Child Minders Toronto
For parents looking for child minders in Toronto, Child Minders Canada has the following tips:
Get references. Whether using an agency (which we recommend!) or receiving a personal referral from a trusted friend, make sure to get references and call them. Even if the recommendation is from your best friend, you must not rely on the opinion of one person. You might have different aged children, different expectations, different needs, etc. So you need a consensus of at least three people that the candidate you are looking at is phenomenal. And by phenomenal, we mean trustworthy, responsible and good with kids. So make sure to get references, and then call them up.
Be specific about what you want. Don’t hire a childcare provider without being up-front about all of your job requirements. This means that if you expect your child minder to do light housework, make sure to tell her this during the interview. If you expect her to pick up your kids from school and drive them home, make sure to tell her this during the interview (she might not have a driver’s license!). Otherwise, you will both find yourselves in an uncomfortable situation.
Go with your gut. Even if all the references check out and you have a gazillion recommendations for your particular babysitter, nanny or mother’s helper candidate, if you have a bad feeling from the interview, go with your gut. If you are the type of person to never be 100% comfortable with leaving your children with someone else, read on to the next tip.
There is no shame in installing a nanny cam. And make no mistake about it – while termed “nanny cam,” these hidden cameras can be used on any type of child minder – full-time, part-time, babysitter, nanny, tutor, baby nurse, etc. If you are the type of person who will worry about your children no matter what, install a nanny cam and ease your stress.
Child Minders Canada can find you the right babysitter, nanny, mother’s helper or baby nurse, wherever you are located in Toronto, Ontario. We service old Toronto, Downtown, East End, West End, North End, Scarborough, York, North York, East York, Etobicoke and much much more.
Get references. Whether using an agency (which we recommend!) or receiving a personal referral from a trusted friend, make sure to get references and call them. Even if the recommendation is from your best friend, you must not rely on the opinion of one person. You might have different aged children, different expectations, different needs, etc. So you need a consensus of at least three people that the candidate you are looking at is phenomenal. And by phenomenal, we mean trustworthy, responsible and good with kids. So make sure to get references, and then call them up.
Be specific about what you want. Don’t hire a childcare provider without being up-front about all of your job requirements. This means that if you expect your child minder to do light housework, make sure to tell her this during the interview. If you expect her to pick up your kids from school and drive them home, make sure to tell her this during the interview (she might not have a driver’s license!). Otherwise, you will both find yourselves in an uncomfortable situation.
Go with your gut. Even if all the references check out and you have a gazillion recommendations for your particular babysitter, nanny or mother’s helper candidate, if you have a bad feeling from the interview, go with your gut. If you are the type of person to never be 100% comfortable with leaving your children with someone else, read on to the next tip.
There is no shame in installing a nanny cam. And make no mistake about it – while termed “nanny cam,” these hidden cameras can be used on any type of child minder – full-time, part-time, babysitter, nanny, tutor, baby nurse, etc. If you are the type of person who will worry about your children no matter what, install a nanny cam and ease your stress.
Child Minders Canada can find you the right babysitter, nanny, mother’s helper or baby nurse, wherever you are located in Toronto, Ontario. We service old Toronto, Downtown, East End, West End, North End, Scarborough, York, North York, East York, Etobicoke and much much more.
