Welcome to the Nanny Forum!
The purpose of this site is to guide, educate and connect parents and childcare providers
through the many aspects of in home childcare. If you are a new parent and interested in hiring a childcare provider for the
first time please be sure to visit our Terms page. The Terms
are definitions to types of childcare providers and commonly used words and phrases within the childcare field amongst providers, professionals
and parents.
If you have questions regarding the nanny tax (and/or household employer tax issues) please visit our
taxes page. We also offer
a detailed process of the best way to hire a childcare provider without an agency on our
hiring page. If you'd like to use a placement
agency but not quite sure how to choose one then please visit our
agencies page.
This site was put together by parents that have used in home childcare providers and childcare providers. It's primary goal
is to ease the burden of the complex process of hiring someone to work in your home. It sounds like it should be simple
but once you get started you may find yourself overwhelmed with questions like, "why do I have to pay taxes,
do I have to pay overtime, is running a background check really necessary, why does this whole process have to be
so complicated, I just want to hire someone!
Well, hiring someone to work in your home may be a bit more complicated than
hiring that sweet 7th grade neighbor to watch your kids after school for $3 an hour but that doesn't mean
it has to be hard to understand. We have gathered as much information as we could, weeded out the unnecessary stuff and
just supplied the cold hard facts in a, what we believe to be, an easy to read informative site with tabs
on the different sections and scroll down questions. If you have viewed this site and think we could provide it
in a more user-friendly manner, or there is a topic you would like us to add: please email us OR you can
post any and all concerns in our discussion board/chat forum. One of our professional nanny moderators or
parents will help to answer your questions! This site is a work in progress and information will be added to
it regularly with parent and childcare provider submissions. Please email us if youd like us to publish your
experience onanything from your hiring experience, success story or problems you may have had; let others learn from your
mistakes and triumphs! Thanks for visiting!
Don't Forget! If you are unable to find the information you need, please post in in our
chat forum where parents and
caregivers may connect, give and receive advice and share experiences. A moderator checks the forum
regularly to help answer questions.
*Our store will be providing childcare related items to include the
"nannycam" and is coming soon!
Check Out These Great Articles!
What is a Nanny? (How does a
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Hiring a Nanny without an Agency
Paying Taxes (Do I have to pay? How much will it cost?)
What is the Child Care tax credit?
Providing Benefits for my Nanny: What am I legally
responsible to provide?