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Tips For Holiday Planning With Your Nanny

Planning for the Holiday's - Don't Forget the Nanny As the holidays approach, your time becomes more limited while your to-do list grows. Planning your holiday schedule with your nanny now will help your holiday season be more about family and celebration rather than chaos and misunderstanding. Communication is key, especially at this time of year. Here are a few simple tips to help you get started: Communicate in a Clear and Concise Manner The importance of communication cannot be stressed enough, not only in life but specifically when planning the holidays with your nanny. Be clear and direct [...]

Tips For Holiday Planning With Your Nanny2022-12-13T15:17:25+00:00

Understand The Nanny Tax

Implications of the Nanny Tax The “nanny tax” is a combination of federal payroll taxes that you are required to pay if you hire a household helper, such as a nanny, maid, babysitter, or elder caregiver, and pay them in excess of a certain threshold amount in a tax year. The IRS considers a household helper who works in your home as an employee, and not an independent contractor, which is the reason why the nanny tax needs to be paid by the family that employs household help. Nanny Tax Requirements A person or family that hires a household helper [...]

Understand The Nanny Tax2025-02-06T17:14:27+00:00

Social Media Guidelines for Your Nanny

Setting up the Social Media Guidelines When you're hiring a nanny, social media may not be the first thing on your mind. However, it should certainly be high on the list of things that you consider as you lay out the policies and procedures that you expect your new employee to abide by. Social media has become a large part of our lives, and will likely continue to be so. This means that you'll need to think about how your nanny's online sharing interacts with your family's day-to-day life, and how much you are comfortable with them sharing space [...]

Social Media Guidelines for Your Nanny2023-08-22T18:13:15+00:00

Interview Questions for Hiring a Nanny

Asking the Right Interview Questions of your Nanny Candidates As you search for a nanny that’s the right fit for your family, it’s important to have a solid set of interview questions on hand. These questions can help you learn more information about the individuals that you’re interviewing to determine if they’re a good fit for your family while  filtering out candidates that are not. As you interview caregivers, consider the following ideas for questions: How Do You Keep Up with Professional Development? Ask your potential nanny how they keep up with their professional development. This is a key [...]

Interview Questions for Hiring a Nanny2023-08-22T18:13:21+00:00

Fall Activities for Your Children

Family Fun for the Fall As fall arrives and seasons change, it's time to begin to think about planning activities for your children to enjoy. Working parents will find that it makes sense to schedule events for your child to enjoy both with you and with their caregiver, so that no matter what their daily routine, there's something special for the season that they can enjoy. If you're coming up short for ideas for autumn activities, consider the following: Bake Autumn Themed Treats One enjoyable part of the fall season approaching is preparing to enjoy autumn themed treats with [...]

Fall Activities for Your Children2023-08-22T18:13:38+00:00

Tips to a Successful Start to School Year with Your Nanny

How to Have a Successful Start to the New School Year with Your Nanny As evening temperatures begin to drop and our calendars scroll past the summer months, it's time to turn our thoughts to preparing for the back-to-school routine. For children, this can mean new transportation schedules, teachers, classrooms, and coaches. For adults, however, it means coordinating purchases, events, routines, and calendars -- all while managing the normal routines of business and home. As your family and your professional caregivers get ready for back-to-school, let's examine a few ways to make the transition easier for everyone involved: Communicate [...]

Tips to a Successful Start to School Year with Your Nanny2023-08-22T18:14:02+00:00

Six Easy Couponing Tips for Busy Parents

A Coupon Clipped is a Coupon Earned Having little ones can be hard on the wallet. If you find that your grocery budget is getting higher and higher each month, with no end in sight, it may be time to evaluate your options for saving money. Couponing has come a long way since the days of clipping paper coupons from multiple newspapers, and you may be able to save your family some money in just a few minutes each week. Let’s look at a few ways you can coupon using modern techniques to save money on groceries: Organize Your [...]

Six Easy Couponing Tips for Busy Parents2023-08-25T12:52:24+00:00

Nanny Care vs. Day Care

Transitioning to Nanny or Daycare Your bundle of joy has arrived and you and your partner couldn’t be more excited.  You are finally starting to get into a routine when reality hits: it’s time to start thinking about going back to work.  Most mothers are not emotionally ready for this transition which can make this decision very stressful and confusing. Some people are lucky enough to have family who are willing to help, but for most people, it’s between hiring a nanny or sending their child to daycare.  This can be a daunting process, however, it doesn’t have to [...]

Nanny Care vs. Day Care2025-02-06T17:13:28+00:00

To or Not To Nanny Cam?

Pros and Cons of Nanny Cam With the ease and availability of installing nanny cameras, it’s easy to say “why not” to installing them when you have a nanny in the house. There are a number of things to consider when doing so. Know the Laws While installing and recording videos in your home is legal in many states, the legality of audio recordings is more limited. Know the laws in your state before you install a Nanny Cam, and be sure not to install them in sensitive areas such as bathrooms where recording would raise significant privacy concerns. [...]

To or Not To Nanny Cam?2023-08-22T18:14:28+00:00

Do I Owe Federal Taxes?

Federal Tax Withholding's for a Nanny If you are employing a nanny or caregiver and pay them $2,800* or more in a calendar year, you are by definition a “household employer”.  When you hit this threshold there is no option to whether or not you can pay them under the table.  This means, by law, you must pay taxes - period! So the real question becomes, how do you go about properly paying your employee and your taxes?  Required Nanny Tax Withholdings As an employer, you are required to withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes. Depending on the state [...]

Do I Owe Federal Taxes?2025-02-06T17:14:51+00:00

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