Tom Cruise allegedly hired a whole team of babysitters for his children so that he could join his (then) fiancée, Katie Holmes in lengthy gym sessions. They both looked svelte in the wedding photos so it must have worked!
Before fame hit, Little Eva was a regular babysitter for the daughter of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. King was working on a song one day when Eva started to dance. The result was ‘The Loco-Motion’.
Martha Stewart’s daughter, Alexis, has a radio talk show called ‘Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer’. When Jennifer was growing up, her babysitter was actress Phoebe Cates.
Jude Law had an affair with his children’s’ nanny, Daisy Wright, which lost him Sienna Miller. Bet he wished he’d hired Nanny McPhee!
A New York nanny was recently arrested and charged with stealing jewelry - $500,000 worth, from clients including Robert De Niro and Candice Bergen.
Both Robin Williams and ‘Law and Order’ actor, Joe Piscopo married women who had formerly been nannies to their children.
At the Academy Awards, actress Julia Roberts did a ‘to-camera’ Happy Birthday to Marva - the nanny to Julia’s twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel. Marva was allegedly chosen from over 100 applicants. Julia Roberts is rumoured to have conducted interviews and done background and credit checks on all of them. Julia is the reader of the audio version of ‘The Nanny Diaries’.
Author and nanny Tracy Hogg was called the ‘Baby Whisperer’ by her famous clients. She cared for over 5,000 babies including the offspring of Jodie Foster, Cindy Crawford, Michael J. Fox, Calista Flockhart and Jamie Lee Curtis. Tracy sadly died of melanoma aged 44.
Notorious Hollywood ‘Madam’, Heidi Fleiss, worked as a babysitter from the age of 12. She was so good at it that she began a babysitting service, employing her friends to share the load. This was how she first found that she was a good businesswoman!
Billy Crystal’s father managed the Commodore Music Shop on 42nd Street in New York. His uncle founded Commodore Records – a jazz label. Billy grew up surrounded by jazz greats and his babysitter was Billy Holliday!
When Keanu Reeves was a kid, his babysitter was Rock musician Alice Cooper.
As a teenager, actress Gina Davis worked as a babysitter for a famous New York member of ‘the mob’.
‘American Idol’ judge, Paula Abdul was seven years old when Michael Bolton first babysat her. She says that Michael is such a good father today because he got his training while babysitting her!
It’s rumoured that actor Al Lewis (‘Grandpa’ in TV’s The Munsters) once hired the notorious Charles Manson to babysit his sons.
“Quote, unquote”
“The only reason he had a child is so that he can meet babysitters.”
David Letterman talking about Warren Beatty in 1991
“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theater admission and the babysitter were worth it.”
Alfred Hitchcock
“I babysat for my nephew and it’s not as glamorous as it looks.”
Beyonce Knowles
Visit www.superbabysitting.com for free babysitting tips, advice and how to claim a first aid book and babysitters handbook.
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Friday, 26 January 2007
Babysitter Today - Highly Paid Nanny Tomorrow?
Lots of people babysit - some for the money and some because they love children. For a few, it can be the first step on the ladder to a highly lucrative career as a nanny. Good nannies are constantly in high demand and their earning potential is huge.
CEO's are desperate for decent childcare
Having problems with childcare causes stress to millions of families – whatever their income. Everyone would love to find the dream nanny and few do. A child-care meltdown happens to most people at one time or another.
CEO's may be high fliers but they are as prone to child care disasters as everyone else. In their desperation many CEO's are offering salaries in the region of $100,000 – more than some people with law degrees get!
Why Are They Paying So Much?
CEO's are highly paid because they are under a huge amount of pressure to deliver at work. Having a reliable, sensible nanny takes an enormous amount of worry out of their daily equation. Sudden business trips often arise and knowing that your children are in safe hands is worth a big salary.
CEO's spend more on childcare because they understand the associated legal and tax issues. They are also generally great to work for as they don’t want to risk a law suit for having their nanny in a ‘harsh work environment’.
How Does Someone Become A High-End Nanny?
