Realistic Childcare Options for the Single Parent

Childcare and the two-parent home are tough enough but then when the home is a one-parent household, finding good childcare becomes an even greater challenge. As a parent, you are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure your child is given the best possible care. You want to be able to go to working knowing your child is being loved, fed, changed, rocked, and played with in a safe and secure environment. Unfortunately, we have all heard the horror stories pertaining to childcare and while they are rare, things do happen. Since most single parents work outside the home, … Continue reading

A New Invention That Helps You Spy On Your Nanny

I have never hired a nanny, but I have been hired as one several times, so when I heard about this new nanny invention I was quite intrigued. In a previous blog I wrote about the ingenious individual who came up with the idea to turn a suitcase into a stroller, but the mom who designed this new stroller license plate is worthy of a few headlines herself. Are you familiar with the signs trucking companies’ display on their vehicles, which ask the public to report unsafe drivers? Well, now you can put a license plate on your baby’s stroller … Continue reading

Nanny McPhee Availible Today on DVD

If you think your children are misbehaved, check out the Brown children in “Nanny McPhee” released today on DVD. After his seven children drive away their 17th nanny by making her think they had cooked and eaten their youngest sibling, Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) is desperate to find a replacement. The local nanny agency has closed its doors to the Brown family, and without a nanny the widowed Mr. Brown has no one to take care of his children. Enter Nanny McPhee. Nanny McPhee isn’t like any other nanny. She doesn’t work for any nanny agency; she instead goes where … Continue reading