The Granny-Nanny: A Guide for Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care

With wisdom garnered from the perspectives of children, parents, and grandparents, this guide to managing child care offers insightful solutions to what can be a delicate situation. From the perspective of grandparents, issues such as where to care, what to charge, and the importance of a written contract are addressed, along with information on how to communicate effectively with parents, what to do in an emergency, and how to cope with unruly in-laws. Parents receive information on what to pay for their parents' services, how to care for an unusual child, how to construct the ideal parent-grandparent relationship, and how to gauge the reactions of their children toward their new nanny. This is an indispensable guide for parents looking for inexpensive, qualified, and loving childcare and for grandparents looking to make a buck while visiting their grandchildren.