I confess, I was a mom judger. 

Not too long ago, in what I now realize was an attempt to rationalize my own parenting choices, I totally judged another mom for focusing seemingly too much on the work she enjoyed and herself.

There I said it, guilty as charged.  Since then,...

I’m in my 40’s reflecting back on 8 years of hiring babysitters and nannies.  It’s had its ups and downs, and there were many lessons I learned along the way.  One of those hard and humbling lessons was that our family basically needs a cued up and ready rolodex of...

By now, most folks following the Same Team community know I have deep respect for the work of nannies and have acknowledged how much our family has benefitted from working with nannies.  Inside my online course , I outline Nanny Industry Standards, the right way to come to a pay range,...

I can’t believe I’m saying it but I will have a kindergartner and a third grader in just a few short months.  They both will wait for the big yellow school bus.  They both will have full days of school.  At the same school.

I need a minute to let that sink in.

I know...

You may be feeling like a tired, bewildered tumbleweed blowing through the mesa of online nanny search sites… but do not fret.  Same Team is here!  If you haven’t enrolled in our free nanny search + hire tips workshop what are you waiting for??

Parents coming out of...

Many of you know that I've been taking a deep dive into the nanny industry to deliver the most important gems for parents (like me) to take the right nanny search, hire, and onboarding steps on those unwieldy self-search platforms like care dot come and inside Facebook groups. 

In any case,...

I confess, I was SUPER nervous to present my talk on why we shouldn’t cancel parents to the International Nanny Association (INA) last week.  I know that less than ideal exchanges between parents and nannies unfold on social media platforms, and in actuality both sides can take steps...

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...