The Nanny Kit: Everything You Need to Hire the Right Nanny

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Summary: Empowering parents is the goal of "The Nanny Kit"!
Review: Do you know that most states don't require nanny agencies to be licensed in order to place a nanny in your home? Do you know there is no license, training or certification required to be a nanny? If not, you're not alone. Most parents simply don't know where to begin. And that's a pretty scary feeling when your decision impacts your child.

Empower yourself with "The Nanny Kit - Everything You Need To Hire The Right Nanny". It's a parent-friendly workbook that answers the questions YOU have. In addition to helping you organize your search and define your needs, the book walks you through the interview, screening and hiring process with useables forms you'll need each step of the way. How do you train a nanny? What if you need to fire her? It's all in "The Nanny Kit".

One more thing... a portion of the profits from "The Nanny Kit" are dedicated to Child Help U.S.A., a national child abuse prevention organization.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope you enjoy the book! Whatever route you choose to take to hire your nanny, I wish you well.

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Summary: A useful guide, but only for the wealthy.
Review: Porrazzo's guidebook provides good information about the options for finding a nanny through an agency, newspaper, public postings, or social networks. It also quite effectively lays out the "rules" for the employer, in terms of legal obligations both to the government and to the employee. I found these aspects quite useful.

However, there were two serious points of frustration for me. First, it seems to assume its reader has unlimited resources, and never discusses any of the compromises that are part of most parents' struggle to find adequate child care, especially in-home care. Second, it seems to assume that all of the job applicants are trained, literate, educated, and fluent in English -- and dismisses those who are not as "illegal aliens." This is not the reality of the market. Many of those who are legally qualified to work in the U.S. are not fluent in English; some cannot read in any language. Additionally, many of them do not have the resources to maintain reliable transportation. Any comprehensive guidebook on hiring child care workers must address these more complex problems.

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Summary: A useful guide, but only for the wealthy.
Review: Porrazzo's guidebook provides good information about the options for finding a nanny through an agency, newspaper, public postings, or social networks. It also quite effectively lays out the "rules" for the employer, in terms of legal obligations both to the government and to the employee. I found these aspects quite useful.

However, there were two serious points of frustration for me. First, it seems to assume its reader has unlimited resources, and never discusses any of the compromises that are part of most parents' struggle to find adequate child care, especially in-home care. Second, it seems to assume that all of the job applicants are trained, literate, educated, and fluent in English -- and dismisses those who are not as "illegal aliens." This is not the reality of the market. Many of those who are legally qualified to work in the U.S. are not fluent in English; some cannot read in any language. Additionally, many of them do not have the resources to maintain reliable transportation. Any comprehensive guidebook on hiring child care workers must address these more complex problems.

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Summary: Find a nanny with confidence, not anxiety.
Review: The Nanny Kit is a great resource that turns finding and hiring a nanny into a simple, logical process. The emotional stress is taken out of the picture because Kim Porrazzo explains everything you need to know step by step, from hiring to training to tax reporting. The Nanny Kit is filled with practical tips, worksheets, logs and sample questions which organize your search. Finding a nanny was easy after reading The Nanny Kit. It gave me the confidence I needed to make an informed choice that was right for me. I recommend The Nanny Kit to anyone starting a search for childcare.

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Summary: An excellent guidebook for hiring a nanny.
Review: The Nanny Kit must be used before you hire your nanny. It is a step-by-step process that must be completed before the most important person steps into your home. Without using The Nanny Kit, too many things are missed. It has helped me everytime I have hired a nanny!

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Summary: Good for those hiring a NANNY...
Review: While a slim volume at less than 100 pages, this book does give a good overview of the issues involved in selecting a nanny. As the previous reviewer notes, it is aimed as those who will be hiring a Nanny, as opposed to an Au pair, or other type of child care worker. Nannies are generally better educated and more costly to hire and employ, but do provide more intensive and usually education based childcare. Keep that in mind when purchasing, though it does give some good basic information that will apply to all childcare workers.

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Summary: Good for those hiring a NANNY...
Review: While a slim volume at less than 100 pages, this book does give a good overview of the issues involved in selecting a nanny. As the previous reviewer notes, it is aimed as those who will be hiring a Nanny, as opposed to an Au pair, or other type of child care worker. Nannies are generally better educated and more costly to hire and employ, but do provide more intensive and usually education based childcare. Keep that in mind when purchasing, though it does give some good basic information that will apply to all childcare workers.