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  • How to find a preschool

      Maybe it is time for Mommy to go back to work, or maybe your toddler needs a few hours of structured play time and socialization. Whatever your reasons, once you determine that it's time for preschool, it can be a big job to find the right one.    You want to find a clean, loving and safe environment with experienced MORE ONLINE Miami-Dade and Broward Counties have searchable databases of preschool...read more...
    Posted on: Feb 16 2009 - 06:00:00 AM

    How to hire a nanny

      So SuperNanny seems to be too busy to take your calls, and you need some in-home child care. Where to start?    MomsMiami consulted several experts in the field to offer advice for finding a modern-day Mary Poppins or a suitable alternative.    Their tips can also apply to your search for just the occasional baby sitter.    The experts suggested breaking down the process into three...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 11 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    Au pairs: A nanny alternative

      By JENNIFER COHEN, Special to MomsMiami.com If you're looking for live-in help with the kids, you might consider an au pair.    These college students from abroad can be like a big sister for the kids.    Lori and Seth Wise of Davie have had au pairs for the past four years, most of them from Euraupair.com .    Mother of a 2-year-old son with a second on the way,  Lori Wise knew...read more...
    Posted on: Nov 11 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    Balancing Act: Family issues on sidelines

    BY CINDY KRISCHER GOODMAN, cgoodman@MiamiHerald.com   The other night, as the first and only vice presidential debate was starting, I was scrambling to get home from the football field where I had been sitting on the sidelines with other parents.     The talk on the sidelines wasn't about Wall Street, or the stock market, Read Cindy's Balancing Act blog on MomsMiami. or foreign policy or even...read more...
    Posted on: Oct 8 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    Fay's wrath: child-care woes

      For the second day in a row, South Florida parents are struggling with the same gut-wrenching dilemma:    With schools still closed due to Tropical Storm Fay, what will they do with their children as a regular workday looms ahead for them?    That's the real wrath Tropical Storm Fay brought when it forced the TALK ABOUT IT Share ideas for coping with the storm and keeping the kids entertained in...read more...
    Posted on: Aug 19 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    U.S. may allow more au pairs

    NEW YORK -- The welcome sign was ready, so were the balloons. It was as though the DaRossos were greeting a newfound family member, and in a way, they were.    The Ecuadoran woman arriving that spring day was the Yonkers family's seventh au pair --  part of a growing corps of au pairs in a country clamoring for child care and often struggling to find it outside traditional work and school hours.   ...read more...
    Posted on: Jun 26 2008 - 06:00:00 AM

    Balancing Act: Teens alone after school

    By Cindy Goodman , cgoodman@miamiherald.com    Recently, a good friend's had a family crisis that forced him to rethink his work situation. His teenage daughter was home alone and invited friends over.    The friends brought friends. Before long valuables were missing. Filing a police report only made the situation worse and threatened the daughter's safety.    Fortunately, my friend was...read more...
    Posted on: Mar 19 2008 - 11:25:00 AM
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