What’s the Difference Between an Au Pair and a Childminder?
It’s important to be able to make a distinct between au pairs and childminders. Both will help you with your childcare, but with key differences – a childminder is a professional who will work set hours, and will be highly trained and qualified to look after children. By contrast, an au pair is a young person who will assist around …
Fight Winter Illness with Mother Nature’s Natural Remedies
Winter can be a tough time for our bodies; we get persistent colds that can’t be shaken off, and we become more susceptible to infection as our immune systems struggle to deal with being on overheated trains and buses. Illnesses from alcohol and overeating can also cause problems, and many people spend Winter and Christmas either recovering, or struggling through …
Au Pairs
The last few Kids-Health posts have had a childcare theme and so, not wanting to spoil the momentum, here is another one! Lisa-Jane is one of our guest contributors and here she discusses some important issues for consideration if you are thinking of choosing an au-pair for your childcare. In the UK au pair services are provided, normally by agencies, …
5 Reasons to Run a Background Check on Your Child’s Caregiver
I must confess, I haven’t really thought too long or hard about the babysitters I have chosen to look after my little ones. They have tended to land themselves the ‘job’ because they come from a ‘nice’ family or they go to church. But in this article, Jack Meyers who runs a blog on baby sitters, discusses things that every …
Choosing The Right Babysitter
When I was eighteen and had just graduated from high school I was approached by a lady at our church to babysit full time for her over the summer. She had twin five year old daughters and an eighteen month old baby boy. She wanted to go back to work and needed someone to help her as she got started. …
Family Gym Membership
Keeping the kids active can be a costly business. A swimming pool trip can leave little change from a tenner, sports clubs and classes can be pricey and don’t get me started about the price of sports kits….! Some families take out a family gym membership. Gyms nowadays are desperate for business and have got quite good at attracting families. …
10 tips for Motivating Your Lazy Child
Have you got a child who loves the TV or their computer games? Do you have a young teen who spends their Saturday mornings in bed? Motivating some children can be a challenging task as parents well understand. Luckily, there are certain tactics which can spur your child to be less lazy and get off the couch. Learned helplessness This …
Keeping Your Kids Safe In The Cold And Snow
They don’t call it a winter wonderland for nothing - kids love to play outside in the cold and snow. And who can blame them? There’s just something magical about your first sled ride, or watching your breath frost up in front of you. Not to mention building snowmen and igloos, ice skating, and snowball fights. What kid could resist? …