Employers are more than willing to pay extra for someone with a degree in education, nursing or child psychology. In fact, many nanny agencies are now actively recruiting at colleges that major in child psychology, education and development. Most start on a salary of around $30,000 but can more than double that in a couple of years.
Personal Preference
Some employers like their nanny to have experience and to have been on some kind of training course. Others don’t mind so much and like the nanny to do things their way anyway. Some nanny agencies offer training
Common Sense is priceless!
Just being willing to show initiative is impressive. For instance, being prepared to take the car in for service, pick up dry cleaning and generally keep everything 'ticking over' – is seen as a desirable quality in a nanny. Other easily acquired skills, such as having a swimming certification, knowing CPR and knowing the latest childcare recommendations all look good on the CV.
A nanny is employed to make life easier for the parents of the family – so long hours (often around 60 hours a week) and working holidays are to be expected.
What Other Benefits Are There?
The homes that high-end nannies work in are usually ‘dream’ homes.
The food is commonly gourmet standard.
A nanny will often be given a car as part of the payment package.
Pay is often tax-free.
Foreign trips are standard. The nanny is still working but will enjoy first-class travel and often visits to expensive restaurants, museums, amusement parks and mind-blowing shopping trips.
If this sounds like a dream career to you - take the first step to making that dream come true. Visit www.superbabysitting.com for free tips, babysitting advice and how to claim a first aid book and babysitters handbook.
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CEO's are desperate for decent childcare
Having problems with childcare causes stress to millions of families – whatever their income. Everyone would love to find the dream nanny and few do. A child-care meltdown happens to most people at one time or another.
CEO's may be high fliers but they are as prone to child care disasters as everyone else. In their desperation many CEO's are offering salaries in the region of $100,000 – more than some people with law degrees get!
Why Are They Paying So Much?
CEO's are highly paid because they are under a huge amount of pressure to deliver at work. Having a reliable, sensible nanny takes an enormous amount of worry out of their daily equation. Sudden business trips often arise and knowing that your children are in safe hands is worth a big salary.
CEO's spend more on childcare because they understand the associated legal and tax issues. They are also generally great to work for as they don’t want to risk a law suit for having their nanny in a ‘harsh work environment’.
How Does Someone Become A High-End Nanny?
Employers are more than willing to pay extra for someone with a degree in education, nursing or child psychology. In fact, many nanny agencies are now actively recruiting at colleges that major in child psychology, education and development. Most start on a salary of around $30,000 but can more than double that in a couple of years.
Personal Preference
Some employers like their nanny to have experience and to have been on some kind of training course. Others don’t mind so much and like the nanny to do things their way anyway. Some nanny agencies offer training
Common Sense is priceless!
Just being willing to show initiative is impressive. For instance, being prepared to take the car in for service, pick up dry cleaning and generally keep everything 'ticking over' – is seen as a desirable quality in a nanny. Other easily acquired skills, such as having a swimming certification, knowing CPR and knowing the latest childcare recommendations all look good on the CV.
A nanny is employed to make life easier for the parents of the family – so long hours (often around 60 hours a week) and working holidays are to be expected.
What Other Benefits Are There?
The homes that high-end nannies work in are usually ‘dream’ homes.
The food is commonly gourmet standard.
A nanny will often be given a car as part of the payment package.
Pay is often tax-free.
Foreign trips are standard. The nanny is still working but will enjoy first-class travel and often visits to expensive restaurants, museums, amusement parks and mind-blowing shopping trips.
If this sounds like a dream career to you - take the first step to making that dream come true. Visit www.superbabysitting.com for free tips, babysitting advice and how to claim a first aid book and babysitters handbook.
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007
The Perfect Holiday Gift for an Aspiring Babysitter.
Are you the parent, grandparent or friend of someone who would love to be a babysitter? You may feel a little anxious about encouraging this and this is perfectly natural.
On the one hand, you are pleased that they are keen to work and showing some ambition. You’d like to be more enthusiastic but you worry that babysitting is such a responsible job – especially for such young kids…
Don’t worry any more – the answer is to get them a training course DVD, it could be the best holiday or birthday gift that you ever buy.
In giving them as an affordable gift, you
Demonstrate your support and faith in the youngster’s ambitions – and
They get an excellent training course which will teach them everything that they need to know to become the best babysitter in town!
