I recently asked parents on social media, “What has a nanny taught you?”  I was blown away by the response!  I look forward to sharing those responses with you in the next few weeks, but for today’s blog I wanted to focus on what nannies have taught me over the years.

I’ve been researching nannies and parents for about the past year.  In developing the Same Team Online Course, I came from the parents’ typical online search perspective: why am I struggling to find the right matches?!  I had an idea of common experiences on care dot come...

When my son was about 4 months old, I started searching for the first nanny we would work with.  I began the process the same way so many parents do:  they ask other parents (online and offline) how they found the nanny they worked with.  When I was chatting with one particular...

For the past 7+ years I have worked with in-home caregivers in various capacities.  My own caregiving crisis (quick nanny turn over, not being able to find a nanny, not knowing then when I know now about the nanny search + hire process) became the first thread in which my academic career...

When I started the Same Team online course project roughly a year ago now, I came at the project through the parent lens.  I had heard over and over the online nanny search fails and believed that parents were generally conducting their searches the right way.  As I reflected on my own...

There’s a hush-hush secret that has been passed around on playgrounds and by the water cooler for many working mothers: it’s often easier to go to our work-outside-the-home jobs versus our mom jobs inside the home.  I remember when I finally took the leap to work with a nanny...

No matter how air tight a parent + nanny work agreement may be, things come up that BOTH parents and nannies need to be flexible on to establish a win-win, forward moving work relationship.  For example, a parent or nanny may be occasionally late (which hopefully includes a phone call heads...

Greetings!  I am so excited to share my background in working with nannies and babysitters for 7+ years with you.  I am also a nurse, researcher, and life-long caregiver who saw numerous parent-nanny fails unfolding over and over on social media.  I kept thinking... there has to be...