High-Pressure Parents — Should You Confront Them?
But Should You Step In?This is a tough situation to be in, and experts generally agree that the best thing...
Kids health & safety
How Can We All Make a Moment in Half Term?
“In a minute”, ‘I’m coming”, “Just let me finish this email / phone call / Powerpoint” … sound familiar? With...
United Front: Childcare and Consistency
Sometimes it seems that every week brings new physical, emotional, or behavioural changes in a child’s life, with the behaviour...
Top 5 Winter Walks
Pick a crisp winter’s day, wrap everyone up warm and explore our ideas for family walks. 1. Stately Homes and...
International Parenting Techniques: Learning from Other Cultures
Parenting is hard work no matter what part of the world you live in. However, a host of new books...
Who’s the Daddy?
Missing your child or feeling guilty for leaving them when you finally return to work is a familiar topic, but...
7 Common Stress Scenarios – Solved
You’re stressed out. With children, a job, a life, parents aging, siblings fighting – not to mention the enormous amount...
How to Supervise Your Children Online
For most of us, the words “social networking” and “social media” seem to stare at us from every page of...
How to be a Plugged-in Parent
Your child’s energy seems to shift to a new website every week. He has new friends and you can’t keep...
Life In The Middle: Sandwich Caring
It’s a Tuesday afternoon and I am 673 miles from my children, my husband, my home and my faithful four-legged...
A Moving Abroad Checklist for Families
Moving abroad can be a challenging, but hopefully also rewarding experience to go through. It is often difficult enough for...
A Day in the Life of a Royal Nanny
What will it be like to care for the new royal baby and work for Prince William and Duchess Catherine? Clara...
Helping Friends With Children Cope With Cancer
When a close friend or relative with children is diagnosed with cancer, it is natural for you to want to...
Cutting Out the Back-to-School Chaos
The six weeks of summer holidays have promised us an extra hour in bed each morning, barbeques whenever the sun...
Oh, I’ll Do It!
Response to the arrival of George, Prince of Cambridge, must have been quite overwhelming for Kate and William. At Care.com,...
15 Conversation Starters for Children
Talking to your child about their day makes for perfect dinnertime chat and early evening catch-ups. Although it can be...
Sending The Nanny To School Events: A recipe for more or less working mum guilt?
Recently, I had to send my nanny to my daughter’s check-up. I had a last-minute business meeting and I couldn’t...
Quality Family Time On The Cheap
Kathryn Crawford, editor of TheBabyWebsite.com, writes about her favourite ways to spend time together as a family — without breaking the...
How to Boost Your Child’s Confidence
We all want our children to be happy, have healthy habits and to experience success. But did you know the...
Make the Most of the Dad-Bond
The bond between Dads and children is a very important one. Often Dads feel they get overlooked, or feel they are...
Social Media Scenarios You Can Help Your Children Handle
Limiting the use of technology may not always be the answer to preventing cyber-bullying. Instead, lots of mums, dads, and...
Solving Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry can start from the day your new baby arrives home from the hospital. Older siblings can start making...
Make the Most of Family Gatherings This Christmas
With Christmas here and everyone in the festive spirit, there will no doubt be a few family gatherings in the...
How To Help Victims Of Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan
To my friends around the world: They say that home is where the heart is, and this week my heart is...
6 Checkpoints Before Your Nanny Drives Your Children
We all know that no matter how much you trust or know a nanny, it’s always hard to hand over...
5 Warning Signs Your Kids Dislike the Nanny
Families hire nannies to provide caring and nurturing support while helping to raise their children. But what would you do...
5 Ways to Resolve Your Child’s Dislike for the Nanny
So you’ve identified a problem between your child and your carer – what should you do next? We’ve put together...
5 Carer Problems With Solutions
It’s inevitable that in any relationship the partners involved will face issues that need to be addressed through open and...
7 Activities for Summer Family Fun
Did the summers feel longer and more action-packed when you were a child than they do now? That’s because the...
7 Ways to Make the Most of Free Time
Sometimes as a carer you can find yourself with downtime in between work – whether it’s as a nanny with...
101 Activities to Maximise a Free Hour
Just imagine a whole hour to yourself – no kids, no work and no to-do’s. What would you do? As...
Nurturing the Grandparent Bond
A good relationship with your grandchild can provide them with the life skills and worldly wisdom as well as a...
5 Tips To Cope With New Parent Anxiety
Chances are, if you are reading this as a new parent you might be tired, a little anxious and very...
Father’s Day: 10 Tips for Making Your Unsung Hero’s Time Special and Memorable
In a recent Care.com survey, we found that Dads have DIY and repairs high up on their list of responsibilities...
Celebrating Families – United Nations International Families Day, May 15 2014
You may not know it, but May 15th is the United Nations International Families Day. This is a day which...
Natural Body Lotion & Lip Balm Recipes
Many body lotion products on the market today contain a lot of chemical ingredients whilst their natural counterparts cost the...
The Importance of Paternity Leave
When it comes to the public consciousness, dads and paternity leave is often overshadowed by mums and maternity leave. Yet...
8 Ways To Manage Sandwich Generation Stress
If you find yourself at the end of the day feeling drained and worrying about not doing enough, then demands...
6 Tips for Organizing Your Family
Whether you’re dealing with little munchkins or terrible teens and a family pet too, we all know that keeping on...
Raising a Calm Child
As a parent, you always want the best for your child. You work tirelessly to raise your child with the...