Solve the problem of buying the perfect holiday or birthday gift!
Provide them with a resource that facilitates easy learning in their own time!
Make sure that the course has been developed by professionals. You need to be able to trust the expertise that has created any course.
Here are just a few of the tips and techniques that babysitting DVD training courses should teach ...
How to choose safe and age-appropriate toys and games
How to prevent injuries and be prepared if an emergency does happen
How to perform basic first aid
How to diaper and feed infants
How to handle bedtime
How to handle bath-time
How to handle dinner-time
Kids today are used to getting their entertainment and learning from computers and DVD’s. Give them the gift that teaches as they watch. And if they want to check something out or go over details again - all the information will always be there for them.
You’re giving the gift of learning, increasing their self-confidence and the potential to earn their own money. And at last, you can encourage them with your mind at rest. What could be better?
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your babysitters DVD course visit the Super Babysitting web site for free babysitters tips, tricks, advice and techniques right now!
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On the one hand, you are pleased that they are keen to work and showing some ambition. You’d like to be more enthusiastic but you worry that babysitting is such a responsible job – especially for such young kids…
Don’t worry any more – the answer is to get them a training course DVD, it could be the best holiday or birthday gift that you ever buy.
In giving them as an affordable gift, you
Demonstrate your support and faith in the youngster’s ambitions – and
They get an excellent training course which will teach them everything that they need to know to become the best babysitter in town!
Solve the problem of buying the perfect holiday or birthday gift!
Provide them with a resource that facilitates easy learning in their own time!
Make sure that the course has been developed by professionals. You need to be able to trust the expertise that has created any course.
Here are just a few of the tips and techniques that babysitting DVD training courses should teach ...
How to choose safe and age-appropriate toys and games
How to prevent injuries and be prepared if an emergency does happen
How to perform basic first aid
How to diaper and feed infants
How to handle bedtime
How to handle bath-time
How to handle dinner-time
Kids today are used to getting their entertainment and learning from computers and DVD’s. Give them the gift that teaches as they watch. And if they want to check something out or go over details again - all the information will always be there for them.
You’re giving the gift of learning, increasing their self-confidence and the potential to earn their own money. And at last, you can encourage them with your mind at rest. What could be better?
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your babysitters DVD course visit the Super Babysitting web site for free babysitters tips, tricks, advice and techniques right now!
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Friday, 12 January 2007
Babysitting the Parents!
Going out for the evening is a fun time – or it should be. However, for many parents (especially new parents) the experience is fraught with guilt, worry and anxiety.
In order to appreciate how they are feeling, try and view it from their point of view for a moment. Let’s take new parents as an example.
For the past few months, these people have devoted themselves to this new infant suddenly living in their home. Before junior’s arrival, going out was a breeze. They would just go - wherever and whenever they pleased. She would just grab her purse and they were out of that door.
A few months down the line, they are totally enchanted with the baby but their world has shrunk to catering for its’ every whim. They’re probably punchy with sleep depravation and can’t remember the last time they even made it through a TV movie without falling asleep. Going out with the baby has to be planned like a military operation. Checklist: diapers, bottles, blanket, changing mat, wipes…Mom is exhausted before she leaves the house!
As the weeks go by, they realize that they really need some quality time alone together – but that involves leaving their precious child. It becomes a huge and difficult decision. They need those few hours away to recharge their batteries and to re-connect with each other…but what if? What if the house burns down, or the baby gets sick, or the babysitter turns out to be more ‘Psycho’ than ‘Mary Poppins’?
How you can make a difference
New parents are always going to worry the first time they go out and leave their child. But there is a lot that you can do, as a babysitter, to lessen that worry and to encourage them to be brave enough to try it again.
Looking and sounding professional will begin to win their trust. Behaving in a respectful manner in their home will help to build their confidence in you. Asking them all the right questions (baby’s routine, their contact info etc) will build on that confidence. These may seem like small details but if you add them all together they present a picture of someone who is dependable and capable of keeping their child safe.
If the parents still seem shaky about the prospect of a night out, try suggesting a ‘trial run’. This could be a daytime event. It’s widely recognized that everything feels ‘safer’ and more manageable during the day.
