clean...
Housekeeper Safety: What to do with Fido When She Arrives?
What do you do when you’ve hired the perfect housekeeper but she’s afraid of dogs? Or, perhaps your new cleaner...
The Life of a Royal Nanny
Clara Knight, Mabel Anderson, Helen Lightbody, Tiggy Legge-Bourke … do you recognize these names? They are only a few of...
How to Find a Nanny Job in the Bay Area
There are few places more dazzling than the City by the Bay. A robust economy and come-hither climate have fostered...
Dads Are Getting Way More Involved on Valentine’s Day — Here’s How
Parents: It’s almost Valentine’s Day…so, who’s planning YOUR date night? Is it you? Or is it your partner? We ask simply because,...
How to Prepare for Your Carer’s First Day
You’ve done the hard work, including background checks, securing recommendations, and negotiating pay. You’ve also probably spent some time going...
What to do when the kids nap
If you are a babysitter or nanny, do you ever wonder what to do when the kids nap? My kids...
When Your Dog Attacks – A Legal Point of View
A dog is said to be man’s best friends and the one that lives in your home may be your...
7 ways of selecting the finest dental specialist
Oral health is very important. It has an effect on the beauty of the individual. This is because smiles enhance...
The 5 Best Books About Babysitters to Read on the Job
No matter how amazing you may be at babysitting, you’ll eventually care for kids who feel genuinely uncomfortable about having...
Care.com at 10: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going
As a mother, I often find it hard to believe how time flies. Our youngest son, Adam, is 17...
Meal Time Without TV
I am a mother of a two-year-old boy. Things get a little crazy at our house sometimes and as an...
Teenager
I know I am younger and less experienced with some of the people on Care.com, but I am having a...
They just stop responding, and I am so exhausted and frustrated from it. I want to cry!
In the past month 3 separate people searching for care have told me they were VERY interested and I met one,...
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’...
Do Your Kids Really Need to Play with Toys?
As a mom in the city, I spend what feels like half of my life trying to purge things...
(Doing) Better Together
As a mother of three, I know a thing or two about inertia. For example, children will remain inactive where...