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After-hours child care
It’s 9:15 p.m. and a single mother is picking up her 3-year-old from day care. Make that "night care." Sleepy, the little girl still wants to tell mom about her day, excitedly waving in mom’s face the arts and crafts project she put together with crayons and glue. For many working moms and dads, 9 to 5 is not the typical workday. Police officers, nail technicians, attorneys, flight attendants,...read more...// //Convenience for hire
Not long ago, companies were rolling out all kinds of work/life benefits such as child care centers and elder care assistance. Then came the recession, and those benefits dropped to the bottom of most companies' priority lists. Fortunately, the private sector has stepped in. Seeing opportunity, businesses are discovering a huge market in work/life conveniences. From Web entrepreneurs to large drugstore chains,...read more...// //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...// //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...// //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...// //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...// //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...// //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...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...
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