Encourage them to take just a couple hours away from the home, maybe a visit to a Coffee Shop. If it means that you spend some of your Saturday doing this – just think of the rewards it may reap. It may well lead to you getting a regular, enjoyable, paid job.
Building on your foundations
Once you land the job – do it to the best of your ability. Always be well groomed and sensibly dressed. Always be polite and respectful. Always leave the home as you found it. And always remember that for those few hours, the kids are your priority.
If the kids are safe and happy, the parents will be too. Just remember that they come as a package. You may have entertained the kids extremely well but if Mom and Dad return to find the house like a bomb site – you may not get asked back.
If all of this sounds a little excessive, just bear in mind that however well you get on with the kids, it is the parents who will decide whether to employ you or not. So it literally does pay to keep them happy!
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your free babysitters handbook and first aid book visit the Super Babysitting, babysitters tips web site right now!
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In order to appreciate how they are feeling, try and view it from their point of view for a moment. Let’s take new parents as an example.
For the past few months, these people have devoted themselves to this new infant suddenly living in their home. Before junior’s arrival, going out was a breeze. They would just go - wherever and whenever they pleased. She would just grab her purse and they were out of that door.
A few months down the line, they are totally enchanted with the baby but their world has shrunk to catering for its’ every whim. They’re probably punchy with sleep depravation and can’t remember the last time they even made it through a TV movie without falling asleep. Going out with the baby has to be planned like a military operation. Checklist: diapers, bottles, blanket, changing mat, wipes…Mom is exhausted before she leaves the house!
As the weeks go by, they realize that they really need some quality time alone together – but that involves leaving their precious child. It becomes a huge and difficult decision. They need those few hours away to recharge their batteries and to re-connect with each other…but what if? What if the house burns down, or the baby gets sick, or the babysitter turns out to be more ‘Psycho’ than ‘Mary Poppins’?
How you can make a difference
New parents are always going to worry the first time they go out and leave their child. But there is a lot that you can do, as a babysitter, to lessen that worry and to encourage them to be brave enough to try it again.
Looking and sounding professional will begin to win their trust. Behaving in a respectful manner in their home will help to build their confidence in you. Asking them all the right questions (baby’s routine, their contact info etc) will build on that confidence. These may seem like small details but if you add them all together they present a picture of someone who is dependable and capable of keeping their child safe.
If the parents still seem shaky about the prospect of a night out, try suggesting a ‘trial run’. This could be a daytime event. It’s widely recognized that everything feels ‘safer’ and more manageable during the day.
Encourage them to take just a couple hours away from the home, maybe a visit to a Coffee Shop. If it means that you spend some of your Saturday doing this – just think of the rewards it may reap. It may well lead to you getting a regular, enjoyable, paid job.
Building on your foundations
Once you land the job – do it to the best of your ability. Always be well groomed and sensibly dressed. Always be polite and respectful. Always leave the home as you found it. And always remember that for those few hours, the kids are your priority.
If the kids are safe and happy, the parents will be too. Just remember that they come as a package. You may have entertained the kids extremely well but if Mom and Dad return to find the house like a bomb site – you may not get asked back.
If all of this sounds a little excessive, just bear in mind that however well you get on with the kids, it is the parents who will decide whether to employ you or not. So it literally does pay to keep them happy!
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your free babysitters handbook and first aid book visit the Super Babysitting, babysitters tips web site right now!
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Thursday, 21 December 2006
Why be a babysitter?
Being a babysitter is a responsible job. It’s not the sort of thing that you should enter into because all your friends are doing it or you just want the money. The money is great but you will gain a lot more satisfaction from the job if you take a little while to examine why you want to do it in the first place.
Maybe you love children? That’s a good start! Maybe you’re thinking of working with children in the future as a Nursery Nurse or assistant, or even as a teacher. Working as a babysitter is great as a ‘dry run’ for these jobs. Children can be endearing, cute, adorable and loveable. They can also be difficult, demanding, downright dislikable at times and totally exhausting.
If you discover that babysitting isn’t really for you, be honest with yourself and with the parents. Trying to continue a job like this when your heart isn’t in it can lead to a drop in standards and everyone will end up miserable.
