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You’ve landed a babysitting job, but now find yourself faced with trying to get kids to listen. It’s after dinner and they are still running around the house yelling, fighting, and refusing to do homework. Your reputation is on the line and you don’t want to lose a client. How are you going to get them under control before the parents get home? Know that you are in a situation that virtually every babysitter finds herself in at one time or another. Children love to push buttons and test limits. The trick is how you respond to their behavior. Here are a few tips to show you how to stay calm with kids:

As the festive period of the year approaches, busy mothers are looking for creative ways to involve their kids in the planning and preparations of Thanksgiving so that they can accomplish the many tasks that a successful holiday season requires. Here are two fun and simple activities that kids and their nannies can do together to help make a colourful and festive thanksgiving table.

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This may seem like a chore, but with a little imagination and enthusiasm, you can use these activities to keep the kids busy and teach them what a fall clean-up is. Of course some tasks need to be done by adults and you might even have to ask your babysitter to give you a hand for things like flipping the mattresses or changing the smoke detectors batteries.

It might be tempting for your babysitter to let the kids sit in front of the TV when they get home from school. Yet, for them it would be a lost opportunity to learn, socialize or even simply to spend their energy in a positive way.

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But even after following the best practices to select a nanny, some parents still feel nervous and would like to keep an eye on what happens in their home when they are not there. In fact, some families consider using nanny cams to ensure that their child is properly cared for in their absence.

In summer, the greatest enemy of our four-legged friends is the heat. And specially heat in cars. Indeed, we often leave our dogs in the car while we do some shopping or even grab lunch somewhere. If it is never a good idea to leave a pet alone in a vehicle (theft risk) this can become very dangerous during the summer season.

Those dreaded words are a parent’s and/or babysitters worst nightmare, particularly over the summer holidays. While it’s a great time for the kids – after all, schools out – it can be trying for parents who are scrambling to find activities to keep the children occupied.

Now that you have selected a candidate that you like and who meets your family’s needs, it is time to finalize the hiring process and negotiate the salary and specific details of her responsibilities with your future nanny.

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It is important that you address the subject of discipline early in baby sitter selection process. To ensure that the candidate doesn’t merely agree with your views, ask her questions about her perspective and opinions, and what she would do in specific situations.