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After attending a workshop last month in Los Angeles at the Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting given by the founder and director Ruth Beaglehole, it became quite apparent to me that most childcare providers along with most parents are completely unaware of this amazing method and positive approach to child rearing. I, myself, was embarrassed to see that so many of the old and unfavorable practices that I acquired from my own parents have been used by me on my own children.

It is one thing to fear that the person you hire is not going to care for your child properly and is put in the face of danger, but it is quite another thing to fear that the person who is coming into your home might have a criminal past.

In 1989, Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced the goal of eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) from the United States by year 2010.

However, today TB and drug-resistant TB cases are continuously reported in every state. An estimated 10 to 15 million persons in the United States are infected. More than 14,000 cases were reported in 2003 in the U.S. TB killed 1.7 million people in 2003. It remains the leading killer of adults in the world.

Interviewing a Nanny to work for you personally is time-consuming and often quite disappointing. Here are some tips on how to go about this process diligently:

1) If you are planning to meet a nanny that you have found through Craigslist, word-of-mouth, an advertisement response, or an agency, be sure to request the following information prior to the meeting: Employment History, Letters of Reference, Driving Record, Proof of Legality to work in this country along with proper identification. If all this information is in order, then schedule the meeting.

If you have a nanny or housekeeper whose work schedule falls on any holidays, you must decide how to handle the holiday with your domestic help.

How do you handle the many holidays for domestic help? Do you give them time off for Labor Day, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?

Here are the options:

1) Provide the day off as paid
2) Provide the day off as unpaid
3) Employee works with regular pay
4) Employee works with overtime pay