I love it!
If you do enjoy it – make the most of the experience. Building a relationship with children and parents can be extremely rewarding and satisfying. If children are going to play a large part in your life, either as an employee or as a Mother (or Father) yourself – use it as a learning opportunity.
Watch the children as they play and observe how they reason things out through role playing or the use of dolls and toys. You might be amazed to find that even small children are highly observant of what is going on around them – especially things that they’re not supposed to know about or notice!
If you’re lucky enough to work regularly with one family, watch how the children are growing and changing. Their speech will alter and their physical abilities will change and become more defined.
Taking all of this in may sound like a lot of work but if you just absorb it while you play and interact with them, you will be learning a lot about children just by spending time with them.
How babysitting can affect you.
You will learn a lot about yourself. Many parents say that they didn’t know that they had a temper until they had children! Children are masters at testing you to your limit and beyond, just to see how far they can go. However, they love boundaries as it makes them feel safe. Don’t fall into the trap of over-indulging them just because it is cute to see them behave like tiny adults. They’re not and they’re looking to you for guidance and the safety of limitation.
It might feel strange at first to be ‘in charge’ of the children – unless you have younger brothers and sisters. It’s fairly important to be firm from day one. You can always relax a little later but if you start off too laid back, it’s much harder to regain control.
Having the responsibility of babysitting and carrying it out successfully can be a great confidence booster. This can affect other areas of your life. You may find that you’re not as shy as you once were or that it’s easier to make decisions.
Getting the most from babysitting can make it a fulfilling and enjoyable job. There is a saying that in any situation, you get out what you put in – and babysitting is a perfect example of that…so give it your best shot and enjoy!
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your free babysitters handbook and first aid book visit the Super Babysitting, babysitters tips web site right now!
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Maybe you love children? That’s a good start! Maybe you’re thinking of working with children in the future as a Nursery Nurse or assistant, or even as a teacher. Working as a babysitter is great as a ‘dry run’ for these jobs. Children can be endearing, cute, adorable and loveable. They can also be difficult, demanding, downright dislikable at times and totally exhausting.
If you discover that babysitting isn’t really for you, be honest with yourself and with the parents. Trying to continue a job like this when your heart isn’t in it can lead to a drop in standards and everyone will end up miserable.
I love it!
If you do enjoy it – make the most of the experience. Building a relationship with children and parents can be extremely rewarding and satisfying. If children are going to play a large part in your life, either as an employee or as a Mother (or Father) yourself – use it as a learning opportunity.
Watch the children as they play and observe how they reason things out through role playing or the use of dolls and toys. You might be amazed to find that even small children are highly observant of what is going on around them – especially things that they’re not supposed to know about or notice!
If you’re lucky enough to work regularly with one family, watch how the children are growing and changing. Their speech will alter and their physical abilities will change and become more defined.
Taking all of this in may sound like a lot of work but if you just absorb it while you play and interact with them, you will be learning a lot about children just by spending time with them.
How babysitting can affect you.
You will learn a lot about yourself. Many parents say that they didn’t know that they had a temper until they had children! Children are masters at testing you to your limit and beyond, just to see how far they can go. However, they love boundaries as it makes them feel safe. Don’t fall into the trap of over-indulging them just because it is cute to see them behave like tiny adults. They’re not and they’re looking to you for guidance and the safety of limitation.
It might feel strange at first to be ‘in charge’ of the children – unless you have younger brothers and sisters. It’s fairly important to be firm from day one. You can always relax a little later but if you start off too laid back, it’s much harder to regain control.
Having the responsibility of babysitting and carrying it out successfully can be a great confidence booster. This can affect other areas of your life. You may find that you’re not as shy as you once were or that it’s easier to make decisions.
Getting the most from babysitting can make it a fulfilling and enjoyable job. There is a saying that in any situation, you get out what you put in – and babysitting is a perfect example of that…so give it your best shot and enjoy!
Super Babysitting makes it quick and easy to get babysitting advice and tips. To get your free babysitters handbook and first aid book visit the Super Babysitting, babysitters tips web site right now!
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