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Welcome!
Welcome to the inaugural issue of my monthly newsletter
for
parents and nannies! Over the past 8 years of providing personal
nanny
placement services I realized many of my clients and their nannies
have ongoing
questions about child care, child development, public policy, and
education/training opportunities for nannies. I hope the newsletter
will
provide some answers and direction for these common areas of concern.
As always, I welcome feedback as this project gets off the ground!
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Parenting
Styles
When welcoming a new caregiver into your child's
life, there
are a million things one wants to say: he likes his red jacket, not
the green
one; she gets nervous in new places; he's a wreck without his long
nap.
Often we get lost in the endless details and neglect the essential
discussion
of the parenting values that shape ones decision making process.
A new
book by ZERO TO THREE, Bringing Up Baby: Three Steps to Making Good
Decisions In
Your Child's First Years, will help orient oneself for these
discussions with caregivers. The book offers a unique 3-step
approach to
understanding the parent decision making process: 1) Understanding
Who I Am As
a Parent, 2) Tuning Into My Child, 3) Making Sensitive and Effective
Decisions. For
a summary of the book click here. |
Essential
Play
Children work hard at playing. They are
exploring their
world and are as serious about it as a stock broker watching the rise
or fall
of a favored stock. They are not only learning the physical nature
of the
world but through interacting with others in play they are learning
how to take
turns, share, and most importantly enjoy other people. In a parent's
eagerness to give great toys we can forget what is essential in the
enjoyment
of the toy which is play. For great tips on playing with your
infant or
toddler and its impact on their development got to
www.zerotothree.org/play. |
Caregiver
Transitions
Children often feel most secure in familiar routines,
places and
with people they know. When a new caregiver is introduced into
their
lives the daily transition to this new caregiver can be a challenging
time for
the child. Taking leave of your child can become a source of
great
frustration for parent, child and caregiver. Here are some suggestions
to
help reduce the stress of transitioning from the care of a parent to
a nanny.
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Allow time to transition; have the caregiver arrive
10 to 15 min.
before you must leave so that everyone has time to adjust.
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Have the caregiver involve your child in an activity
they enjoy prior to
saying goodbye.
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Model the "goodbye" you want your child to use. These
are the times
children are learning how to say their "goodbye's" to people they
know well.
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When the nanny leaves can also be a time of stress. Try
similar
techniques to ease this transition as well.
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Expect some challenges. It is not unusual for
children and
especially toddlers to cry the first few times with a new caregiver.
It
takes time to get to know and trust a new person.
To discuss situations involving separation protest
and anxiety or for
an evaluation, please contact Alyce.
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Employee
Taxes
As tax deadlines quickly approach here are some
helpful
resources to make complying with household employee regulations easier.
IRS
Publication 926
Household Employer's Tax Guide (PDF)
All the basic information you need to
comply with
federal regulations.
1040
Schedule
H Household Employment Tax Form (PDF)
Form to determine your employer share
of taxes and
file with your 2005 1040.
Breedlove
A complete compliance service for both state
and federal taxes
and other household employment regulations.
www.breedlove-online.com
NannyPay
Payroll software for household employers to
make paying taxes
easier.
www.essentia-soft.com
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