Kiplinger's Personal
Finance Magazine
February, 1999
(pgs 116-120)
Calling Mary
Poppins
How to find and keep
a good Nanny.
The article does a good job of spelling out your
responsibilities as an employer. It also discusses
how to handle the arrangements with your
nanny so that everyone stays happy.
In the
first part of the article stories are recounted
of nanny candidates that have cancelled their
interview when they found that a background check
would be conducted.
The article also discusses nanny salaries, and the
other costs of hiring a good nanny.
Compare the commercial prices on this web site
with the botique ones in the article, and you will
see that they are about 25-33% on the high side.