The beginning of the new school year gives parents and children both the opportunity to get a start fresh and a clean slate! Parents and Nannies can help their kids start the school year off right with these helpful reminders. These strategies start at home and carry into the classroom. Relieve back to school anxiety Back to school creates anxiety for every parent, child and…

Our partner, DayOne Baby, recently celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of its San Francisco location at 3548 Sacramento Street in San Francisco. “DayOne Baby is a mecca for mommies both new and trained to come in and bask in the lavish settings that have been created with their needs in mind,” said DayOne’s Eva Valdebenito. The store offers a nursing station, a changing room, a place…

It can be hard to entertain the little ones when it’s raining outside. But if you are looking for a fun way to save them – and yourself – from watching too much television, noting beats a good old fashion game day! Game days are a great way to build memories, revive old family traditions or even build new ones. Games introduce new ways to…

Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you looking for a last minute project to do with your charges? The best I’ve seen so far is this project for making Tissue Paper Valentine’s bouquets. These paper Valentine’s Day bouquets make a great decoration. And one of our “unofficial” T+C employees (Anna, age 11!) turned some of these tissue flowers into decorative office pens! For this project, you will…

On January 14, the blog “Inside Scoop SF” on SFGate.com asked the question Should babies be allowed in fine dining restaurants? This topic struck a nerve for a lot of people, generating over 300 comments, 1,230 Facebook shares and numerous tweets! But this was nothing compared to the original tweet from @Gachatz (shown below) who received hundreds of retweets and hundreds of “favorite” tweets. We…

My Mom always told me, “It’s not you, it’s them. Watch out for other drivers.” This couldn’t ring more true during the holidays. It’s a pretty busy time of year regardless, and all the merry-making only makes things riskier. So, with New Year’s right around the corner, we thought we’d share some car seat safety facts, sources and ideas. On Safekids.org I found lots of…

Thursday is Halloween. If your kids are like ours, they’ve had their costumes ready for a few days and have been putting them on at every opportunity. For many of us, our neighborhoods will be the focus for a lot of “Trick or Treat” activity as kids take to the streets and roam from house to house. These Halloween safety tips might come in handy…