Finding Mary Poppins: Your Guide to Child Care

By Jacalyn Burke

This Guide to Child Care is all about you, the new parent looking to go back to work after pregnancy and the birth of junior, or you the mom who needs an extra pair of hands with your growing brood.

Consider my Guide as a series of hacks or short cuts, tips or tricks to navigating the complex world of in-home, private child care. In this Guide I’ll be addressing some common myths and issues that can affect parents when they enter child care situations. This is your Guide to making child care choices a more seamless experience.

Let’s start at the beginning. You discover that you are expecting and you realize that you require child care along with a crib, a good pediatrician and a bunch of other really important stuff. It’s a bit like needing a lawyer. You don’t give it much thought until you absolutely need one, and then there’s a sense of urgency, or even blind panic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jacalyn Burke
• Release date: Oct 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370682263

Jacalyn Burke

Jacalyn S. Burke is a British writer. She is also the founder of Baby Does NYC (.com), a website focused on events, products, and services for parents of 0–24 month-old children. “TheNannyTimeBomb.blogspot.com” (her former blog) was ranked #1 by Google for years. During that time Jacalyn was one of the official bloggers for the hit series Beverley Hill Nannies. Archives can be found under “The Nanny X files”. Jacalyn has been featured in The Daily News, NEWS12, I Saw Your Nanny, Best Nanny Newsletter, The New York Times and the Nanny News Network. Jacalyn spent a decade working among Manhattan’s nannies from 2004-2015, and her debut non-fiction title The Nanny Time Bomb Navigating the Crisis in Child Care, is a definitive guide for new parents searching for child care. She is a graduate of Middlesex University, London, UK. Jacalyn lives and works in NYC and offers a variety of professional services.

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Finding Mary Poppins

Your Guide to Child Care

By Jacalyn S. Burke

October 2017

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Hack #1: Keep a Cool Head

Hack #2: Ask the Herd

Hack #3: Set Your Needs and Your Budget

Hack #4: Create an Employer Game Plan

Extras

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