Day Care
Posted by: Jolie, July 22, 2009 in 6:03 pm
Are you in need of live-in childcare? Or, are you a parent in need of a nanny with flexible hours? If so, you may want to consider an au pair for your childcare. Yes, au pair. (Yep, that is how you spell it.)
So, what is an au pair?
Au pairs are generally foreign-born women between the ages of 18 and 26 that come to the States to experience life as a US citizen. They come from countries around the world, mostly originating from countries like Brazil, Germany and Thailand. Sorry, they aren’t all Swedish like in the movies!
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Posted by: Whitney Acke, February 12, 2009 in 12:28 am
The Growing Trend In Childcare Reduction & Why Parents Are Choosing To Parent Full-Time
When my friend Ann was laid off due to turbulent American economic crisis this year, she spent the first week wondering if she’d return to work. With a full-time working husband (who happened to carry the health insurance) and two young children in daycare, she wasn’t sure what to do with herself for the first few days of “freedom”. After relishing hours in the bubble filled tub and a day curled up with a great book, she knew it was time to make a decision. She could either struggle to find a new job or she could pull the kids out of day care and instantly venture into “Stay-At-Home” land.
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Posted by: Mary P, September 8, 2008 in 10:43 am
Breast or bottle, crib or co-sleep, cloth or disposable… Before your child’s first breath, you’ve already made a heap of parenting decisions, and there are many more to come! Today we’ll focus on a biggie for those mothers who have decided to return to work after their maternity leave: Childcare.
It’s such a big decision, one that parents agonize about. We’ll take it in stages. First: What are your childcare options?
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